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Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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[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 found the members very friendly.

	1) Yes
	2) No

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	1159	88.4%	88.4%	-.36
No	152	11.6%	100%	2.76

Variable Comparisons

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes	88.7% 970	86.9% 173	88.4% 1143
No	11.3% 124	13.1% 26	11.6% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 199	1293

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Yes	90.3% 308	87.0% 208	87.9% 613	81.3% 13	88.3% 1142
No	9.7% 33	13.0% 31	12.1% 84	18.8% 3	11.7% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 239	100.0% 697	100.0% 16	1293

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	88.2% 426	88.6% 186	90.7% 245	86.8% 302	88.4% 1159
No	11.8% 57	11.4% 24	9.3% 25	13.2% 46	11.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 210	100.0% 270	100.0% 348	1311

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes	91.7% 33	88.4% 1100	72.7% 8	88.3% 1141
No	8.3% 3	11.6% 145	27.3% 3	11.7% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 1245	100.0% 11	1292

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	89.2% 613	87.4% 542	88.4% 1155
No	10.8% 74	12.6% 78	11.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 620	1307

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Yes	93.6% 147	88.8% 340	88.0% 453	86.1% 155	88.7% 1095
No	6.4% 10	11.2% 43	12.0% 62	13.9% 25	11.3% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 383	100.0% 515	100.0% 180	1235

(I-INCMCL)

Table contains all missing data

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes	91.1% 163	89.4% 237	87.3% 281	85.1% 148	89.0% 315	88.4% 1144
No	8.9% 16	10.6% 28	12.7% 41	14.9% 26	11.0% 39	11.6% 150
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 265	100.0% 322	100.0% 174	100.0% 354	1294

(I-EDUCCL)

Table contains all missing data

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Yes	85.4% 545	91.2% 614	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	88.4% 1159
No	14.6% 93	8.8% 59	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	11.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 638	100.0% 673	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1311