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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 - something that laity do/something that clergy do.

	1) Entirely something that laity do
	2) Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)
	3) More something that laity do than something that clergy do
	4) Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do
	5) More something that clergy do than something that laity do
	6) Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)
	7) Entirely something that clergy do

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely something that laity do	5	.8%	.8%	-2.81
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	60	9.9%	10.8%	-1.8
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	137	22.7%	33.4%	-.79
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	287	47.5%	81%	.22
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	89	14.7%	95.7%	1.23
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	25	4.1%	99.8%	2.24
Entirely something that clergy do	1	.2%	100%	3.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	0.6% 2	1.1% 3	0.8% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	7.9% 25	12.3% 35	10.0% 60
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	21.1% 67	24.2% 69	22.6% 136
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	52.5% 167	42.1% 120	47.6% 287
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	13.8% 44	15.8% 45	14.8% 89
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	3.8% 12	4.6% 13	4.1% 25
Entirely something that clergy do	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 285	603

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	0.8% 4	1.3% 1	0.8% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	10.6% 55	5.0% 4	9.8% 59
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	23.3% 121	18.8% 15	22.7% 136
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	46.3% 241	56.3% 45	47.7% 286
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	14.8% 77	13.8% 11	14.7% 88
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	4.0% 21	5.0% 4	4.2% 25
Entirely something that clergy do	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 520	100.0% 80	600

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	3.0% 3	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	11.1% 11	9.6% 19	7.9% 17	14.0% 13	10.0% 60
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	14.1% 14	23.9% 47	25.2% 54	22.6% 21	22.6% 136
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	51.5% 51	49.2% 97	45.3% 97	45.2% 42	47.6% 287
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	14.1% 14	12.2% 24	16.8% 36	16.1% 15	14.8% 89
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	5.1% 5	4.6% 9	4.2% 9	2.2% 2	4.1% 25
Entirely something that clergy do	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 197	100.0% 214	100.0% 93	603

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	8.4% 13	5.7% 5	11.7% 40	16.7% 2	10.1% 60
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	22.6% 35	20.5% 18	23.4% 80	16.7% 2	22.6% 135
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	46.5% 72	54.5% 48	45.9% 157	50.0% 6	47.4% 283
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	18.7% 29	15.9% 14	12.9% 44	16.7% 2	14.9% 89
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	3.2% 5	3.4% 3	4.7% 16	0.0% 0	4.0% 24
Entirely something that clergy do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 88	100.0% 342	100.0% 12	597

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.4% 1	1.5% 2	0.9% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	15.0% 3	7.5% 13	10.0% 25	13.1% 18	10.2% 59
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	10.0% 2	20.1% 35	24.9% 62	23.4% 32	22.6% 131
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	60.0% 12	51.1% 89	43.8% 109	46.7% 64	47.2% 274
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	0.0% 0	17.2% 30	16.1% 40	11.7% 16	14.8% 86
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	10.0% 2	2.9% 5	4.8% 12	3.6% 5	4.1% 24
Entirely something that clergy do	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 174	100.0% 249	100.0% 137	580

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.0% 2	0.7% 4
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	17.7% 11	9.7% 12	8.8% 18	8.7% 18	9.9% 59
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	21.0% 13	24.2% 30	26.3% 54	18.9% 39	22.8% 136
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	35.5% 22	47.6% 59	50.7% 104	48.1% 99	47.6% 284
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	19.4% 12	14.5% 18	11.2% 23	17.0% 35	14.7% 88
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	4.8% 3	4.0% 5	2.4% 5	5.8% 12	4.2% 25
Entirely something that clergy do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 124	100.0% 205	100.0% 206	597

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely something that laity do	0.5% 3	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	0.8% 5
Mostly something that laity do (but a little something that clergy do)	10.1% 59	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	10.0% 60
More something that laity do than something that clergy do	22.9% 134	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	22.6% 136
Equal parts of something that laity do and something that clergy do	47.6% 279	57.1% 4	25.0% 2	47.4% 285
More something that clergy do than something that laity do	14.7% 86	14.3% 1	25.0% 2	14.8% 89
Mostly something that clergy do (but a little something that laity do)	4.3% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.2% 25
Entirely something that clergy do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	601