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Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1994 -- Communications Issues

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INFSYNOD

Think about all of the information you currently receive on each of the following topics. At the present time, would you say you receive as much information as you would like to receive on each topic, or would you like to receive more or less information on each topic? Information currently received about -- Programs and activities of your synod

	1) Currently receive right amount
	2) Want more
	3) Want less
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Currently receive right amount	1618	53.8%	53.8%	-.79
Want more	615	20.4%	74.2%	.15
Want less	400	13.3%	87.5%	1.08
Not sure	375	12.5%	100%	2.01

Variable Comparisons

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	54.4% 943	46.6% 152	53.2% 1095
Want more	20.3% 352	23.3% 76	20.8% 428
Want less	13.6% 235	13.2% 43	13.5% 278
Not sure	11.8% 204	16.9% 55	12.6% 259
TOTAL	100.0% 1734	100.0% 326	2060

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	54.7% 443	50.8% 203	53.1% 436	48.4% 15	53.2% 1097
Want more	18.4% 149	22.0% 88	22.7% 186	19.4% 6	20.8% 429
Want less	15.6% 126	16.0% 64	10.5% 86	12.9% 4	13.6% 280
Not sure	11.4% 92	11.3% 45	13.8% 113	19.4% 6	12.4% 256
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 400	100.0% 821	100.0% 31	2062

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	53.3% 577	57.9% 278	54.3% 354	51.7% 402	53.8% 1611
Want more	21.7% 235	16.5% 79	19.8% 129	21.7% 169	20.4% 612
Want less	12.7% 138	13.8% 66	13.7% 89	13.4% 104	13.3% 397
Not sure	12.3% 133	11.9% 57	12.3% 80	13.2% 103	12.5% 373
TOTAL	100.0% 1083	100.0% 480	100.0% 652	100.0% 778	2993

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	48.1% 39	53.5% 1041	47.5% 19	53.2% 1099
Want more	30.9% 25	20.4% 396	25.0% 10	20.9% 431
Want less	8.6% 7	13.7% 267	12.5% 5	13.5% 279
Not sure	12.3% 10	12.3% 240	15.0% 6	12.4% 256
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 1944	100.0% 40	2065

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	50.1% 378	54.7% 727	53.0% 1105
Want more	23.3% 176	19.6% 261	21.0% 437
Want less	9.8% 74	15.7% 208	13.5% 282
Not sure	16.8% 127	10.0% 133	12.5% 260
TOTAL	100.0% 755	100.0% 1329	2084

Education (I-EDUC:LAY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	49.1% 107	54.7% 129	46.6% 118	46.0% 58	50.6% 128	49.7% 540
Want more	27.1% 59	25.8% 61	21.7% 55	26.2% 33	22.5% 57	24.4% 265
Want less	6.4% 14	6.8% 16	7.9% 20	4.8% 6	7.1% 18	6.8% 74
Not sure	17.4% 38	12.7% 30	23.7% 60	23.0% 29	19.8% 50	19.1% 207
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 236	100.0% 253	100.0% 126	100.0% 253	1086

Education (I-EDUC:CLR)

	Coll.&less	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	54.3% 313	61.1% 127	59.3% 112	56.7% 552
Want more	16.8% 97	14.9% 31	20.6% 39	17.2% 167
Want less	24.0% 138	18.8% 39	15.3% 29	21.2% 206
Not sure	4.9% 28	5.3% 11	4.8% 9	4.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 576	100.0% 208	100.0% 189	973

Member/elder income (I-INCM:LAY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	45.8% 82	50.9% 179	51.2% 192	49.2% 63	49.9% 516
Want more	26.8% 48	21.9% 77	25.9% 97	23.4% 30	24.4% 252
Want less	7.8% 14	7.1% 25	5.6% 21	6.3% 8	6.6% 68
Not sure	19.6% 35	20.2% 71	17.3% 65	21.1% 27	19.1% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 352	100.0% 375	100.0% 128	1034

Clergy income (I-INCM:CLR)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	48.8% 40	55.2% 267	60.8% 216	56.6% 30	56.8% 553
Want more	22.0% 18	17.6% 85	15.8% 56	15.1% 8	17.1% 167
Want less	25.6% 21	22.3% 108	18.6% 66	20.8% 11	21.1% 206
Not sure	3.7% 3	5.0% 24	4.8% 17	7.5% 4	4.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 484	100.0% 355	100.0% 53	974

Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Currently receive right amount	51.1% 425	52.8% 424	54.6% 493	58.7% 276	53.8% 1618
Want more	21.5% 179	23.9% 192	17.1% 154	19.1% 90	20.4% 615
Want less	7.3% 61	7.1% 57	22.6% 204	16.6% 78	13.3% 400
Not sure	20.1% 167	16.2% 130	5.8% 52	5.5% 26	12.5% 375
TOTAL	100.0% 832	100.0% 803	100.0% 903	100.0% 470	3008