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Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1994 -- Communications Issues

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	1) Yes, definitely
	2) Yes, probably
	3) No, probably not
	4) No, definitely not
	5) No opinion

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, definitely	291	9.6%	9.6%	-1.92
Yes, probably	613	20.3%	29.9%	-.93
No, probably not	1269	41.9%	71.8%	.06
No, definitely not	693	22.9%	94.7%	1.05
No opinion	161	5.3%	100%	2.03

Variable Comparisons

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	10.1% 177	8.0% 26	9.8% 203
Yes, probably	20.9% 366	16.0% 52	20.1% 418
No, probably not	41.9% 734	45.2% 147	42.4% 881
No, definitely not	22.9% 401	20.9% 68	22.6% 469
No opinion	4.2% 74	9.8% 32	5.1% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 1752	100.0% 325	2077

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	10.7% 87	10.5% 43	9.1% 75	9.4% 3	10.0% 208
Yes, probably	22.7% 185	20.8% 85	17.1% 141	15.6% 5	20.0% 416
No, probably not	41.3% 337	40.4% 165	44.7% 368	37.5% 12	42.4% 882
No, definitely not	20.7% 169	23.5% 96	23.5% 194	31.3% 10	22.6% 469
No opinion	4.5% 37	4.7% 19	5.6% 46	6.3% 2	5.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 815	100.0% 408	100.0% 824	100.0% 32	2079

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	10.4% 113	8.5% 41	9.6% 63	9.2% 72	9.6% 289
Yes, probably	20.9% 227	18.8% 91	20.3% 134	19.8% 155	20.2% 607
No, probably not	42.8% 464	43.7% 212	40.8% 269	41.0% 321	42.0% 1266
No, definitely not	20.9% 227	23.7% 115	24.4% 161	23.9% 187	22.9% 690
No opinion	5.0% 54	5.4% 26	4.9% 32	6.1% 48	5.3% 160
TOTAL	100.0% 1085	100.0% 485	100.0% 659	100.0% 783	3012

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	8.2% 7	9.9% 194	15.0% 6	9.9% 207
Yes, probably	28.2% 24	19.7% 385	22.5% 9	20.1% 418
No, probably not	35.3% 30	42.8% 838	42.5% 17	42.5% 885
No, definitely not	23.5% 20	22.4% 438	17.5% 7	22.3% 465
No opinion	4.7% 4	5.2% 102	2.5% 1	5.1% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 1957	100.0% 40	2082

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	7.4% 56	11.3% 152	9.9% 208
Yes, probably	14.9% 113	23.0% 308	20.0% 421
No, probably not	44.6% 339	41.0% 549	42.3% 888
No, definitely not	25.3% 192	21.2% 284	22.7% 476
No opinion	7.9% 60	3.5% 47	5.1% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 760	100.0% 1340	2100

Education (I-EDUC:LAY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	4.7% 10	5.9% 14	3.0% 8	3.2% 4	4.2% 11	4.3% 47
Yes, probably	7.9% 17	10.5% 25	9.1% 24	14.4% 18	7.3% 19	9.4% 103
No, probably not	50.5% 108	45.8% 109	46.0% 121	47.2% 59	50.2% 130	48.0% 527
No, definitely not	28.5% 61	28.6% 68	34.6% 91	28.0% 35	28.2% 73	29.8% 328
No opinion	8.4% 18	9.2% 22	7.2% 19	7.2% 9	10.0% 26	8.6% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 238	100.0% 263	100.0% 125	100.0% 259	1099

Education (I-EDUC:CLR)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	15.9% 92	17.7% 37	16.3% 31	16.4% 160
Yes, probably	29.9% 173	34.9% 73	35.8% 68	32.1% 314
No, probably not	36.9% 213	35.4% 74	34.7% 66	36.1% 353
No, definitely not	16.1% 93	11.0% 23	12.1% 23	14.2% 139
No opinion	1.2% 7	1.0% 2	1.1% 2	1.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 578	100.0% 209	100.0% 190	977

Member/elder income (I-INCM:LAY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	4.4% 8	4.2% 15	4.2% 16	5.4% 7	4.4% 46
Yes, probably	10.6% 19	9.6% 34	9.1% 35	10.9% 14	9.7% 102
No, probably not	45.6% 82	49.2% 175	45.2% 173	52.7% 68	47.5% 498
No, definitely not	28.3% 51	26.4% 94	33.9% 130	27.1% 35	29.6% 310
No opinion	11.1% 20	10.7% 38	7.6% 29	3.9% 5	8.8% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 356	100.0% 383	100.0% 129	1048

Clergy income (I-INCM:CLR)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	16.9% 14	17.0% 82	15.2% 55	15.7% 8	16.3% 159
Yes, probably	32.5% 27	31.1% 150	34.1% 123	29.4% 15	32.2% 315
No, probably not	34.9% 29	36.2% 175	37.7% 136	27.5% 14	36.2% 354
No, definitely not	14.5% 12	13.7% 66	12.7% 46	27.5% 14	14.1% 138
No opinion	1.2% 1	2.1% 10	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 83	100.0% 483	100.0% 361	100.0% 51	978

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	3.5% 29	4.3% 35	16.2% 147	16.8% 80	9.6% 291
Yes, probably	7.3% 61	12.1% 98	34.1% 309	30.5% 145	20.3% 613
No, probably not	46.0% 383	49.8% 405	35.9% 326	32.6% 155	41.9% 1269
No, definitely not	32.7% 272	27.2% 221	12.5% 113	18.3% 87	22.9% 693
No opinion	10.5% 87	6.6% 54	1.3% 12	1.7% 8	5.3% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 832	100.0% 813	100.0% 907	100.0% 475	3027