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Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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WHYBLNG1

[ASKED ONLY OF MEMBERS AND ELDERS] ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO WERE NOT RAISED IN THE CONGREGATION THEY CURRENTLY BELONG TO: Please indicate whether or not each of these was or was not a factor in your decision to join the congregation you now belong to. -- I appreciated the education program for children.

	1) Yes
	2) No

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	648	55.1%	55.1%	-.9
No	528	44.9%	100%	1.11

Variable Comparisons

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes	57.3% 576	41.3% 64	55.1% 640
No	42.7% 430	58.7% 91	44.9% 521
TOTAL	100.0% 1006	100.0% 155	1161

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Yes	56.2% 173	46.8% 101	56.9% 357	53.8% 7	54.8% 638
No	43.8% 135	53.2% 115	43.1% 270	46.2% 6	45.2% 526
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 216	100.0% 627	100.0% 13	1164

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	54.7% 233	57.5% 107	53.6% 128	55.4% 180	55.1% 648
No	45.3% 193	42.5% 79	46.4% 111	44.6% 145	44.9% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 426	100.0% 186	100.0% 239	100.0% 325	1176

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes	58.6% 17	54.6% 613	81.8% 9	54.9% 639
No	41.4% 12	45.4% 510	18.2% 2	45.1% 524
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 1123	100.0% 11	1163

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	58.0% 361	51.8% 286	55.1% 647
No	42.0% 261	48.2% 266	44.9% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 552	1174

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Yes	50.0% 59	52.3% 172	55.6% 271	66.5% 117	55.8% 619
No	50.0% 59	47.7% 157	44.4% 216	33.5% 59	44.2% 491
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 329	100.0% 487	100.0% 176	1110

(I-INCMCL)

Table contains all missing data

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes	51.4% 74	53.1% 119	52.2% 154	57.0% 90	59.3% 201	55.0% 638
No	48.6% 70	46.9% 105	47.8% 141	43.0% 68	40.7% 138	45.0% 522
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 224	100.0% 295	100.0% 158	100.0% 339	1160

(I-EDUCCL)

Table contains all missing data

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Yes	58.7% 341	51.6% 307	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	55.1% 648
No	41.3% 240	48.4% 288	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	44.9% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 581	100.0% 595	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1176