Presbyterian Panel Merged, 1994-1996

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FAITH5 How important is each of the following to you personally? -- Accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior   1) Most important   2) Important   3) Not very important   4) Not important at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Most important	2190	63.8%	63.8%	-.67
Important	967	28.2%	92%	.81
Not very important	233	6.8%	98.8%	2.29
Not important at all	41	1.2%	100%	3.77

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Most important	64.2% 1821	62.1% 336	63.9% 2157
Important	27.8% 787	29.9% 162	28.1% 949
Not very important	6.9% 195	6.3% 34	6.8% 229
Not important at all	1.1% 32	1.7% 9	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 2835	100.0% 541	3376

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Most important	56.9% 724	62.3% 417	71.2% 991	54.7% 29	63.8% 2161
Important	32.3% 411	29.0% 194	23.9% 333	32.1% 17	28.2% 955
Not very important	9.1% 116	7.6% 51	4.2% 58	7.5% 4	6.8% 229
Not important at all	1.7% 22	1.0% 7	0.6% 9	5.7% 3	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 669	100.0% 1391	100.0% 53	3386

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Most important	63.3% 777	61.6% 348	65.3% 481	64.8% 580	63.8% 2186
Important	29.3% 360	28.8% 163	27.8% 205	26.6% 238	28.2% 966
Not very important	5.9% 72	8.1% 46	6.4% 47	7.4% 66	6.7% 231
Not important at all	1.5% 18	1.4% 8	0.5% 4	1.2% 11	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1227	100.0% 565	100.0% 737	100.0% 895	3424

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Most important	83.1% 108	62.9% 2020	64.7% 33	63.7% 2161
Important	13.8% 18	28.9% 928	25.5% 13	28.3% 959
Not very important	3.1% 4	6.9% 222	9.8% 5	6.8% 231
Not important at all	0.0% 0	1.3% 41	0.0% 0	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 3211	100.0% 51	3392

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Most important	64.4% 851	63.4% 1329	63.8% 2180
Important	28.4% 375	28.1% 588	28.2% 963
Not very important	6.4% 85	7.0% 147	6.8% 232
Not important at all	0.8% 10	1.5% 31	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1321	100.0% 2095	3416

(I-INCMLY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Most important	73.0% 233	66.3% 419	62.6% 438	60.2% 147	65.3% 1237
Important	24.1% 77	27.7% 175	29.9% 209	26.2% 64	27.7% 525
Not very important	2.8% 9	5.5% 35	6.0% 42	11.1% 27	6.0% 113
Not important at all	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	1.6% 11	2.5% 6	1.1% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 632	100.0% 700	100.0% 244	1895

(I-INCMCL)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Most important	66.1% 74	63.9% 435	58.0% 300	45.9% 34	60.9% 843
Important	26.8% 30	27.9% 190	31.5% 163	35.1% 26	29.6% 409
Not very important	5.4% 6	6.9% 47	9.3% 48	13.5% 10	8.0% 111
Not important at all	1.8% 2	1.3% 9	1.2% 6	5.4% 4	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 681	100.0% 517	100.0% 74	1384

(I-EDUCLY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Most important	70.9% 251	67.8% 291	61.4% 298	65.8% 169	63.1% 297	65.4% 1306
Important	25.4% 90	28.9% 124	29.5% 143	24.5% 63	27.8% 131	27.6% 551
Not very important	3.4% 12	3.3% 14	8.0% 39	8.2% 21	7.0% 33	6.0% 119
Not important at all	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	1.6% 4	2.1% 10	1.0% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 354	100.0% 429	100.0% 485	100.0% 257	100.0% 471	1996

(I-EDUCCL)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Most important	63.7% 528	57.3% 164	56.3% 151	61.0% 843
Important	29.2% 242	30.8% 88	29.1% 78	29.5% 408
Not very important	6.6% 55	8.7% 25	11.6% 31	8.0% 111
Not important at all	0.5% 4	3.1% 9	3.0% 8	1.5% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 829	100.0% 286	100.0% 268	1383

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Most important	60.8% 612	70.5% 728	64.7% 592	54.1% 258	63.8% 2190
Important	30.3% 305	24.4% 252	29.3% 268	29.8% 142	28.2% 967
Not very important	7.5% 76	4.5% 46	5.1% 47	13.4% 64	6.8% 233
Not important at all	1.4% 14	0.6% 6	0.9% 8	2.7% 13	1.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 1007	100.0% 1032	100.0% 915	100.0% 477	3431