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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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IMPCHRCH

How important is it for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through its Worldwide Ministries Division to provide the following mission-related service or program for our congregations and presbyteries? - briefings about the church in other countries

	1) Essential
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not too important
	5) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	66	10.6%	10.6%	-1.78
Very important	286	46.1%	56.8%	-.51
Somewhat important	226	36.5%	93.2%	.76
Not too important	37	6%	99.2%	2.03
Not at all important	5	.8%	100%	3.29

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	13.0% 42	8.2% 24	10.7% 66
Very important	46.6% 151	45.6% 134	46.1% 285
Somewhat important	37.0% 120	35.7% 105	36.4% 225
Not too important	3.4% 11	8.8% 26	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.7% 5	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 294	618

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	9.9% 53	15.9% 13	10.7% 66
Very important	46.6% 249	42.7% 35	46.1% 284
Somewhat important	36.1% 193	37.8% 31	36.4% 224
Not too important	6.4% 34	3.7% 3	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 534	100.0% 82	616

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	6.6% 7	10.6% 21	10.9% 24	14.9% 14	10.7% 66
Very important	43.4% 46	38.7% 77	50.0% 110	56.4% 53	46.2% 286
Somewhat important	44.3% 47	41.2% 82	34.5% 76	21.3% 20	36.3% 225
Not too important	4.7% 5	8.5% 17	4.1% 9	6.4% 6	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.9% 1	1.0% 2	0.5% 1	1.1% 1	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 199	100.0% 220	100.0% 94	619

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	9.5% 15	11.8% 11	10.6% 37	23.1% 3	10.8% 66
Very important	51.9% 82	41.9% 39	45.1% 157	30.8% 4	46.1% 282
Somewhat important	34.2% 54	38.7% 36	36.5% 127	38.5% 5	36.3% 222
Not too important	4.4% 7	6.5% 6	6.6% 23	7.7% 1	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 93	100.0% 348	100.0% 13	612

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	9.1% 2	11.5% 21	11.1% 28	10.8% 15	11.1% 66
Very important	36.4% 8	43.4% 79	53.4% 135	42.4% 59	47.1% 281
Somewhat important	50.0% 11	39.6% 72	30.0% 76	38.1% 53	35.6% 212
Not too important	4.5% 1	4.9% 9	5.1% 13	7.2% 10	5.5% 33
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 182	100.0% 253	100.0% 139	596

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	10.9% 7	11.8% 15	9.6% 20	11.3% 24	10.8% 66
Very important	48.4% 31	42.5% 54	50.0% 104	43.2% 92	45.9% 281
Somewhat important	31.3% 20	37.0% 47	34.6% 72	39.4% 84	36.4% 223
Not too important	9.4% 6	7.1% 9	5.3% 11	5.2% 11	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 127	100.0% 208	100.0% 213	612

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Essential	10.8% 65	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	10.7% 66
Very important	46.4% 280	71.4% 5	14.3% 1	46.3% 286
Somewhat important	35.9% 217	28.6% 2	71.4% 5	36.2% 224
Not too important	6.1% 37	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 37
Not at all important	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 7	100.0% 7	618