Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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To what extent do you think the following trend will affect world mission in the 21st century? - the growing racial-ethnic diversity of the U.S. population
  1) A very great extent
  2) A great extent
  3) A moderate extent
  4) A little
  5) Not at all

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
A very great extent 71 11.6% 11.6% -1.65
A great extent 257 42% 53.6% -.55
A moderate extent 206 33.7% 87.3% .55
A little 65 10.6% 97.9% 1.66
Not at all 13 2.1% 100% 2.76

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
A very great extent 12.5%
39
10.4%
31
11.5%
70
A great extent 46.0%
144
38.0%
113
42.1%
257
A moderate extent 31.6%
99
35.7%
106
33.6%
205
A little 8.0%
25
13.5%
40
10.7%
65
Not at all 1.9%
6
2.4%
7
2.1%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
313
100.0%
297

610


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
A very great extent 11.7%
62
11.1%
9
11.7%
71
A great extent 41.1%
217
46.9%
38
41.9%
255
A moderate extent 33.5%
177
34.6%
28
33.7%
205
A little 11.6%
61
4.9%
4
10.7%
65
Not at all 2.1%
11
2.5%
2
2.1%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
528
100.0%
81

609


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
A very great extent 10.6%
11
10.2%
20
12.1%
26
14.7%
14
11.6%
71
A great extent 43.3%
45
42.6%
84
38.1%
82
48.4%
46
42.1%
257
A moderate extent 29.8%
31
36.5%
72
37.2%
80
23.2%
22
33.6%
205
A little 13.5%
14
9.1%
18
9.8%
21
12.6%
12
10.6%
65
Not at all 2.9%
3
1.5%
3
2.8%
6
1.1%
1
2.1%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
104
100.0%
197
100.0%
215
100.0%
95

611


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
A very great extent 14.6%
23
9.9%
9
11.1%
38
8.3%
1
11.8%
71
A great extent 42.4%
67
50.5%
46
39.1%
134
33.3%
4
41.6%
251
A moderate extent 30.4%
48
26.4%
24
37.6%
129
25.0%
3
33.8%
204
A little 12.0%
19
12.1%
11
9.9%
34
8.3%
1
10.8%
65
Not at all 0.6%
1
1.1%
1
2.3%
8
25.0%
3
2.2%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
158
100.0%
91
100.0%
343
100.0%
12

604


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
A very great extent 15.0%
3
11.9%
21
12.7%
32
8.8%
12
11.6%
68
A great extent 50.0%
10
45.8%
81
38.5%
97
41.6%
57
41.8%
245
A moderate extent 30.0%
6
31.6%
56
35.3%
89
34.3%
47
33.8%
198
A little 5.0%
1
8.5%
15
11.1%
28
14.6%
20
10.9%
64
Not at all 0.0%
0
2.3%
4
2.4%
6
0.7%
1
1.9%
11
TOTAL 100.0%
20
100.0%
177
100.0%
252
100.0%
137

586


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
A very great extent 3.2%
2
10.2%
13
12.8%
26
12.4%
26
11.1%
67
A great extent 36.5%
23
32.8%
42
42.4%
86
49.0%
103
42.1%
254
A moderate extent 39.7%
25
39.8%
51
35.5%
72
27.1%
57
33.9%
205
A little 17.5%
11
14.8%
19
8.4%
17
8.6%
18
10.8%
65
Not at all 3.2%
2
2.3%
3
1.0%
2
2.9%
6
2.2%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
63
100.0%
128
100.0%
203
100.0%
210

604


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
A very great extent 11.3%
67
28.6%
2
25.0%
2
11.7%
71
A great extent 41.9%
249
57.1%
4
25.0%
2
41.9%
255
A moderate extent 34.0%
202
14.3%
1
25.0%
2
33.7%
205
A little 10.8%
64
0.0%
0
12.5%
1
10.7%
65
Not at all 2.0%
12
0.0%
0
12.5%
1
2.1%
13
TOTAL 100.0%
594
100.0%
7
100.0%
8

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