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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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The following is a pair of alternative words or phrases that might be used to describe the world mission. For this pair, choose only one answer (the first term, the second term, or a combination of both) that best fits your image of world mission as it is today - authoritarian/democratic.

	1) Entirely authoritarian
	2) Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)
	3) More authoritarian than democratic
	4) Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic
	5) More democratic than authoritarian
	6) Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)
	7) Entirely democratic

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely authoritarian	5	.5%	.5%	-3.17
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	24	2.4%	2.9%	-2.34
More authoritarian than democratic	129	12.8%	15.7%	-1.52
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	192	19.1%	34.8%	-.69
More democratic than authoritarian	330	32.8%	67.6%	.13
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	268	26.6%	94.2%	.95
Entirely democratic	58	5.8%	100%	1.78

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.5% 1	0.5% 4	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	1.1% 2	2.7% 22	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	18.1% 34	11.6% 95	12.8% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	21.3% 40	18.5% 151	19.0% 191
More democratic than authoritarian	31.4% 59	33.2% 271	32.9% 330
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	22.9% 43	27.6% 225	26.7% 268
Entirely democratic	4.8% 9	5.9% 48	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 816	1004

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.3% 3	1.7% 2	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	2.7% 24	0.0% 0	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	12.2% 108	17.4% 21	12.9% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	17.5% 154	29.8% 36	18.9% 190
More democratic than authoritarian	33.8% 298	26.4% 32	32.9% 330
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	27.4% 242	21.5% 26	26.7% 268
Entirely democratic	6.0% 53	3.3% 4	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 882	100.0% 121	1003

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	3.8% 7	3.5% 10	1.3% 5	1.2% 2	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	11.0% 20	13.6% 39	11.9% 44	16.0% 26	12.9% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	22.0% 40	16.1% 46	18.3% 68	22.1% 36	19.0% 190
More democratic than authoritarian	33.0% 60	33.6% 96	34.2% 127	28.8% 47	32.9% 330
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	22.0% 40	27.6% 79	28.0% 104	27.0% 44	26.6% 267
Entirely democratic	7.7% 14	4.9% 14	5.7% 21	4.9% 8	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 286	100.0% 371	100.0% 163	1002

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.5% 3	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	1.8% 11	3.6% 6	2.7% 6	0.0% 0	2.3% 23
More authoritarian than democratic	14.5% 87	9.6% 16	11.4% 25	11.1% 1	13.0% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	18.3% 110	18.0% 30	21.4% 47	22.2% 2	19.0% 189
More democratic than authoritarian	29.7% 178	35.9% 60	38.6% 85	33.3% 3	32.7% 326
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	29.5% 177	25.1% 42	21.4% 47	11.1% 1	26.8% 267
Entirely democratic	5.7% 34	7.2% 12	4.1% 9	22.2% 2	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 167	100.0% 220	100.0% 9	996

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	1.0% 1	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	3.7% 1	1.3% 5	2.8% 14	4.1% 4	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	25.9% 7	13.1% 49	11.8% 59	14.3% 14	12.9% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	22.2% 6	20.6% 77	18.0% 90	16.3% 16	18.9% 189
More democratic than authoritarian	11.1% 3	33.8% 126	33.7% 169	29.6% 29	32.7% 327
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	29.6% 8	25.2% 94	27.7% 139	27.6% 27	26.8% 268
Entirely democratic	7.4% 2	5.9% 22	5.2% 26	7.1% 7	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 373	100.0% 501	100.0% 98	999

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.7% 3	1.3% 1	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	2.2% 3	2.6% 9	2.1% 9	3.9% 3	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	15.1% 21	12.4% 43	13.2% 56	11.8% 9	13.1% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	24.5% 34	17.9% 62	18.8% 80	17.1% 13	19.1% 189
More democratic than authoritarian	33.8% 47	33.7% 117	29.4% 125	40.8% 31	32.4% 320
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	19.4% 27	26.8% 93	29.6% 126	22.4% 17	26.6% 263
Entirely democratic	5.0% 7	6.3% 22	6.1% 26	2.6% 2	5.8% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 347	100.0% 425	100.0% 76	987

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	2.5% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 24
More authoritarian than democratic	12.6% 121	14.3% 1	22.6% 7	12.9% 129
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	18.1% 174	42.9% 3	38.7% 12	18.9% 189
More democratic than authoritarian	33.3% 321	28.6% 2	22.6% 7	33.0% 330
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	27.3% 263	0.0% 0	12.9% 4	26.7% 267
Entirely democratic	5.7% 55	14.3% 1	3.2% 1	5.7% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 963	100.0% 7	100.0% 31	1001