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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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WMOTHERS

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 - serving others/being served.

	1) Entirely serving others
	2) Mostly serving others (but a little being served)
	3) More serving others than being served
	4) Equal parts of serving others and being served
	5) More being served than serving others
	6) Mostly being served (but a little serving others)
	7) Entirely being served

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely serving others	224	21.8%	21.8%	-1.26
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	401	39%	60.8%	-.35
More serving others than being served	228	22.2%	83%	.56
Equal parts of serving others and being served	144	14%	97%	1.47
More being served than serving others	23	2.2%	99.2%	2.37
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	4	.4%	99.6%	3.28
Entirely being served	4	.4%	100%	4.19

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	15.5% 30	23.2% 193	21.7% 223
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	37.1% 72	39.5% 329	39.1% 401
More serving others than being served	21.6% 42	22.4% 186	22.2% 228
Equal parts of serving others and being served	22.7% 44	12.0% 100	14.0% 144
More being served than serving others	2.1% 4	2.3% 19	2.2% 23
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.5% 1	0.4% 3	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	0.5% 1	0.2% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 832	1026

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	22.6% 204	15.3% 19	21.8% 223
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	39.6% 357	35.5% 44	39.1% 401
More serving others than being served	21.6% 195	26.6% 33	22.2% 228
Equal parts of serving others and being served	13.7% 123	16.9% 21	14.0% 144
More being served than serving others	1.8% 16	4.8% 6	2.1% 22
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	0.2% 2	0.8% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 901	100.0% 124	1025

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	23.5% 43	19.4% 57	21.9% 84	23.8% 39	21.8% 223
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	32.2% 59	40.1% 118	41.3% 158	39.6% 65	39.1% 400
More serving others than being served	25.7% 47	22.4% 66	21.1% 81	20.1% 33	22.2% 227
Equal parts of serving others and being served	14.8% 27	16.0% 47	13.3% 51	11.6% 19	14.1% 144
More being served than serving others	2.2% 4	1.0% 3	2.3% 9	4.3% 7	2.2% 23
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	1.1% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 294	100.0% 383	100.0% 164	1024

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	17.7% 108	22.8% 39	30.8% 70	40.0% 4	21.7% 221
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	40.7% 248	37.4% 64	36.6% 83	30.0% 3	39.1% 398
More serving others than being served	23.1% 141	24.0% 41	19.4% 44	10.0% 1	22.3% 227
Equal parts of serving others and being served	14.8% 90	14.6% 25	11.5% 26	20.0% 2	14.0% 143
More being served than serving others	3.0% 18	1.2% 2	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 23
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
Entirely being served	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 171	100.0% 227	100.0% 10	1018

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	28.6% 8	23.0% 88	20.9% 107	20.2% 20	21.8% 223
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	28.6% 8	38.2% 146	41.0% 210	34.3% 34	39.0% 398
More serving others than being served	17.9% 5	21.7% 83	22.9% 117	22.2% 22	22.2% 227
Equal parts of serving others and being served	17.9% 5	14.4% 55	12.9% 66	17.2% 17	14.0% 143
More being served than serving others	7.1% 2	2.6% 10	1.6% 8	3.0% 3	2.3% 23
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	2.0% 2	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	1.0% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 382	100.0% 512	100.0% 99	1021

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	21.3% 30	23.2% 82	21.5% 94	21.1% 16	22.0% 222
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	35.5% 50	43.2% 153	36.5% 160	38.2% 29	38.9% 392
More serving others than being served	31.2% 44	17.8% 63	23.5% 103	18.4% 14	22.2% 224
Equal parts of serving others and being served	10.6% 15	15.0% 53	13.7% 60	18.4% 14	14.1% 142
More being served than serving others	1.4% 2	0.8% 3	3.4% 15	2.6% 2	2.2% 22
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.3% 1	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 354	100.0% 438	100.0% 76	1009

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	21.6% 213	37.5% 3	22.6% 7	21.8% 223
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	39.7% 391	0.0% 0	29.0% 9	39.1% 400
More serving others than being served	22.3% 219	12.5% 1	19.4% 6	22.1% 226
Equal parts of serving others and being served	13.8% 136	25.0% 2	19.4% 6	14.1% 144
More being served than serving others	1.8% 18	25.0% 2	9.7% 3	2.2% 23
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
Entirely being served	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 984	100.0% 8	100.0% 31	1023