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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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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 - authoritarian/democratic.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely authoritarian	2	.3%	.3%	-2.91
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	36	6.1%	6.5%	-2.08
More authoritarian than democratic	75	12.8%	19.2%	-1.26
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	158	26.9%	46.1%	-.43
More democratic than authoritarian	193	32.8%	78.9%	.39
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	105	17.9%	96.8%	1.22
Entirely democratic	19	3.2%	100%	2.05

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	4.9% 15	7.5% 21	6.1% 36
More authoritarian than democratic	13.4% 41	12.1% 34	12.8% 75
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	29.1% 89	24.6% 69	27.0% 158
More democratic than authoritarian	31.0% 95	34.6% 97	32.8% 192
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	17.0% 52	18.9% 53	17.9% 105
Entirely democratic	4.2% 13	1.8% 5	3.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 280	586

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.2% 1	1.3% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	6.3% 32	5.3% 4	6.2% 36
More authoritarian than democratic	13.0% 66	10.7% 8	12.7% 74
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	27.9% 142	21.3% 16	27.1% 158
More democratic than authoritarian	31.4% 160	40.0% 30	32.5% 190
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	18.3% 93	16.0% 12	18.0% 105
Entirely democratic	2.9% 15	5.3% 4	3.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 509	100.0% 75	584

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	7.3% 7	4.2% 8	7.2% 15	6.7% 6	6.1% 36
More authoritarian than democratic	11.5% 11	16.1% 31	9.6% 20	14.4% 13	12.8% 75
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	34.4% 33	26.6% 51	23.4% 49	27.8% 25	26.9% 158
More democratic than authoritarian	27.1% 26	30.7% 59	38.8% 81	28.9% 26	32.7% 192
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	13.5% 13	20.8% 40	17.2% 36	17.8% 16	17.9% 105
Entirely democratic	4.2% 4	1.6% 3	3.8% 8	4.4% 4	3.2% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 96	100.0% 192	100.0% 209	100.0% 90	587

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	7.8% 12	3.7% 3	6.3% 21	0.0% 0	6.2% 36
More authoritarian than democratic	11.1% 17	15.9% 13	12.5% 42	27.3% 3	12.9% 75
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	26.8% 41	32.9% 27	25.9% 87	18.2% 2	27.0% 157
More democratic than authoritarian	30.1% 46	25.6% 21	35.7% 120	36.4% 4	32.8% 191
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	19.6% 30	22.0% 18	15.8% 53	9.1% 1	17.5% 102
Entirely democratic	3.9% 6	0.0% 0	3.6% 12	9.1% 1	3.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 82	100.0% 336	100.0% 11	582

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	4.8% 1	5.8% 10	6.7% 16	4.6% 6	5.9% 33
More authoritarian than democratic	19.0% 4	9.2% 16	13.3% 32	13.1% 17	12.2% 69
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	19.0% 4	30.6% 53	25.0% 60	26.9% 35	27.0% 152
More democratic than authoritarian	38.1% 8	33.5% 58	32.1% 77	36.2% 47	33.7% 190
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	9.5% 2	15.0% 26	20.8% 50	16.9% 22	17.7% 100
Entirely democratic	9.5% 2	4.6% 8	2.1% 5	2.3% 3	3.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 173	100.0% 240	100.0% 130	564

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	5.2% 3	6.6% 8	4.5% 9	7.4% 15	6.0% 35
More authoritarian than democratic	12.1% 7	18.2% 22	12.6% 25	10.4% 21	12.9% 75
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	31.0% 18	25.6% 31	28.6% 57	24.8% 50	26.9% 156
More democratic than authoritarian	31.0% 18	33.1% 40	32.2% 64	34.2% 69	32.9% 191
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	19.0% 11	16.5% 20	19.1% 38	17.8% 36	18.1% 105
Entirely democratic	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 6	5.0% 10	2.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 121	100.0% 199	100.0% 202	580

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely authoritarian	0.2% 1	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly authoritarian (but a little democratic)	6.0% 34	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	6.2% 36
More authoritarian than democratic	12.4% 71	28.6% 2	14.3% 1	12.6% 74
Equal parts of authoritarian and democratic	27.1% 155	28.6% 2	14.3% 1	27.0% 158
More democratic than authoritarian	32.9% 188	0.0% 0	57.1% 4	32.8% 192
Mostly democratic (but a little authoritarian)	18.2% 104	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.8% 104
Entirely democratic	3.2% 18	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	3.2% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 571	100.0% 7	100.0% 7	585