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Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1994 -- Communications Issues

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HOWCNGRE

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 -- Stories/news about Presbyterian congregations

	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)	842	29%	29%	-.99
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	921	31.7%	60.6%	-.43
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	346	11.9%	72.5%	.12
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	164	5.6%	78.2%	.68
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	108	3.7%	81.9%	1.23
Not interested	527	18.1%	100%	1.78

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)	28.2% 473	26.5% 83	27.9% 556
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	33.2% 557	31.0% 97	32.9% 654
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	10.9% 182	13.4% 42	11.3% 224
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	5.5% 93	5.1% 16	5.5% 109
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.1% 68	3.8% 12	4.0% 80
Not interested	18.1% 304	20.1% 63	18.4% 367
TOTAL	100.0% 1677	100.0% 313	1990

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)	30.4% 238	25.1% 98	27.3% 214	25.0% 8	28.0% 558
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	32.8% 257	37.9% 148	30.1% 236	34.4% 11	32.7% 652
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	9.4% 74	11.3% 44	13.2% 104	6.3% 2	11.3% 224
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	6.6% 52	5.4% 21	4.6% 36	0.0% 0	5.5% 109
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.8% 30	4.6% 18	3.7% 29	9.4% 3	4.0% 80
Not interested	17.0% 133	15.6% 61	21.1% 166	25.0% 8	18.5% 368
TOTAL	100.0% 784	100.0% 390	100.0% 785	100.0% 32	1991

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)	27.2% 284	27.5% 126	30.3% 192	30.6% 232	28.8% 834
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	33.7% 352	34.4% 158	27.4% 174	30.5% 231	31.6% 915
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	11.7% 122	11.1% 51	12.3% 78	12.4% 94	11.9% 345
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	5.0% 52	4.1% 19	8.2% 52	5.4% 41	5.7% 164
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.3% 45	3.1% 14	2.8% 18	4.1% 31	3.7% 108
Not interested	18.0% 188	19.8% 91	18.9% 120	16.9% 128	18.2% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 1043	100.0% 459	100.0% 634	100.0% 757	2893

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)	37.8% 31	27.4% 514	37.8% 14	28.0% 559
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	29.3% 24	33.0% 620	35.1% 13	32.9% 657
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	15.9% 13	11.2% 210	5.4% 2	11.3% 225
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	3.7% 3	5.5% 104	10.8% 4	5.6% 111
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	4.9% 4	4.0% 76	0.0% 0	4.0% 80
Not interested	8.5% 7	18.8% 353	10.8% 4	18.2% 364
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 1877	100.0% 37	1996

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)	26.9% 195	28.6% 368	28.0% 563
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	31.2% 226	33.7% 434	32.8% 660
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	11.9% 86	10.8% 139	11.2% 225
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	3.7% 27	6.5% 83	5.5% 110
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.4% 25	4.2% 54	3.9% 79
Not interested	22.9% 166	16.2% 208	18.6% 374
TOTAL	100.0% 725	100.0% 1286	2011

Education (I-EDUC:LAY)

	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)	24.5% 51	27.7% 61	24.8% 62	22.1% 27	29.3% 73	26.1% 274
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	32.2% 67	30.5% 67	24.8% 62	26.2% 32	26.9% 67	28.1% 295
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.5% 28	12.3% 27	11.2% 28	14.8% 18	12.4% 31	12.6% 132
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	3.8% 8	2.7% 6	4.0% 10	4.1% 5	2.8% 7	3.4% 36
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	2.9% 6	3.2% 7	2.0% 5	4.1% 5	4.4% 11	3.2% 34
Not interested	23.1% 48	23.6% 52	33.2% 83	28.7% 35	24.1% 60	26.5% 278
TOTAL	100.0% 208	100.0% 220	100.0% 250	100.0% 122	100.0% 249	1049

Education (I-EDUC:CLR)

	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)	29.2% 163	32.0% 64	30.6% 56	30.1% 283
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	39.1% 218	41.0% 82	33.3% 61	38.4% 361
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	10.6% 59	7.5% 15	10.4% 19	9.9% 93
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	8.1% 45	7.5% 15	7.1% 13	7.8% 73
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.9% 22	4.0% 8	8.2% 15	4.8% 45
Not interested	9.1% 51	8.0% 16	10.4% 19	9.1% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 558	100.0% 200	100.0% 183	941

Member/elder income (I-INCM:LAY)

	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)	23.3% 41	29.9% 101	24.0% 87	30.9% 38	26.7% 267
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	30.7% 54	29.3% 99	25.4% 92	26.0% 32	27.7% 277
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	15.3% 27	10.1% 34	13.8% 50	11.4% 14	12.5% 125
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.8% 5	1.8% 6	5.0% 18	3.3% 4	3.3% 33
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	1.7% 3	3.6% 12	3.6% 13	3.3% 4	3.2% 32
Not interested	26.1% 46	25.4% 86	28.2% 102	25.2% 31	26.5% 265
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 338	100.0% 362	100.0% 123	999

Clergy income (I-INCM:CLR)

	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)	32.5% 26	29.3% 137	30.2% 104	33.3% 17	30.1% 284
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	43.8% 35	39.8% 186	36.9% 127	27.5% 14	38.4% 362
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	2.5% 2	10.3% 48	10.2% 35	13.7% 7	9.8% 92
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	6.3% 5	8.8% 41	7.0% 24	5.9% 3	7.7% 73
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	6.3% 5	3.4% 16	5.5% 19	9.8% 5	4.8% 45
Not interested	8.8% 7	8.4% 39	10.2% 35	9.8% 5	9.1% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 467	100.0% 344	100.0% 51	942

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)	24.3% 193	30.3% 237	32.2% 283	28.4% 129	29.0% 842
More detailed general publication available by subscription (cost paid by subscribers)	24.7% 196	28.1% 220	40.1% 352	33.6% 153	31.7% 921
Special interest publication - publications produced by divisions of the church which address specific issues or topics	13.4% 106	13.0% 102	10.5% 92	10.1% 46	11.9% 346
Videotapes issued monthly or quarterly	2.8% 22	4.3% 34	7.7% 68	8.8% 40	5.6% 164
Computer-based communication system (for electronic mail, messages, and discussions)	3.0% 24	2.8% 22	3.4% 30	7.0% 32	3.7% 108
Not interested	31.8% 252	21.4% 167	6.0% 53	12.1% 55	18.1% 527
TOTAL	100.0% 793	100.0% 782	100.0% 878	100.0% 455	2908