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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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WMGOSPEL

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 - sharing the Gospel/sharing American culture.

	1) Entirely sharing the Gospel
	2) Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)
	3) More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture
	4) Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture
	5) More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel
	6) Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)
	7) Entirely sharing American culture

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely sharing the Gospel	164	16.1%	16.1%	-1.33
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	356	35%	51.1%	-.54
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	273	26.8%	77.9%	.25
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	132	13%	90.9%	1.04
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	56	5.5%	96.4%	1.83
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	33	3.2%	99.6%	2.63
Entirely sharing American culture	4	.4%	100%	3.42

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	8.3% 16	17.9% 147	16.0% 163
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	30.1% 58	36.2% 298	35.0% 356
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	29.5% 57	26.1% 215	26.8% 272
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	20.2% 39	11.3% 93	13.0% 132
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	6.7% 13	5.2% 43	5.5% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	4.7% 9	2.9% 24	3.2% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 823	1016

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	17.3% 154	7.3% 9	16.1% 163
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	35.9% 320	29.3% 36	35.1% 356
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	26.5% 236	29.3% 36	26.8% 272
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	12.2% 109	17.9% 22	12.9% 131
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	5.4% 48	6.5% 8	5.5% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	2.5% 22	8.9% 11	3.3% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.3% 3	0.8% 1	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 892	100.0% 123	1015

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	15.9% 29	16.6% 48	15.3% 58	16.6% 27	16.0% 162
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	28.0% 51	31.7% 92	42.0% 159	32.5% 53	35.0% 355
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	31.3% 57	25.9% 75	24.5% 93	28.8% 47	26.8% 272
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	14.8% 27	13.1% 38	11.6% 44	14.1% 23	13.0% 132
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	7.7% 14	6.2% 18	4.2% 16	4.9% 8	5.5% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	1.6% 3	5.9% 17	2.1% 8	3.1% 5	3.3% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 290	100.0% 379	100.0% 163	1014

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	12.7% 77	17.2% 29	22.2% 50	50.0% 5	16.0% 161
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	34.5% 209	35.5% 60	36.0% 81	20.0% 2	34.9% 352
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.8% 174	26.0% 44	23.1% 52	20.0% 2	27.0% 272
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	14.0% 85	11.8% 20	11.1% 25	10.0% 1	13.0% 131
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	5.0% 30	7.1% 12	6.2% 14	0.0% 0	5.6% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	4.5% 27	1.8% 3	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	3.3% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.5% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 169	100.0% 225	100.0% 10	1009

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	21.4% 6	17.2% 65	14.6% 74	18.6% 18	16.1% 163
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	25.0% 7	34.1% 129	36.8% 187	29.9% 29	34.8% 352
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.6% 8	27.0% 102	27.8% 141	21.6% 21	26.9% 272
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	17.9% 5	10.8% 41	12.8% 65	20.6% 20	13.0% 131
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	3.6% 1	7.1% 27	5.1% 26	2.1% 2	5.5% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	3.6% 1	3.7% 14	2.4% 12	6.2% 6	3.3% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	1.0% 1	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 378	100.0% 508	100.0% 97	1011

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	17.1% 24	18.5% 65	15.5% 67	8.1% 6	16.2% 162
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	35.0% 49	38.1% 134	32.3% 140	36.5% 27	35.0% 350
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	35.0% 49	25.6% 90	25.4% 110	24.3% 18	26.7% 267
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	8.6% 12	8.2% 29	16.4% 71	21.6% 16	12.8% 128
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	4.3% 6	5.7% 20	6.0% 26	5.4% 4	5.6% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	0.0% 0	3.7% 13	3.9% 17	2.7% 2	3.2% 32
Entirely sharing American culture	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 2	1.4% 1	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 352	100.0% 433	100.0% 74	999

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	15.9% 155	14.3% 1	22.6% 7	16.1% 163
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	36.2% 353	0.0% 0	9.7% 3	35.1% 356
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	26.7% 261	28.6% 2	22.6% 7	26.6% 270
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	12.5% 122	42.9% 3	22.6% 7	13.0% 132
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	5.2% 51	0.0% 0	16.1% 5	5.5% 56
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	3.1% 30	14.3% 1	6.5% 2	3.3% 33
Entirely sharing American culture	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 976	100.0% 7	100.0% 31	1014