Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 2006, Mental Illness, Members

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Q1FCHEM How important would you say is each of the following of mental illness? A chemical imbalance in the brain.   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	352	60.4%	60.4%	-.64
Important	176	30.2%	90.6%	.53
Somewhat important	37	6.3%	96.9%	1.7
Not important	2	.3%	97.3%	2.88
No opinion	16	2.7%	100%	4.05

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Political party Household income Region

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	64.0% 57	71.4% 60	63.4% 109	52.6% 122	60.3% 348
Important	28.1% 25	27.4% 23	27.9% 48	33.6% 78	30.2% 174
Somewhat important	5.6% 5	0.0% 0	6.4% 11	9.1% 21	6.4% 37
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
No opinion	2.2% 2	1.2% 1	1.2% 2	4.7% 11	2.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 89	100.0% 84	100.0% 172	100.0% 232	577

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	68.0% 255	46.3% 94	60.4% 349
Important	24.8% 93	39.9% 81	30.1% 174
Somewhat important	5.3% 20	8.4% 17	6.4% 37
Not important	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
No opinion	1.6% 6	4.9% 10	2.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 203	578

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other (specify)	TOTAL
Very important	72.2% 109	55.4% 62	57.2% 167	27.3% 3	60.2% 341
Important	22.5% 34	32.1% 36	33.2% 97	36.4% 4	30.2% 171
Somewhat important	3.3% 5	6.3% 7	7.5% 22	18.2% 2	6.4% 36
Not important	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
No opinion	2.0% 3	5.4% 6	1.7% 5	18.2% 2	2.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 112	100.0% 292	100.0% 11	566

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very important	37.5% 12	58.7% 64	60.2% 130	64.7% 101	59.8% 307
Important	50.0% 16	27.5% 30	33.3% 72	26.3% 41	31.0% 159
Somewhat important	12.5% 4	8.3% 9	3.7% 8	5.8% 9	5.8% 30
Not important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	0.4% 2
No opinion	0.0% 0	5.5% 6	2.3% 5	2.6% 4	2.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 109	100.0% 216	100.0% 156	513

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	62.8% 59	57.2% 91	60.6% 149	63.1% 53	60.4% 352
Important	29.8% 28	28.3% 45	31.7% 78	29.8% 25	30.2% 176
Somewhat important	5.3% 5	8.8% 14	5.7% 14	4.8% 4	6.3% 37
Not important	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
No opinion	2.1% 2	5.0% 8	1.6% 4	2.4% 2	2.7% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 159	100.0% 246	100.0% 84	583