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Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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HOWWORLD

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. Other -- Stories/news about the Presbyterian and other Christian missions around the world

	1) General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to 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 national church)	840	28.6%	28.6%	-1.01
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	855	29.1%	57.7%	-.44
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	422	14.4%	72.1%	.13
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	239	8.1%	80.2%	.69
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	97	3.3%	83.5%	1.26
Not interested	485	16.5%	100%	1.83

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 national church)	28.4% 481	25.2% 81	27.9% 562
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	28.5% 483	31.5% 101	29.0% 584
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.7% 248	13.4% 43	14.5% 291
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	8.3% 140	7.2% 23	8.1% 163
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.3% 55	3.4% 11	3.3% 66
Not interested	16.8% 285	19.3% 62	17.2% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 1692	100.0% 321	2013

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 national church)	29.3% 233	25.0% 99	27.6% 219	25.8% 8	27.8% 559
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	30.7% 244	33.8% 134	24.6% 195	29.0% 9	28.9% 582
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.2% 105	13.9% 55	16.3% 129	3.2% 1	14.4% 290
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	7.9% 63	9.3% 37	7.9% 63	6.5% 2	8.2% 165
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.8% 30	3.5% 14	2.6% 21	9.7% 3	3.4% 68
Not interested	15.0% 119	14.4% 57	20.9% 166	25.8% 8	17.4% 350
TOTAL	100.0% 794	100.0% 396	100.0% 793	100.0% 31	2014

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 national church)	28.0% 295	28.0% 132	29.2% 186	28.5% 217	28.4% 830
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	30.1% 317	32.5% 153	25.7% 164	28.5% 217	29.1% 851
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.6% 154	14.0% 66	15.0% 96	13.9% 106	14.4% 422
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	7.9% 83	6.2% 29	9.7% 62	8.5% 65	8.2% 239
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.0% 42	3.4% 16	2.7% 17	2.9% 22	3.3% 97
Not interested	15.4% 162	15.9% 75	17.7% 113	17.6% 134	16.6% 484
TOTAL	100.0% 1053	100.0% 471	100.0% 638	100.0% 761	2923

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 national church)	37.8% 31	27.1% 514	36.8% 14	27.7% 559
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	22.0% 18	29.5% 560	23.7% 9	29.1% 587
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	23.2% 19	14.1% 268	13.2% 5	14.5% 292
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	4.9% 4	8.2% 156	10.5% 4	8.1% 164
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	0.0% 0	3.5% 67	2.6% 1	3.4% 68
Not interested	12.2% 10	17.5% 333	13.2% 5	17.2% 348
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 1898	100.0% 38	2018

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
General interest publication distributed to all Presbyterians (at no cost to recipients, but a large cost to national church)	27.1% 199	28.2% 367	27.8% 566
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	28.0% 206	29.7% 386	29.1% 592
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.1% 96	15.1% 196	14.3% 292
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	6.3% 46	9.2% 120	8.2% 166
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.0% 22	3.4% 44	3.2% 66
Not interested	22.6% 166	14.4% 187	17.3% 353
TOTAL	100.0% 735	100.0% 1300	2035

(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 national church)	22.1% 40	27.5% 95	25.3% 92	26.2% 32	25.6% 259
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	27.6% 50	25.5% 88	23.1% 84	27.9% 34	25.3% 256
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	17.7% 32	14.8% 51	14.3% 52	9.0% 11	14.4% 146
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	5.5% 10	5.8% 20	6.1% 22	7.4% 9	6.0% 61
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	2.2% 4	2.6% 9	3.0% 11	1.6% 2	2.6% 26
Not interested	24.9% 45	23.8% 82	28.1% 102	27.9% 34	26.0% 263
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 345	100.0% 363	100.0% 122	1011

(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 national church)	43.0% 34	28.8% 136	31.4% 108	25.0% 13	30.7% 291
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	34.2% 27	35.0% 165	29.4% 101	32.7% 17	32.7% 310
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	5.1% 4	13.6% 64	18.6% 64	11.5% 6	14.6% 138
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	6.3% 5	12.3% 58	8.7% 30	7.7% 4	10.2% 97
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	5.1% 4	3.4% 16	4.4% 15	9.6% 5	4.2% 40
Not interested	6.3% 5	7.0% 33	7.6% 26	13.5% 7	7.5% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 472	100.0% 344	100.0% 52	947

(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 national church)	20.9% 44	25.3% 57	25.4% 65	24.0% 30	28.8% 72	25.1% 268
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	30.3% 64	23.6% 53	24.2% 62	27.2% 34	25.6% 64	26.0% 277
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	17.5% 37	16.4% 37	9.8% 25	13.6% 17	14.8% 37	14.3% 153
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	5.7% 12	9.8% 22	5.1% 13	6.4% 8	4.8% 12	6.3% 67
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	2.8% 6	1.8% 4	1.2% 3	4.0% 5	3.6% 9	2.5% 27
Not interested	22.7% 48	23.1% 52	34.4% 88	24.8% 31	22.4% 56	25.8% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 211	100.0% 225	100.0% 256	100.0% 125	100.0% 250	1067

(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 national church)	30.2% 169	30.3% 61	32.4% 60	30.7% 290
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	32.5% 182	35.8% 72	29.7% 55	32.7% 309
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	15.9% 89	11.9% 24	13.5% 25	14.6% 138
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	10.5% 59	8.5% 17	11.4% 21	10.3% 97
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.8% 21	5.0% 10	4.9% 9	4.2% 40
Not interested	7.1% 40	8.5% 17	8.1% 15	7.6% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 201	100.0% 185	946

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 national church)	23.6% 188	30.5% 245	32.3% 285	26.8% 122	28.6% 840
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	24.4% 195	26.2% 210	34.0% 300	32.9% 150	29.1% 855
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.9% 119	14.3% 115	13.2% 116	15.8% 72	14.4% 422
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	4.6% 37	6.9% 55	12.0% 106	9.0% 41	8.1% 239
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	2.6% 21	2.7% 22	3.1% 27	5.9% 27	3.3% 97
Not interested	29.8% 238	19.3% 155	5.4% 48	9.6% 44	16.5% 485
TOTAL	100.0% 798	100.0% 802	100.0% 882	100.0% 456	2938