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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 - a special call/every Christian's call.

	1) Entirely a special call
	2) Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)
	3) More a special call than every Christian's call
	4) Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call
	5) More every Christian's call than a special call
	6) Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)
	7) Entirely every Christian's call

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely a special call	35	3.4%	3.4%	-1.99
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	122	11.9%	15.3%	-1.39
More a special call than every Christian's call	184	18%	33.3%	-.79
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	245	23.9%	57.2%	-.19
More every Christian's call than a special call	155	15.1%	72.4%	.41
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	150	14.6%	87%	1.01
Entirely every Christian's call	133	13%	100%	1.61

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	4.6% 9	3.1% 26	3.4% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	12.4% 24	11.8% 98	11.9% 122
More a special call than every Christian's call	18.0% 35	18.0% 149	18.0% 184
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	23.7% 46	23.9% 198	23.9% 244
More every Christian's call than a special call	16.0% 31	15.0% 124	15.2% 155
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	12.9% 25	15.0% 124	14.6% 149
Entirely every Christian's call	12.4% 24	13.2% 109	13.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 828	1022

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	3.2% 29	4.8% 6	3.4% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	12.0% 108	11.3% 14	11.9% 122
More a special call than every Christian's call	17.9% 161	17.7% 22	17.9% 183
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	23.4% 210	27.4% 34	23.9% 244
More every Christian's call than a special call	15.1% 135	16.1% 20	15.2% 155
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	14.9% 134	12.1% 15	14.6% 149
Entirely every Christian's call	13.4% 120	10.5% 13	13.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 897	100.0% 124	1021

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	3.9% 7	3.1% 9	3.9% 15	2.4% 4	3.4% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	10.5% 19	9.9% 29	12.9% 49	15.2% 25	12.0% 122
More a special call than every Christian's call	16.6% 30	18.4% 54	18.4% 70	18.3% 30	18.0% 184
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	24.3% 44	24.8% 73	23.9% 91	20.7% 34	23.7% 242
More every Christian's call than a special call	17.7% 32	15.6% 46	13.9% 53	14.6% 24	15.2% 155
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	12.7% 23	17.0% 50	14.2% 54	13.4% 22	14.6% 149
Entirely every Christian's call	14.4% 26	11.2% 33	12.9% 49	15.2% 25	13.0% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 294	100.0% 381	100.0% 164	1020

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	2.5% 15	3.5% 6	5.8% 13	10.0% 1	3.5% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	13.2% 80	9.9% 17	8.8% 20	20.0% 2	11.7% 119
More a special call than every Christian's call	18.9% 115	18.7% 32	16.4% 37	0.0% 0	18.1% 184
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	23.1% 140	18.7% 32	29.2% 66	40.0% 4	23.9% 242
More every Christian's call than a special call	15.7% 95	18.7% 32	11.5% 26	10.0% 1	15.2% 154
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	14.3% 87	19.9% 34	11.1% 25	10.0% 1	14.5% 147
Entirely every Christian's call	12.4% 75	10.5% 18	17.3% 39	10.0% 1	13.1% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 607	100.0% 171	100.0% 226	100.0% 10	1014

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	14.3% 4	3.7% 14	2.7% 14	3.1% 3	3.4% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	3.6% 1	13.4% 51	12.3% 63	7.2% 7	12.0% 122
More a special call than every Christian's call	21.4% 6	20.5% 78	16.6% 85	13.4% 13	17.9% 182
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	21.4% 6	23.4% 89	25.4% 130	18.6% 18	23.9% 243
More every Christian's call than a special call	21.4% 6	15.3% 58	14.1% 72	19.6% 19	15.2% 155
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	7.1% 2	11.8% 45	17.6% 90	11.3% 11	14.6% 148
Entirely every Christian's call	10.7% 3	11.8% 45	11.3% 58	26.8% 26	13.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 380	100.0% 512	100.0% 97	1017

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	4.3% 6	3.4% 12	2.3% 10	7.9% 6	3.4% 34
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	12.1% 17	12.7% 45	11.3% 49	11.8% 9	11.9% 120
More a special call than every Christian's call	19.9% 28	19.8% 70	17.3% 75	9.2% 7	17.9% 180
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	20.6% 29	23.7% 84	24.0% 104	31.6% 24	24.0% 241
More every Christian's call than a special call	17.7% 25	13.8% 49	15.2% 66	15.8% 12	15.1% 152
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	13.5% 19	13.8% 49	15.0% 65	15.8% 12	14.4% 145
Entirely every Christian's call	12.1% 17	12.7% 45	15.0% 65	7.9% 6	13.2% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 354	100.0% 434	100.0% 76	1005

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	3.3% 32	0.0% 0	9.7% 3	3.4% 35
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	11.9% 117	28.6% 2	9.7% 3	12.0% 122
More a special call than every Christian's call	18.1% 178	0.0% 0	16.1% 5	18.0% 183
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	24.0% 235	28.6% 2	22.6% 7	23.9% 244
More every Christian's call than a special call	14.9% 146	28.6% 2	19.4% 6	15.1% 154
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	14.7% 144	0.0% 0	12.9% 4	14.5% 148
Entirely every Christian's call	13.1% 129	14.3% 1	9.7% 3	13.1% 133
TOTAL	100.0% 981	100.0% 7	100.0% 31	1019