Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Member and Elder Background Survey, Fall 1990

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MCNGACT Other than time attending worship services, how much time do you spend in congregation-related activities?   1) A lot of time   2) A fair amount of time   3) A little time   4) Really no time at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot of time	647	20.6%	20.6%	-1.38
A fair amount of time	1300	41.4%	62.1%	-.33
A little time	767	24.5%	86.5%	.73
Really no time at all	423	13.5%	100%	1.79

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Region Household income Education Age Race Political party Type of respondent

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A lot of time	22.1% 364	19.0% 279	20.6% 643
A fair amount of time	39.1% 644	44.2% 651	41.5% 1295
A little time	24.3% 401	24.7% 363	24.5% 764
Really no time at all	14.6% 240	12.2% 179	13.4% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 1649	100.0% 1472	3121

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A lot of time	20.4% 517	21.7% 128	20.7% 645
A fair amount of time	41.9% 1060	39.3% 232	41.4% 1292
A little time	25.2% 637	21.5% 127	24.5% 764
Really no time at all	12.6% 318	17.6% 104	13.5% 422
TOTAL	100.0% 2532	100.0% 591	3123

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
A lot of time	23.3% 255	19.3% 95	21.6% 144	17.4% 145	20.7% 639
A fair amount of time	42.4% 463	40.4% 199	40.1% 267	41.8% 347	41.4% 1276
A little time	21.8% 238	26.6% 131	24.0% 160	27.3% 227	24.5% 756
Really no time at all	12.5% 137	13.6% 67	14.3% 95	13.5% 112	13.3% 411
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 492	100.0% 666	100.0% 831	3082

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
A lot of time	20.1% 128	22.1% 227	21.5% 210	19.3% 53	21.2% 618
A fair amount of time	42.0% 267	41.7% 429	41.8% 409	41.5% 114	41.8% 1219
A little time	24.1% 153	24.1% 248	23.7% 232	26.9% 74	24.2% 707
Really no time at all	13.8% 88	12.1% 124	13.0% 127	12.4% 34	12.8% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 636	100.0% 1028	100.0% 978	100.0% 275	2917

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
A lot of time	13.9% 15	18.0% 223	23.0% 244	22.7% 153	20.6% 635
A fair amount of time	38.0% 41	41.3% 511	41.8% 444	42.2% 285	41.6% 1281
A little time	31.5% 34	24.9% 308	23.4% 248	23.6% 159	24.3% 749
Really no time at all	16.7% 18	15.7% 194	11.8% 125	11.6% 78	13.5% 415
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 1236	100.0% 1061	100.0% 675	3080

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
A lot of time	16.6% 103	22.4% 144	21.6% 125	23.3% 169	18.6% 102	20.6% 643
A fair amount of time	33.6% 209	42.5% 273	42.8% 248	46.1% 334	41.9% 229	41.5% 1293
A little time	28.1% 175	26.0% 167	22.5% 130	19.9% 144	26.7% 146	24.5% 762
Really no time at all	21.7% 135	9.0% 58	13.1% 76	10.8% 78	12.8% 70	13.4% 417
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 642	100.0% 579	100.0% 725	100.0% 547	3115

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
A lot of time	20.3% 590	28.6% 48	20.7% 638
A fair amount of time	41.1% 1197	44.6% 75	41.3% 1272
A little time	24.9% 724	18.5% 31	24.5% 755
Really no time at all	13.7% 400	8.3% 14	13.4% 414
TOTAL	100.0% 2911	100.0% 168	3079

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
A lot of time	23.1% 175	19.8% 112	20.1% 341	20.4% 10	20.8% 638
A fair amount of time	43.2% 327	42.3% 240	40.2% 682	34.7% 17	41.3% 1266
A little time	21.8% 165	26.1% 148	25.0% 424	28.6% 14	24.5% 751
Really no time at all	11.9% 90	11.8% 67	14.6% 248	16.3% 8	13.5% 413
TOTAL	100.0% 757	100.0% 567	100.0% 1695	100.0% 49	3068

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
A lot of time	9.1% 152	33.8% 495	20.6% 647
A fair amount of time	31.7% 531	52.5% 769	41.4% 1300
A little time	34.7% 581	12.7% 186	24.5% 767
Really no time at all	24.4% 409	1.0% 14	13.5% 423
TOTAL	100.0% 1673	100.0% 1464	3137