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Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 1997 - Spirituality and Health, Members

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HELPCMFT

This question is designed to find out how much help the people in your congregation would be willing to provide if you needed it. If you had a problem or were faced with a difficult situation, how much comfort would the people in your congregation be willing to give you?

	1) A great deal
	2) Some
	3) A little
	4) Not at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A great deal	519	59.9%	59.9%	-.72
Some	263	30.3%	90.2%	.69
A little	73	8.4%	98.6%	2.1
Not at all	12	1.4%	100%	3.51

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A great deal	62.1% 337	56.4% 181	60.0% 518
Some	28.0% 152	34.0% 109	30.2% 261
A little	8.3% 45	8.7% 28	8.4% 73
Not at all	1.7% 9	0.9% 3	1.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 543	100.0% 321	864

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A great deal	58.8% 379	62.8% 118	59.7% 497
Some	31.6% 204	26.1% 49	30.4% 253
A little	8.5% 55	8.5% 16	8.5% 71
Not at all	1.1% 7	2.7% 5	1.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 188	833

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A great deal	64.9% 74	54.5% 171	62.3% 188	62.8% 86	59.9% 519
Some	30.7% 35	34.1% 107	25.5% 77	32.1% 44	30.3% 263
A little	4.4% 5	9.9% 31	10.6% 32	3.6% 5	8.4% 73
Not at all	0.0% 0	1.6% 5	1.7% 5	1.5% 2	1.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 314	100.0% 302	100.0% 137	867

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	55.3% 110	58.7% 81	61.6% 301	59.3% 16	59.6% 508
Some	33.7% 67	30.4% 42	29.7% 145	25.9% 7	30.6% 261
A little	9.5% 19	8.0% 11	8.0% 39	11.1% 3	8.4% 72
Not at all	1.5% 3	2.9% 4	0.8% 4	3.7% 1	1.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 138	100.0% 489	100.0% 27	853

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A great deal	64.5% 60	63.9% 168	60.9% 184	50.0% 74	60.3% 486
Some	28.0% 26	28.1% 74	28.8% 87	39.9% 59	30.5% 246
A little	6.5% 6	6.5% 17	9.3% 28	8.1% 12	7.8% 63
Not at all	1.1% 1	1.5% 4	1.0% 3	2.0% 3	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 263	100.0% 302	100.0% 148	806

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A great deal	59.1% 107	55.7% 88	55.6% 114	65.1% 203	59.8% 512
Some	24.9% 45	35.4% 56	35.1% 72	28.2% 88	30.5% 261
A little	14.9% 27	7.0% 11	7.3% 15	5.8% 18	8.3% 71
Not at all	1.1% 2	1.9% 3	2.0% 4	1.0% 3	1.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 158	100.0% 205	100.0% 312	856

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
A great deal	60.7% 481	0.0% 0	66.7% 4	60.0% 3	60.5% 488
Some	30.1% 238	100.0% 4	16.7% 1	40.0% 2	30.4% 245
A little	7.7% 61	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	7.7% 62
Not at all	1.5% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 792	100.0% 4	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	807