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

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IMP_SREP 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? Social reputation   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Somewhat important   4) No important   5) No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	33	7.5%	7.5%	-1.82
Important	177	40.2%	47.7%	-.7
Somewhat important	165	37.5%	85.2%	.42
No important	52	11.8%	97%	1.54
No opinion	13	3%	100%	2.66

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Political party Education

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	8.3% 5	8.3% 7	10.1% 13	4.8% 8	7.5% 33
Important	56.7% 34	40.5% 34	40.3% 52	33.7% 56	40.1% 176
Somewhat important	25.0% 15	39.3% 33	37.2% 48	41.6% 69	37.6% 165
No important	8.3% 5	9.5% 8	8.5% 11	16.9% 28	11.8% 52
No opinion	1.7% 1	2.4% 2	3.9% 5	3.0% 5	3.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 84	100.0% 129	100.0% 166	439

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-$49,999	$50K-$99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	8.7% 2	8.7% 9	7.5% 11	9.1% 11	8.4% 33
Important	30.4% 7	38.5% 40	44.9% 66	40.5% 49	41.0% 162
Somewhat important	47.8% 11	39.4% 41	34.0% 50	38.0% 46	37.5% 148
No important	13.0% 3	10.6% 11	10.2% 15	9.9% 12	10.4% 41
No opinion	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	3.4% 5	2.5% 3	2.8% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 104	100.0% 147	100.0% 121	395

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	9.2% 11	1.7% 1	7.8% 19	18.2% 2	7.6% 33
Important	42.5% 51	36.2% 21	41.2% 101	18.2% 2	40.3% 175
Somewhat important	37.5% 45	41.4% 24	35.5% 87	45.5% 5	37.1% 161
No important	8.3% 10	17.2% 10	13.1% 32	0.0% 0	12.0% 52
No opinion	2.5% 3	3.4% 2	2.4% 6	18.2% 2	3.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 58	100.0% 245	100.0% 11	434

Education (I-EDUC)

	Some high school	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Very important	10.0% 1	4.9% 2	11.1% 9	2.8% 3	7.1% 4	9.0% 11	7.2% 30
Important	40.0% 4	51.2% 21	37.0% 30	38.7% 41	39.3% 22	40.2% 49	40.1% 167
Somewhat important	20.0% 2	26.8% 11	33.3% 27	47.2% 50	33.9% 19	38.5% 47	37.5% 156
No important	20.0% 2	17.1% 7	17.3% 14	9.4% 10	16.1% 9	7.4% 9	12.3% 51
No opinion	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.9% 2	3.6% 2	4.9% 6	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 41	100.0% 81	100.0% 106	100.0% 56	100.0% 122	416