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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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IMPEDUC

How important is it for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through its Worldwide Ministries Division to provide the following mission-related service or program for our congregations and presbyteries? - mission education resources, including theology

	1) Essential
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not too important
	5) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	218	21.1%	21.1%	-1.38
Very important	458	44.4%	65.6%	-.24
Somewhat important	279	27.1%	92.6%	.89
Not too important	66	6.4%	99%	2.02
Not at all important	10	1%	100%	3.15

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	29.2% 57	19.2% 160	21.1% 217
Very important	45.6% 89	44.1% 368	44.4% 457
Somewhat important	22.6% 44	28.2% 235	27.1% 279
Not too important	2.1% 4	7.4% 62	6.4% 66
Not at all important	0.5% 1	1.1% 9	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 834	1029

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	20.6% 186	25.2% 31	21.2% 217
Very important	43.7% 395	50.4% 62	44.5% 457
Somewhat important	28.2% 255	18.7% 23	27.1% 278
Not too important	6.6% 60	3.3% 4	6.2% 64
Not at all important	0.8% 7	2.4% 3	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 903	100.0% 123	1026

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	19.3% 36	23.6% 70	21.6% 83	17.0% 27	21.0% 216
Very important	44.9% 84	43.6% 129	44.7% 172	45.3% 72	44.5% 457
Somewhat important	28.9% 54	27.7% 82	24.7% 95	29.6% 47	27.1% 278
Not too important	6.4% 12	4.4% 13	8.1% 31	6.3% 10	6.4% 66
Not at all important	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	1.0% 4	1.9% 3	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 296	100.0% 385	100.0% 159	1027

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	21.1% 130	20.0% 34	21.9% 49	10.0% 1	21.0% 214
Very important	47.1% 290	41.8% 71	39.3% 88	40.0% 4	44.4% 453
Somewhat important	26.0% 160	28.8% 49	28.6% 64	50.0% 5	27.3% 278
Not too important	5.5% 34	8.2% 14	8.0% 18	0.0% 0	6.5% 66
Not at all important	0.3% 2	1.2% 2	2.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 616	100.0% 170	100.0% 224	100.0% 10	1020

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	38.5% 10	20.1% 77	22.0% 113	16.8% 17	21.2% 217
Very important	34.6% 9	47.5% 182	43.8% 225	37.6% 38	44.3% 454
Somewhat important	23.1% 6	27.2% 104	26.1% 134	32.7% 33	27.1% 277
Not too important	3.8% 1	4.4% 17	7.2% 37	10.9% 11	6.4% 66
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	1.0% 5	2.0% 2	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 383	100.0% 514	100.0% 101	1024

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	28.0% 40	18.8% 67	21.3% 93	19.5% 15	21.2% 215
Very important	38.5% 55	45.8% 163	44.7% 195	44.2% 34	44.2% 447
Somewhat important	27.3% 39	28.4% 101	26.8% 117	24.7% 19	27.3% 276
Not too important	5.6% 8	5.9% 21	6.0% 26	11.7% 9	6.3% 64
Not at all important	0.7% 1	1.1% 4	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 356	100.0% 436	100.0% 77	1012

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Essential	21.2% 209	14.3% 1	16.7% 5	21.0% 215
Very important	44.1% 436	28.6% 2	60.0% 18	44.5% 456
Somewhat important	27.2% 269	57.1% 4	16.7% 5	27.1% 278
Not too important	6.6% 65	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	6.4% 66
Not at all important	0.9% 9	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	1.0% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 988	100.0% 7	100.0% 30	1025