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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1998 - World Mission, Clergy

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WMFOCUS

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 - focused/scattered.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely focused	32	3.2%	3.2%	-2.17
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	128	12.6%	15.8%	-1.44
More focused than scattered	201	19.9%	35.7%	-.72
Equal parts of focused and scattered	265	26.2%	61.9%	0
More scattered than focused	255	25.2%	87.1%	.73
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	100	9.9%	96.9%	1.45
Entirely scattered	31	3.1%	100%	2.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely focused	2.1% 4	3.4% 28	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	10.5% 20	13.0% 107	12.6% 127
More focused than scattered	26.8% 51	18.3% 150	19.9% 201
Equal parts of focused and scattered	25.3% 48	26.3% 216	26.1% 264
More scattered than focused	22.1% 42	26.0% 213	25.2% 255
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	8.4% 16	10.2% 84	9.9% 100
Entirely scattered	4.7% 9	2.7% 22	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 820	1010

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.3% 29	1.7% 2	3.1% 31
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	12.7% 113	11.6% 14	12.6% 127
More focused than scattered	19.8% 176	20.7% 25	19.9% 201
Equal parts of focused and scattered	26.3% 233	24.8% 30	26.1% 263
More scattered than focused	25.6% 227	23.1% 28	25.3% 255
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	9.7% 86	11.6% 14	9.9% 100
Entirely scattered	2.6% 23	6.6% 8	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 887	100.0% 121	1008

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely focused	1.7% 3	2.8% 8	3.7% 14	4.3% 7	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	11.7% 21	10.8% 31	14.2% 54	13.0% 21	12.6% 127
More focused than scattered	17.8% 32	22.0% 63	18.5% 70	22.2% 36	19.9% 201
Equal parts of focused and scattered	27.2% 49	27.2% 78	26.4% 100	22.8% 37	26.2% 264
More scattered than focused	25.0% 45	25.1% 72	25.3% 96	24.7% 40	25.1% 253
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	11.1% 20	9.8% 28	9.5% 36	9.9% 16	9.9% 100
Entirely scattered	5.6% 10	2.4% 7	2.4% 9	3.1% 5	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 287	100.0% 379	100.0% 162	1008

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely focused	2.3% 14	2.4% 4	6.3% 14	0.0% 0	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	12.9% 78	9.7% 16	13.8% 31	10.0% 1	12.6% 126
More focused than scattered	19.7% 119	23.6% 39	18.3% 41	10.0% 1	19.9% 200
Equal parts of focused and scattered	26.3% 159	24.2% 40	26.8% 60	20.0% 2	26.0% 261
More scattered than focused	25.5% 154	24.2% 40	25.0% 56	30.0% 3	25.2% 253
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	9.9% 60	12.1% 20	7.6% 17	30.0% 3	10.0% 100
Entirely scattered	3.3% 20	3.6% 6	2.2% 5	0.0% 0	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 165	100.0% 224	100.0% 10	1003

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.4% 1	3.2% 12	3.4% 17	2.1% 2	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	10.3% 3	12.8% 48	12.9% 65	11.3% 11	12.6% 127
More focused than scattered	17.2% 5	18.9% 71	20.9% 105	19.6% 19	19.9% 200
Equal parts of focused and scattered	24.1% 7	27.7% 104	25.4% 128	23.7% 23	26.1% 262
More scattered than focused	24.1% 7	25.5% 96	25.0% 126	24.7% 24	25.2% 253
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	10.3% 3	9.6% 36	9.9% 50	11.3% 11	10.0% 100
Entirely scattered	10.3% 3	2.4% 9	2.4% 12	7.2% 7	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 376	100.0% 503	100.0% 97	1005

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely focused	2.1% 3	2.0% 7	3.9% 17	6.7% 5	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	12.8% 18	12.4% 43	13.0% 56	10.7% 8	12.6% 125
More focused than scattered	19.1% 27	19.7% 68	20.1% 87	20.0% 15	19.8% 197
Equal parts of focused and scattered	23.4% 33	28.0% 97	25.2% 109	26.7% 20	26.1% 259
More scattered than focused	31.2% 44	24.6% 85	23.4% 101	28.0% 21	25.3% 251
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	9.9% 14	10.1% 35	10.4% 45	6.7% 5	10.0% 99
Entirely scattered	1.4% 2	3.2% 11	3.9% 17	1.3% 1	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 346	100.0% 432	100.0% 75	994

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.1% 30	0.0% 0	6.5% 2	3.2% 32
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	12.8% 124	0.0% 0	9.7% 3	12.6% 127
More focused than scattered	19.7% 191	12.5% 1	29.0% 9	20.0% 201
Equal parts of focused and scattered	25.8% 250	25.0% 2	32.3% 10	26.0% 262
More scattered than focused	25.5% 247	25.0% 2	16.1% 5	25.2% 254
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	10.2% 99	0.0% 0	3.2% 1	9.9% 100
Entirely scattered	2.8% 27	37.5% 3	3.2% 1	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 968	100.0% 8	100.0% 31	1007