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Presbyterian Panel Survey, September 1991: The Environment

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The term "environmental problems" covers many specific topics. Below is a list of some things environmentalists have said are problems for us. For each item, please indicate whether you think it is, in your own opinion, one of our most serious environmental problems, or no more serious than other environmental problems, or one of our least serious environmental problems. -- Radiation from nuclear power plants

	1) One of most serious
	2) No more serious than others
	3) One of least serious
	4) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
One of most serious	868	22.9%	22.9%	-1.42
No more serious than others	1473	38.9%	61.8%	-.24
One of least serious	1261	33.3%	95%	.94
Don't know	189	5%	100%	2.12

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
One of most serious	33.4% 445	17.0% 414	22.8% 859
No more serious than others	40.1% 534	38.3% 931	38.9% 1465
One of least serious	19.8% 264	40.7% 990	33.3% 1254
Don't know	6.8% 90	4.0% 97	5.0% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 1333	100.0% 2432	3765

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
One of most serious	21.6% 693	30.3% 168	22.8% 861
No more serious than others	38.7% 1245	40.0% 222	38.9% 1467
One of least serious	35.2% 1131	22.3% 124	33.3% 1255
Don't know	4.5% 146	7.4% 41	5.0% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 3215	100.0% 555	3770

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
One of most serious	21.1% 290	20.7% 122	26.0% 208	23.9% 239	22.8% 859
No more serious than others	38.0% 523	36.9% 218	39.9% 319	40.4% 404	38.9% 1464
One of least serious	35.5% 488	38.0% 224	30.2% 241	30.1% 301	33.3% 1254
Don't know	5.5% 75	4.4% 26	3.9% 31	5.5% 55	5.0% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 1376	100.0% 590	100.0% 799	100.0% 999	3764

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
One of most serious	33.8% 207	22.7% 371	18.9% 222	13.3% 31	22.7% 831
No more serious than others	37.3% 228	41.5% 679	36.8% 433	34.3% 80	38.8% 1420
One of least serious	20.8% 127	31.5% 515	40.4% 475	48.9% 114	33.7% 1231
Don't know	8.2% 50	4.3% 70	3.9% 46	3.4% 8	4.8% 174
TOTAL	100.0% 612	100.0% 1635	100.0% 1176	100.0% 233	3656

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
One of most serious	33.9% 19	34.9% 283	19.4% 412	18.5% 141	22.8% 855
No more serious than others	28.6% 16	35.8% 290	40.3% 855	38.6% 294	38.8% 1455
One of least serious	26.8% 15	21.6% 175	36.3% 769	38.3% 292	33.4% 1251
Don't know	10.7% 6	7.7% 62	3.9% 83	4.6% 35	5.0% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 810	100.0% 2119	100.0% 762	3747

Age (I-AGE)

	<35 years	35-44 yrs	45-54 yrs	55-64 yrs	65+ years	TOTAL
One of most serious	23.0% 84	20.9% 191	18.8% 144	22.7% 226	29.8% 214	22.8% 859
No more serious than others	41.4% 151	39.7% 363	41.3% 317	38.2% 380	35.0% 251	38.9% 1462
One of least serious	31.2% 114	35.8% 328	35.5% 273	34.6% 344	27.0% 194	33.3% 1253
Don't know	4.4% 16	3.6% 33	4.4% 34	4.4% 44	8.2% 59	4.9% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 365	100.0% 915	100.0% 768	100.0% 994	100.0% 718	3760

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
One of most serious	22.1% 793	37.6% 56	22.7% 849
No more serious than others	39.0% 1404	36.9% 55	39.0% 1459
One of least serious	33.9% 1218	21.5% 32	33.4% 1250
Don't know	5.0% 181	4.0% 6	5.0% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 3596	100.0% 149	3745

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
One of most serious	25.4% 362	21.5% 154	21.0% 324	22.4% 13	22.8% 853
No more serious than others	42.0% 598	39.9% 286	35.3% 545	43.1% 25	38.9% 1454
One of least serious	27.5% 392	34.2% 245	38.4% 593	31.0% 18	33.4% 1248
Don't know	5.0% 71	4.3% 31	5.2% 81	3.4% 2	4.9% 185
TOTAL	100.0% 1423	100.0% 716	100.0% 1543	100.0% 58	3740

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Spec clerg	TOTAL
One of most serious	29.3% 304	22.3% 224	18.2% 219	22.2% 118	22.9% 865
No more serious than others	36.5% 379	33.2% 334	42.3% 509	46.4% 247	38.9% 1469
One of least serious	27.8% 288	38.6% 388	35.7% 430	28.4% 151	33.3% 1257
Don't know	6.4% 66	5.9% 59	3.8% 46	3.0% 16	4.9% 187
TOTAL	100.0% 1037	100.0% 1005	100.0% 1204	100.0% 532	3778