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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMGOSPEL

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 - sharing the Gospel/sharing American culture.

	1) Entirely sharing the Gospel
	2) Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)
	3) More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture
	4) Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture
	5) More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel
	6) Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)
	7) Entirely sharing American culture

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely sharing the Gospel	38	6.4%	6.4%	-1.77
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	164	27.5%	33.8%	-.94
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	163	27.3%	61.1%	-.12
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	160	26.8%	87.9%	.7
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	52	8.7%	96.6%	1.53
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	16	2.7%	99.3%	2.35
Entirely sharing American culture	4	.7%	100%	3.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	7.0% 22	5.7% 16	6.4% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	25.9% 82	29.0% 81	27.4% 163
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.5% 90	26.2% 73	27.4% 163
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	27.2% 86	26.5% 74	26.9% 160
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	8.2% 26	9.3% 26	8.7% 52
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	2.5% 8	2.9% 8	2.7% 16
Entirely sharing American culture	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 279	595

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	5.9% 30	9.8% 8	6.4% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	28.4% 145	19.5% 16	27.2% 161
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	27.6% 141	26.8% 22	27.5% 163
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	26.8% 137	26.8% 22	26.8% 159
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	8.4% 43	11.0% 9	8.8% 52
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	2.5% 13	3.7% 3	2.7% 16
Entirely sharing American culture	0.4% 2	2.4% 2	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 511	100.0% 82	593

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	6.1% 6	4.7% 9	7.1% 15	8.6% 8	6.4% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	21.2% 21	26.6% 51	31.1% 66	26.9% 25	27.3% 163
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.3% 28	29.2% 56	24.1% 51	30.1% 28	27.3% 163
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	29.3% 29	28.6% 55	26.9% 57	20.4% 19	26.8% 160
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	8.1% 8	8.3% 16	7.5% 16	12.9% 12	8.7% 52
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	6.1% 6	2.1% 4	2.4% 5	1.1% 1	2.7% 16
Entirely sharing American culture	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 192	100.0% 212	100.0% 93	596

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	7.1% 11	4.8% 4	5.9% 20	23.1% 3	6.4% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	19.9% 31	27.7% 23	31.1% 105	23.1% 3	27.5% 162
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	33.3% 52	34.9% 29	23.7% 80	7.7% 1	27.5% 162
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	28.8% 45	27.7% 23	25.1% 85	38.5% 5	26.8% 158
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	9.0% 14	2.4% 2	10.4% 35	0.0% 0	8.6% 51
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	1.3% 2	2.4% 2	3.0% 10	7.7% 1	2.5% 15
Entirely sharing American culture	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 83	100.0% 338	100.0% 13	590

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	5.0% 1	7.6% 13	6.1% 15	4.4% 6	6.1% 35
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	35.0% 7	23.8% 41	27.3% 67	33.8% 46	28.1% 161
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	20.0% 4	24.4% 42	29.8% 73	29.4% 40	27.7% 159
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	25.0% 5	30.2% 52	25.3% 62	24.3% 33	26.5% 152
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	0.0% 0	11.0% 19	7.8% 19	6.6% 9	8.2% 47
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	5.0% 1	1.7% 3	3.7% 9	1.5% 2	2.6% 15
Entirely sharing American culture	10.0% 2	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 172	100.0% 245	100.0% 136	573

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	6.3% 4	6.4% 8	5.6% 11	7.4% 15	6.5% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	33.3% 21	24.8% 31	31.8% 63	23.2% 47	27.5% 162
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.6% 18	29.6% 37	33.3% 66	20.7% 42	27.7% 163
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	15.9% 10	28.0% 35	23.2% 46	32.5% 66	26.7% 157
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	12.7% 8	8.0% 10	4.0% 8	12.3% 25	8.7% 51
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	3.2% 2	3.2% 4	2.0% 4	3.0% 6	2.7% 16
Entirely sharing American culture	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 125	100.0% 198	100.0% 203	589

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sharing the Gospel	6.6% 38	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.4% 38
Mostly sharing the Gospel (but a little sharing American culture)	27.4% 159	0.0% 0	57.1% 4	27.4% 163
More sharing the Gospel than sharing American culture	28.1% 163	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.4% 163
Equal parts of sharing the Gospel and sharing American culture	26.2% 152	57.1% 4	28.6% 2	26.6% 158
More sharing American culture than sharing the Gospel	8.4% 49	28.6% 2	14.3% 1	8.8% 52
Mostly sharing American culture (but a little sharing the Gospel)	2.8% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 16
Entirely sharing American culture	0.5% 3	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 580	100.0% 7	100.0% 7	594