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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. Other -- Information about resources available from the national church

	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)	1214	42%	42%	-.88
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	493	17.1%	59%	-.35
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	426	14.7%	73.8%	.17
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	56	1.9%	75.7%	.69
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	175	6.1%	81.8%	1.22
Not interested	527	18.2%	100%	1.74

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)	44.6% 742	34.0% 107	42.9% 849
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	16.6% 276	17.8% 56	16.8% 332
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.3% 237	16.5% 52	14.6% 289
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.6% 26	2.9% 9	1.8% 35
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.4% 107	6.0% 19	6.4% 126
Not interested	16.5% 275	22.9% 72	17.5% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 1663	100.0% 315	1978

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)	45.4% 351	40.0% 156	41.9% 329	38.7% 12	42.8% 848
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	15.4% 119	19.2% 75	16.7% 131	25.8% 8	16.8% 333
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	16.0% 124	13.8% 54	13.9% 109	0.0% 0	14.5% 287
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.0% 8	2.6% 10	2.2% 17	0.0% 0	1.8% 35
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	7.1% 55	6.7% 26	5.5% 43	6.5% 2	6.4% 126
Not interested	15.0% 116	17.7% 69	19.9% 156	29.0% 9	17.7% 350
TOTAL	100.0% 773	100.0% 390	100.0% 785	100.0% 31	1979

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)	41.6% 428	38.8% 178	44.6% 282	42.2% 319	42.0% 1207
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	18.0% 185	18.3% 84	14.6% 92	16.9% 128	17.0% 489
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	15.3% 157	15.0% 69	14.2% 90	14.3% 108	14.7% 424
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.6% 27	2.0% 9	1.6% 10	1.3% 10	1.9% 56
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.9% 71	4.8% 22	6.2% 39	5.6% 42	6.1% 174
Not interested	15.6% 161	21.1% 97	18.8% 119	19.7% 149	18.3% 526
TOTAL	100.0% 1029	100.0% 459	100.0% 632	100.0% 756	2876

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)	47.4% 37	42.7% 798	39.5% 15	42.8% 850
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	9.0% 7	17.1% 320	15.8% 6	16.8% 333
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	20.5% 16	14.3% 267	18.4% 7	14.6% 290
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.6% 2	1.8% 33	2.6% 1	1.8% 36
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.4% 5	6.4% 120	5.3% 2	6.4% 127
Not interested	14.1% 11	17.7% 330	18.4% 7	17.5% 348
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 1868	100.0% 38	1984

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)	35.8% 259	46.5% 594	42.6% 853
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	18.8% 136	15.7% 201	16.8% 337
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.0% 94	15.5% 198	14.6% 292
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.1% 15	1.6% 21	1.8% 36
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	5.7% 41	6.7% 86	6.3% 127
Not interested	24.7% 179	13.9% 177	17.8% 356
TOTAL	100.0% 724	100.0% 1277	2001

(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)	32.2% 57	35.5% 120	32.7% 117	34.7% 43	33.8% 337
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	19.8% 35	17.2% 58	19.8% 71	19.4% 24	18.9% 188
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.6% 24	11.5% 39	15.9% 57	14.5% 18	13.8% 138
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	4.0% 7	1.8% 6	1.7% 6	2.4% 3	2.2% 22
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.0% 7	4.4% 15	6.1% 22	4.0% 5	4.9% 49
Not interested	26.6% 47	29.6% 100	23.7% 85	25.0% 31	26.4% 263
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 338	100.0% 358	100.0% 124	997

(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)	48.1% 39	55.7% 257	54.0% 181	50.0% 25	54.2% 502
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	14.8% 12	12.6% 58	17.3% 58	10.0% 5	14.3% 133
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	21.0% 17	15.2% 70	14.3% 48	16.0% 8	15.4% 143
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.2% 1	1.1% 5	1.2% 4	4.0% 2	1.3% 12
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.9% 4	7.6% 35	7.2% 24	12.0% 6	7.4% 69
Not interested	9.9% 8	7.8% 36	6.0% 20	8.0% 4	7.3% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 461	100.0% 335	100.0% 50	927

(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)	32.4% 68	33.2% 72	35.3% 89	26.6% 33	33.7% 84	32.9% 346
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	20.5% 43	23.0% 50	17.1% 43	17.7% 22	17.7% 44	19.2% 202
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	14.3% 30	11.5% 25	12.7% 32	15.3% 19	14.5% 36	13.5% 142
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	3.3% 7	1.4% 3	2.0% 5	4.8% 6	1.2% 3	2.3% 24
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.8% 8	3.7% 8	4.0% 10	10.5% 13	7.2% 18	5.4% 57
Not interested	25.7% 54	27.2% 59	29.0% 73	25.0% 31	25.7% 64	26.7% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 210	100.0% 217	100.0% 252	100.0% 124	100.0% 249	1052

(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)	52.9% 291	57.4% 112	54.1% 98	54.1% 501
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	14.4% 79	14.4% 28	14.4% 26	14.4% 133
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	16.9% 93	12.8% 25	13.8% 25	15.4% 143
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.6% 9	0.5% 1	1.1% 2	1.3% 12
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.2% 34	8.2% 16	10.5% 19	7.5% 69
Not interested	8.0% 44	6.7% 13	6.1% 11	7.3% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 195	100.0% 181	926

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)	25.8% 205	38.9% 305	57.5% 500	45.9% 204	42.0% 1214
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	19.1% 152	18.4% 144	14.5% 126	16.0% 71	17.1% 493
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.9% 110	14.7% 115	13.9% 121	18.0% 80	14.7% 426
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	1.6% 13	2.9% 23	1.8% 16	0.9% 4	1.9% 56
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.7% 37	5.5% 43	6.3% 55	9.0% 40	6.1% 175
Not interested	34.9% 277	19.6% 154	5.9% 51	10.1% 45	18.2% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 794	100.0% 784	100.0% 869	100.0% 444	2891