Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 1994 -- Communications Issues

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WHYBLNG3 [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. -- It was the closest Presbyterian church.   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	497	41.5%	41.5%	-1.19
No	701	58.5%	100%	.84

Variable Comparisons

Marital status Political party Region Race Sex Education Education Member/elder income Clergy income Type of respondent

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes	40.8% 414	46.1% 77	41.5% 491
No	59.2% 601	53.9% 90	58.5% 691
TOTAL	100.0% 1015	100.0% 167	1182

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	All other responses	TOTAL
Yes	42.0% 129	42.1% 90	41.1% 268	33.3% 4	41.4% 491
No	58.0% 178	57.9% 124	58.9% 384	66.7% 8	58.6% 694
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 214	100.0% 652	100.0% 12	1185

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	40.6% 176	40.4% 78	42.3% 105	42.6% 138	41.5% 497
No	59.4% 257	59.6% 115	57.7% 143	57.4% 186	58.5% 701
TOTAL	100.0% 433	100.0% 193	100.0% 248	100.0% 324	1198

Race (I-RACE)

	Afr/As. Am	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes	48.1% 13	41.2% 473	36.4% 4	41.4% 490
No	51.9% 14	58.8% 674	63.6% 7	58.6% 695
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 1147	100.0% 11	1185

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	41.9% 257	41.0% 239	41.5% 496
No	58.1% 356	59.0% 344	58.5% 700
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 583	1196

Education (I-EDUC:LAY)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. degr	Some grad.	Grad degr	TOTAL
Yes	50.6% 79	43.5% 101	36.5% 108	42.1% 67	39.2% 133	41.3% 488
No	49.4% 77	56.5% 131	63.5% 188	57.9% 92	60.8% 206	58.7% 694
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 232	100.0% 296	100.0% 159	100.0% 339	1182

Education (I-EDUC:CLR)

Table contains all missing data

Member/elder income (I-INCM:LAY)

	Lt 25K	25K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K & up	TOTAL
Yes	56.3% 71	41.2% 140	39.4% 194	37.4% 65	41.5% 470
No	43.7% 55	58.8% 200	60.6% 298	62.6% 109	58.5% 662
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 340	100.0% 492	100.0% 174	1132

Clergy income (I-INCM:CLR)

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Type of respondent (I-RESTYPE)

	Members	Elders	Pastors	Specialized Clergy	TOTAL
Yes	39.6% 233	43.3% 264	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	41.5% 497
No	60.4% 356	56.7% 345	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	58.5% 701
TOTAL	100.0% 589	100.0% 609	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	1198