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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 - sacrificial/selfish.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely sacrificial	165	16.2%	16.2%	-1.37
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	395	38.8%	55%	-.48
More sacrificial than selfish	271	26.6%	81.6%	.41
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	135	13.2%	94.8%	1.29
More selfish than sacrificial	36	3.5%	98.3%	2.18
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	15	1.5%	99.8%	3.07
Entirely selfish	2	.2%	100%	3.96

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	12.4% 24	17.0% 140	16.1% 164
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	35.2% 68	39.6% 327	38.8% 395
More sacrificial than selfish	27.5% 53	26.4% 218	26.6% 271
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	18.1% 35	12.1% 100	13.3% 135
More selfish than sacrificial	5.2% 10	3.2% 26	3.5% 36
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.0% 2	1.6% 13	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.5% 1	0.1% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 825	1018

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	16.5% 147	13.7% 17	16.1% 164
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	39.4% 352	34.7% 43	38.8% 395
More sacrificial than selfish	26.1% 233	30.6% 38	26.6% 271
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	13.0% 116	15.3% 19	13.3% 135
More selfish than sacrificial	3.4% 30	4.0% 5	3.4% 35
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.5% 13	1.6% 2	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 893	100.0% 124	1017

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	18.0% 33	14.3% 41	16.8% 64	15.9% 26	16.1% 164
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	36.6% 67	39.4% 113	39.5% 151	38.4% 63	38.8% 394
More sacrificial than selfish	25.1% 46	26.5% 76	27.0% 103	27.4% 45	26.6% 270
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	13.7% 25	14.3% 41	12.0% 46	14.0% 23	13.3% 135
More selfish than sacrificial	3.8% 7	3.5% 10	3.4% 13	3.7% 6	3.5% 36
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	2.2% 4	1.7% 5	1.3% 5	0.6% 1	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 287	100.0% 382	100.0% 164	1016

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	12.9% 78	17.9% 30	23.0% 52	20.0% 2	16.0% 162
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	41.1% 249	31.5% 53	38.1% 86	40.0% 4	38.8% 392
More sacrificial than selfish	26.6% 161	32.7% 55	23.9% 54	10.0% 1	26.8% 271
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	14.9% 90	11.3% 19	9.3% 21	20.0% 2	13.1% 132
More selfish than sacrificial	3.0% 18	6.5% 11	3.1% 7	0.0% 0	3.6% 36
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.3% 8	0.0% 0	2.7% 6	10.0% 1	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 168	100.0% 226	100.0% 10	1010

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	17.9% 5	18.8% 71	13.8% 70	17.3% 17	16.1% 163
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	35.7% 10	37.0% 140	41.7% 212	30.6% 30	38.7% 392
More sacrificial than selfish	25.0% 7	27.0% 102	26.3% 134	27.6% 27	26.7% 270
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	17.9% 5	11.4% 43	13.9% 71	16.3% 16	13.3% 135
More selfish than sacrificial	0.0% 0	4.5% 17	2.8% 14	5.1% 5	3.6% 36
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	3.6% 1	1.3% 5	1.4% 7	2.0% 2	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.0% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 378	100.0% 509	100.0% 98	1013

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	20.7% 29	17.3% 61	14.5% 63	10.7% 8	16.1% 161
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	39.3% 55	43.2% 152	35.9% 156	32.0% 24	38.7% 387
More sacrificial than selfish	22.9% 32	27.0% 95	28.6% 124	24.0% 18	26.9% 269
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	15.0% 21	9.1% 32	14.1% 61	25.3% 19	13.3% 133
More selfish than sacrificial	2.1% 3	3.1% 11	4.1% 18	4.0% 3	3.5% 35
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	2.3% 10	4.0% 3	1.4% 14
Entirely selfish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 352	100.0% 434	100.0% 75	1001

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	16.2% 158	12.5% 1	16.1% 5	16.1% 164
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	39.6% 387	12.5% 1	22.6% 7	38.9% 395
More sacrificial than selfish	27.2% 266	12.5% 1	6.5% 2	26.5% 269
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	12.3% 120	37.5% 3	38.7% 12	13.3% 135
More selfish than sacrificial	3.1% 30	12.5% 1	16.1% 5	3.5% 36
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.4% 14	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 15
Entirely selfish	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 977	100.0% 8	100.0% 31	1016