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

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CONGYRS How many years have you been a member of your current congregation?   1) 1 year or less   2) 2-3 years   3) 4-5 years   4) 6-10 years   5) 11-15 years   6) 16-25 years   7) 26 or more years

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
1 year or less	143	4.6%	4.6%	-2.17
2-3 years	252	8%	12.6%	-1.64
4-5 years	293	9.4%	22%	-1.1
6-10 years	523	16.7%	38.7%	-.56
11-15 years	351	11.2%	49.9%	-.03
16-25 years	554	17.7%	67.6%	.51
26 or more years	1015	32.4%	100%	1.05

Variable Comparisons

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

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
1 year or less	4.7% 78	4.4% 65	4.6% 143
2-3 years	7.3% 120	9.0% 132	8.1% 252
4-5 years	8.9% 146	9.9% 145	9.3% 291
6-10 years	15.6% 256	18.0% 264	16.7% 520
11-15 years	10.8% 178	11.4% 167	11.1% 345
16-25 years	18.6% 305	16.8% 247	17.7% 552
26 or more years	34.1% 561	30.6% 450	32.5% 1011
TOTAL	100.0% 1644	100.0% 1470	3114

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
1 year or less	4.6% 116	4.5% 27	4.6% 143
2-3 years	8.3% 209	7.0% 42	8.1% 251
4-5 years	9.5% 239	9.1% 54	9.4% 293
6-10 years	16.8% 424	16.4% 98	16.7% 522
11-15 years	11.0% 278	11.4% 68	11.1% 346
16-25 years	18.0% 454	16.3% 97	17.7% 551
26 or more years	31.8% 801	35.2% 210	32.4% 1011
TOTAL	100.0% 2521	100.0% 596	3117

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
1 year or less	4.8% 52	6.7% 33	3.5% 23	4.1% 34	4.6% 142
2-3 years	8.8% 96	11.2% 55	5.7% 38	6.8% 56	8.0% 245
4-5 years	9.8% 107	11.4% 56	9.1% 60	8.2% 68	9.5% 291
6-10 years	17.2% 188	18.9% 93	16.9% 112	14.5% 120	16.7% 513
11-15 years	10.7% 117	14.9% 73	10.9% 72	10.4% 86	11.3% 348
16-25 years	15.0% 164	16.7% 82	18.8% 124	20.7% 172	17.6% 542
26 or more years	33.8% 370	20.2% 99	35.1% 232	35.3% 293	32.3% 994
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 491	100.0% 661	100.0% 829	3075

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
1 year or less	3.8% 24	5.8% 59	4.7% 46	2.5% 7	4.7% 136
2-3 years	7.1% 45	7.3% 75	9.0% 88	11.3% 31	8.2% 239
4-5 years	6.5% 41	9.0% 92	11.7% 114	9.8% 27	9.4% 274
6-10 years	13.1% 83	14.6% 150	21.1% 206	19.3% 53	16.9% 492
11-15 years	9.6% 61	10.7% 110	11.4% 111	16.0% 44	11.2% 326
16-25 years	15.5% 98	17.5% 179	19.8% 193	19.3% 53	18.0% 523
26 or more years	44.4% 281	35.1% 359	22.4% 219	21.8% 60	31.6% 919
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 1024	100.0% 977	100.0% 275	2909

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
1 year or less	1.9% 2	4.2% 52	5.4% 57	4.1% 28	4.5% 139
2-3 years	8.4% 9	6.9% 85	8.4% 89	10.1% 68	8.2% 251
4-5 years	8.4% 9	8.5% 105	9.3% 99	11.0% 74	9.3% 287
6-10 years	11.2% 12	13.7% 169	18.3% 194	20.7% 140	16.8% 515
11-15 years	9.3% 10	10.1% 125	11.6% 123	13.0% 88	11.3% 346
16-25 years	10.3% 11	15.2% 187	20.4% 216	19.4% 131	17.7% 545
26 or more years	50.5% 54	41.3% 509	26.6% 282	21.6% 146	32.2% 991
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 1232	100.0% 1060	100.0% 675	3074

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
1 year or less	11.9% 74	3.6% 23	2.9% 17	2.8% 20	1.6% 9	4.6% 143
2-3 years	15.0% 93	10.1% 65	7.4% 43	4.0% 29	3.8% 21	8.1% 251
4-5 years	15.2% 94	12.0% 77	7.8% 45	7.1% 51	4.4% 24	9.4% 291
6-10 years	23.1% 143	26.5% 170	14.0% 81	10.2% 74	9.3% 51	16.7% 519
11-15 years	11.1% 69	19.6% 126	8.7% 50	7.2% 52	8.8% 48	11.1% 345
16-25 years	12.9% 80	16.4% 105	28.2% 163	20.6% 149	9.9% 54	17.7% 551
26 or more years	10.8% 67	11.8% 76	31.0% 179	48.1% 347	62.1% 339	32.4% 1008
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 642	100.0% 578	100.0% 722	100.0% 546	3108

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
1 year or less	4.6% 133	4.8% 8	4.6% 141
2-3 years	8.2% 237	7.3% 12	8.1% 249
4-5 years	9.5% 276	6.7% 11	9.3% 287
6-10 years	16.9% 490	12.7% 21	16.6% 511
11-15 years	11.1% 323	12.7% 21	11.2% 344
16-25 years	18.0% 522	13.9% 23	17.7% 545
26 or more years	31.9% 926	41.8% 69	32.4% 995
TOTAL	100.0% 2907	100.0% 165	3072

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
1 year or less	4.4% 33	5.6% 32	4.3% 72	8.3% 4	4.6% 141
2-3 years	7.8% 59	9.1% 52	7.8% 132	10.4% 5	8.1% 248
4-5 years	9.1% 69	10.0% 57	9.5% 160	6.3% 3	9.4% 289
6-10 years	15.6% 118	17.2% 98	16.7% 283	18.8% 9	16.6% 508
11-15 years	11.4% 86	9.7% 55	11.7% 198	8.3% 4	11.2% 343
16-25 years	15.6% 118	18.5% 105	18.5% 313	18.8% 9	17.8% 545
26 or more years	36.1% 273	29.9% 170	31.5% 532	29.2% 14	32.3% 989
TOTAL	100.0% 756	100.0% 569	100.0% 1690	100.0% 48	3063

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
1 year or less	7.8% 130	0.9% 13	4.6% 143
2-3 years	9.4% 157	6.5% 95	8.0% 252
4-5 years	8.2% 137	10.6% 156	9.4% 293
6-10 years	15.3% 255	18.3% 268	16.7% 523
11-15 years	10.1% 169	12.4% 182	11.2% 351
16-25 years	17.5% 292	17.9% 262	17.7% 554
26 or more years	31.6% 526	33.4% 489	32.4% 1015
TOTAL	100.0% 1666	100.0% 1465	3131