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

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CONGLIVE

How far do you live from this congregation?
  1) 1 mile or less
  2) 2-3 miles
  3) 4-5 miles
  4) 6-10 miles
  5) 11-15 miles
  6) 16-25 miles
  7) 26 or more miles

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
1 mile or less 974 31.3% 31.3% -1.04
2-3 miles 861 27.7% 59% -.33
4-5 miles 541 17.4% 76.4% .38
6-10 miles 479 15.4% 91.8% 1.09
11-15 miles 136 4.4% 96.1% 1.81
16-25 miles 95 3.1% 99.2% 2.52
26 or more miles 25 .8% 100% 3.23

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
1 mile or less 33.1%
540
29.7%
434
31.5%
974
2-3 miles 26.5%
432
28.9%
422
27.6%
854
4-5 miles 17.6%
288
17.1%
250
17.4%
538
6-10 miles 14.5%
237
16.2%
237
15.3%
474
11-15 miles 4.2%
68
4.7%
68
4.4%
136
16-25 miles 3.3%
54
2.7%
39
3.0%
93
26 or more miles 0.8%
13
0.8%
12
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
1632
100.0%
1462

3094


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
1 mile or less 30.1%
755
36.6%
216
31.4%
971
2-3 miles 27.8%
696
27.1%
160
27.6%
856
4-5 miles 18.3%
458
13.6%
80
17.4%
538
6-10 miles 15.7%
394
14.1%
83
15.4%
477
11-15 miles 4.5%
112
4.1%
24
4.4%
136
16-25 miles 3.0%
74
3.4%
20
3.0%
94
26 or more miles 0.7%
18
1.2%
7
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
2507
100.0%
590

3097


Region (I-REGION)

South West Northeast Midwest TOTAL
1 mile or less 26.2%
284
28.1%
137
36.6%
241
35.2%
290
31.2%
952
2-3 miles 29.0%
315
28.5%
139
26.7%
176
26.1%
215
27.7%
845
4-5 miles 19.2%
208
18.2%
89
15.2%
100
16.4%
135
17.4%
532
6-10 miles 16.4%
178
15.4%
75
15.6%
103
14.3%
118
15.5%
474
11-15 miles 5.7%
62
4.9%
24
2.7%
18
3.8%
31
4.4%
135
16-25 miles 2.4%
26
4.1%
20
2.7%
18
3.5%
29
3.0%
93
26 or more miles 1.1%
12
0.8%
4
0.5%
3
0.6%
5
0.8%
24
TOTAL 100.0%
1085
100.0%
488
100.0%
659
100.0%
823

3055


Household income (I-INCOME)

$15,000-$24,999 $25,000-$49,999 $50,000-$99,999 $100,000 or more TOTAL
1 mile or less 39.0%
246
33.0%
337
25.2%
244
23.7%
65
30.8%
892
2-3 miles 25.7%
162
26.7%
272
29.8%
289
30.3%
83
27.8%
806
4-5 miles 12.8%
81
17.3%
176
19.2%
186
24.1%
66
17.6%
509
6-10 miles 14.9%
94
14.7%
150
16.1%
156
16.1%
44
15.3%
444
11-15 miles 3.3%
21
4.3%
44
5.8%
56
3.6%
10
4.5%
131
16-25 miles 3.5%
22
2.8%
29
3.4%
33
1.8%
5
3.1%
89
26 or more miles 0.8%
5
1.2%
12
0.6%
6
0.4%
1
0.8%
24
TOTAL 100.0%
631
100.0%
1020
100.0%
970
100.0%
274

2895


Education (I-EDUCHI)

High schl College Grad TOTAL
1 mile or less 46.2%
49
34.2%
419
29.6%
311
26.6%
179
31.3%
958
2-3 miles 24.5%
26
27.0%
330
27.4%
288
29.4%
198
27.6%
842
4-5 miles 11.3%
12
17.0%
208
17.4%
183
19.1%
129
17.4%
532
6-10 miles 11.3%
12
14.3%
175
16.7%
176
16.3%
110
15.5%
473
11-15 miles 2.8%
3
3.9%
48
4.7%
49
5.0%
34
4.4%
134
16-25 miles 3.8%
4
2.9%
36
3.3%
35
2.7%
18
3.0%
93
26 or more miles 0.0%
0
0.7%
8
1.0%
10
0.9%
6
0.8%
24
TOTAL 100.0%
106
100.0%
1224
100.0%
1052
100.0%
674

3056


Age (I-AGE)

<40 yrs 40-49 yrs 50-59 yrs 60-69 yrs 70+ yrs TOTAL
1 mile or less 25.5%
157
25.1%
160
28.4%
163
34.8%
250
44.2%
241
31.4%
971
2-3 miles 24.8%
153
29.0%
185
28.6%
164
29.2%
210
25.7%
140
27.6%
852
4-5 miles 21.8%
134
18.4%
117
19.9%
114
14.8%
106
12.3%
67
17.4%
538
6-10 miles 15.9%
98
19.0%
121
15.9%
91
13.1%
94
12.7%
69
15.3%
473
11-15 miles 5.4%
33
6.0%
38
4.0%
23
3.8%
27
2.8%
15
4.4%
136
16-25 miles 5.2%
32
1.7%
11
2.6%
15
3.6%
26
1.8%
10
3.0%
94
26 or more miles 1.5%
9
0.8%
5
0.5%
3
0.7%
5
0.6%
3
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
616
100.0%
637
100.0%
573
100.0%
718
100.0%
545

3089


Race (I-RACE)

White Non-white TOTAL
1 mile or less 31.2%
900
33.5%
55
31.3%
955
2-3 miles 27.9%
807
22.6%
37
27.6%
844
4-5 miles 17.4%
504
15.9%
26
17.4%
530
6-10 miles 15.3%
442
15.9%
26
15.3%
468
11-15 miles 4.3%
124
7.3%
12
4.5%
136
16-25 miles 3.1%
91
2.4%
4
3.1%
95
26 or more miles 0.7%
21
2.4%
4
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
2889
100.0%
164

3053


Political party (I-POLPARTY)

Democrat Independen Republican Other/NA TOTAL
1 mile or less 31.3%
237
32.1%
180
30.8%
516
32.7%
16
31.2%
949
2-3 miles 26.9%
204
25.8%
145
28.7%
482
28.6%
14
27.8%
845
4-5 miles 16.6%
126
17.3%
97
18.0%
302
14.3%
7
17.5%
532
6-10 miles 16.8%
127
13.7%
77
15.6%
262
10.2%
5
15.5%
471
11-15 miles 4.1%
31
6.6%
37
3.5%
59
8.2%
4
4.3%
131
16-25 miles 2.9%
22
3.7%
21
2.7%
45
6.1%
3
3.0%
91
26 or more miles 1.3%
10
0.7%
4
0.7%
11
0.0%
0
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
757
100.0%
561
100.0%
1677
100.0%
49

3044


Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

Members Elders TOTAL
1 mile or less 30.3%
502
32.5%
472
31.3%
974
2-3 miles 28.1%
466
27.2%
395
27.7%
861
4-5 miles 18.4%
306
16.2%
235
17.4%
541
6-10 miles 14.3%
238
16.6%
241
15.4%
479
11-15 miles 4.1%
68
4.7%
68
4.4%
136
16-25 miles 3.8%
63
2.2%
32
3.1%
95
26 or more miles 1.0%
16
0.6%
9
0.8%
25
TOTAL 100.0%
1659
100.0%
1452

3111