Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2004 -- Presbyterian Colleges and Universities , Members

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IMP_AREP In general, for high school students today, how important would you say the factor is in the decision about which college or university to attend? Academic reputation   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not important   5) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	175	39.2%	39.2%	-1.02
Important	240	53.8%	93%	.43
Somewhat important	24	5.4%	98.4%	1.87
Not important	2	.4%	98.9%	3.32
No opinion	5	1.1%	100%	4.76

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	51.7% 31	49.4% 42	39.5% 51	30.0% 51	39.4% 175
Important	46.7% 28	44.7% 38	49.6% 64	63.5% 108	53.6% 238
Somewhat important	1.7% 1	5.9% 5	8.5% 11	4.1% 7	5.4% 24
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.5% 2
No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	1.2% 2	1.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 85	100.0% 129	100.0% 170	444

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	34.8% 8	30.5% 32	43.0% 64	44.7% 55	39.8% 159
Important	56.5% 13	64.8% 68	50.3% 75	48.8% 60	54.0% 216
Somewhat important	4.3% 1	2.9% 3	4.7% 7	5.7% 7	4.5% 18
Not important	4.3% 1	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
No opinion	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.0% 3	0.8% 1	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 105	100.0% 149	100.0% 123	400

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	41.3% 50	37.3% 22	38.6% 96	36.4% 4	39.1% 172
Important	50.4% 61	50.8% 30	56.6% 141	45.5% 5	53.9% 237
Somewhat important	5.8% 7	10.2% 6	4.0% 10	9.1% 1	5.5% 24
Not important	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
No opinion	0.8% 1	1.7% 1	0.8% 2	9.1% 1	1.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 121	100.0% 59	100.0% 249	100.0% 11	440

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	30.0% 3	35.7% 15	35.4% 29	41.7% 45	44.6% 25	36.3% 45	38.4% 162
Important	40.0% 4	59.5% 25	56.1% 46	55.6% 60	48.2% 27	54.8% 68	54.5% 230
Somewhat important	10.0% 1	4.8% 2	7.3% 6	1.9% 2	7.1% 4	6.5% 8	5.5% 23
Not important	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
No opinion	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 3	1.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 42	100.0% 82	100.0% 108	100.0% 56	100.0% 124	422