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Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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Below is a list showing types of information the church could provide. Now we would like you to indicate how you would like to receive such information. If you are not interested in receiving a particular type of information, circle "not interested" for that item. Since we're also asking many other Presbyterians the same questions, please answer based entirely on how you personally want to receive such information. For the types of information that you are interested in receiving, please indicate which one of the following formats would be best for you personally. News coverage of -- General Assembly Council (GAC) meetings

	1) General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)
	2) More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)
	3) Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics
	4) Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly
	5) Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)
	6) Not interested

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	841	28.9%	28.9%	-1.11
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	574	19.7%	48.6%	-.63
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	349	12%	60.5%	-.15
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	35	1.2%	61.7%	.32
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	185	6.3%	68.1%	.8
Not interested	930	31.9%	100%	1.28

Variable Comparisons

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	29.0% 485	23.6% 75	28.2% 560
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	21.2% 354	20.8% 66	21.1% 420
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	11.7% 195	13.5% 43	12.0% 238
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.2% 20	1.3% 4	1.2% 24
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.8% 114	5.0% 16	6.5% 130
Not interested	30.1% 502	35.8% 114	31.0% 616
TOTAL	100.0% 1670	100.0% 318	1988

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	28.6% 224	28.0% 109	28.6% 225	18.8% 6	28.3% 564
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	22.3% 174	21.6% 84	19.2% 151	18.8% 6	20.9% 415
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.7% 107	13.4% 52	9.7% 76	3.1% 1	11.9% 236
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.0% 8	1.0% 4	1.5% 12	0.0% 0	1.2% 24
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	7.3% 57	6.7% 26	5.8% 46	6.3% 2	6.6% 131
Not interested	27.1% 212	29.3% 114	35.2% 277	53.1% 17	31.2% 620
TOTAL	100.0% 782	100.0% 389	100.0% 787	100.0% 32	1990

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	29.4% 308	26.3% 122	29.7% 187	28.9% 219	28.8% 836
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	19.3% 202	21.8% 101	18.6% 117	19.8% 150	19.7% 570
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	12.5% 131	10.8% 50	10.8% 68	13.2% 100	12.0% 349
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.1% 12	1.1% 5	1.0% 6	1.6% 12	1.2% 35
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.6% 69	6.0% 28	5.9% 37	6.6% 50	6.3% 184
Not interested	31.0% 325	33.9% 157	34.1% 215	30.0% 228	31.9% 925
TOTAL	100.0% 1047	100.0% 463	100.0% 630	100.0% 759	2899

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	26.6% 21	28.3% 532	36.8% 14	28.4% 567
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	22.8% 18	21.0% 394	21.1% 8	21.1% 420
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	12.7% 10	11.9% 223	13.2% 5	11.9% 238
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	0.0% 0	1.3% 24	0.0% 0	1.2% 24
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	7.6% 6	6.5% 122	7.9% 3	6.6% 131
Not interested	30.4% 24	31.0% 583	21.1% 8	30.8% 615
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 1878	100.0% 38	1995

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	24.6% 180	30.5% 390	28.3% 570
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	20.7% 152	21.0% 269	20.9% 421
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	10.5% 77	12.7% 162	11.9% 239
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.0% 7	1.3% 17	1.2% 24
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.8% 28	8.1% 103	6.5% 131
Not interested	39.4% 289	26.4% 337	31.1% 626
TOTAL	100.0% 733	100.0% 1278	2011

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	25.6% 45	19.0% 65	25.8% 94	30.6% 38	24.0% 242
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	17.0% 30	15.5% 53	21.2% 77	20.2% 25	18.4% 185
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	11.4% 20	10.2% 35	9.1% 33	10.5% 13	10.0% 101
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.3% 4	0.9% 3	0.8% 3	0.8% 1	1.1% 11
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.5% 8	4.1% 14	2.5% 9	1.6% 2	3.3% 33
Not interested	39.2% 69	50.4% 173	40.7% 148	36.3% 45	43.2% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 343	100.0% 364	100.0% 124	1007

(I-INCMCL)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	26.6% 21	34.3% 158	35.0% 120	29.8% 14	33.7% 313
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	21.5% 17	23.6% 109	24.8% 85	21.3% 10	23.8% 221
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	16.5% 13	14.5% 67	13.7% 47	12.8% 6	14.3% 133
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.5% 2	0.9% 4	1.7% 6	2.1% 1	1.4% 13
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	15.2% 12	10.8% 50	8.7% 30	10.6% 5	10.4% 97
Not interested	17.7% 14	15.8% 73	16.0% 55	23.4% 11	16.5% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 461	100.0% 343	100.0% 47	930

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	22.2% 47	22.5% 50	23.0% 59	25.0% 31	27.2% 67	24.0% 254
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	17.9% 38	20.7% 46	16.0% 41	21.8% 27	17.5% 43	18.4% 195
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	11.8% 25	9.5% 21	8.6% 22	6.5% 8	10.6% 26	9.6% 102
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.9% 4	0.9% 2	0.4% 1	1.6% 2	0.8% 2	1.0% 11
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.3% 7	3.6% 8	1.6% 4	6.5% 8	2.4% 6	3.1% 33
Not interested	42.9% 91	42.8% 95	50.4% 129	38.7% 48	41.5% 102	43.9% 465
TOTAL	100.0% 212	100.0% 222	100.0% 256	100.0% 124	100.0% 246	1060

(I-EDUCCL)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	31.4% 174	34.8% 69	39.0% 69	33.6% 312
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	26.4% 146	24.7% 49	15.8% 28	24.0% 223
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.1% 78	14.6% 29	14.1% 25	14.2% 132
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.3% 7	1.5% 3	1.7% 3	1.4% 13
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	9.7% 54	11.6% 23	10.7% 19	10.3% 96
Not interested	17.1% 95	12.6% 25	18.6% 33	16.5% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 198	100.0% 177	929

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to the national church)	19.6% 157	27.8% 219	37.4% 326	30.8% 139	28.9% 841
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	16.1% 129	18.4% 145	24.9% 217	18.4% 83	19.7% 574
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	8.0% 64	11.2% 88	15.4% 134	13.9% 63	12.0% 349
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.1% 9	1.3% 10	0.8% 7	2.0% 9	1.2% 35
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	2.1% 17	4.2% 33	8.4% 73	13.7% 62	6.3% 185
Not interested	53.1% 426	37.3% 294	13.1% 114	21.2% 96	31.9% 930
TOTAL	100.0% 802	100.0% 789	100.0% 871	100.0% 452	2914