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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMRESPCT

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 - contemptuous of other beliefs/respectful of other beliefs.

	1) Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs
	2) Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)
	3) More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs
	4) Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs
	5) More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs
	6) Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)
	7) Entirely respectful of other beliefs

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	2	.3%	.3%	-3.02
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	23	3.8%	4.1%	-2.23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	67	11%	15.2%	-1.45
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	140	23.1%	38.2%	-.66
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	165	27.2%	65.4%	.12
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	163	26.9%	92.3%	.91
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	47	7.7%	100%	1.69

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	3.4% 11	4.2% 12	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	9.0% 29	13.4% 38	11.1% 67
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	23.4% 75	22.9% 65	23.1% 140
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	28.7% 92	25.4% 72	27.1% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	25.5% 82	28.5% 81	26.9% 163
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	9.7% 31	5.3% 15	7.6% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 284	605

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	0.2% 1	1.2% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	4.2% 22	1.2% 1	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	10.9% 57	11.1% 9	10.9% 66
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	23.0% 120	24.7% 20	23.2% 140
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	27.6% 144	24.7% 20	27.2% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	27.0% 141	25.9% 21	26.9% 162
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	7.1% 37	11.1% 9	7.6% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 522	100.0% 81	603

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	5.0% 5	3.6% 7	3.7% 8	3.2% 3	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	9.0% 9	13.8% 27	8.8% 19	12.9% 12	11.1% 67
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	27.0% 27	18.9% 37	23.0% 50	28.0% 26	23.1% 140
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	27.0% 27	26.5% 52	29.0% 63	23.7% 22	27.1% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	24.0% 24	30.1% 59	27.6% 60	21.5% 20	26.9% 163
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	7.0% 7	7.1% 14	7.4% 16	10.8% 10	7.8% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 196	100.0% 217	100.0% 93	606

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	1.3% 2	4.5% 4	5.0% 17	0.0% 0	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	10.2% 16	17.0% 15	9.9% 34	15.4% 2	11.1% 67
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	24.8% 39	26.1% 23	21.0% 72	30.8% 4	23.0% 138
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	28.7% 45	20.5% 18	28.6% 98	23.1% 3	27.3% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	26.8% 42	23.9% 21	28.0% 96	7.7% 1	26.6% 160
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	7.0% 11	8.0% 7	7.6% 26	23.1% 3	7.8% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 88	100.0% 343	100.0% 13	601

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	5.3% 1	6.3% 11	2.8% 7	2.2% 3	3.8% 22
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	10.5% 2	10.2% 18	12.4% 31	8.7% 12	10.8% 63
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	15.8% 3	22.7% 40	22.4% 56	23.2% 32	22.5% 131
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	26.3% 5	26.7% 47	29.6% 74	24.6% 34	27.4% 160
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	21.1% 4	23.9% 42	26.4% 66	33.3% 46	27.1% 158
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	21.1% 4	9.1% 16	6.4% 16	8.0% 11	8.1% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 176	100.0% 250	100.0% 138	583

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	4.8% 3	3.2% 4	4.4% 9	3.4% 7	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	14.3% 9	12.8% 16	7.4% 15	13.0% 27	11.2% 67
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	25.4% 16	21.6% 27	23.5% 48	22.7% 47	23.0% 138
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	30.2% 19	26.4% 33	27.0% 55	27.5% 57	27.4% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	22.2% 14	28.8% 36	29.9% 61	23.7% 49	26.7% 160
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	3.2% 2	7.2% 9	7.8% 16	9.2% 19	7.7% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 125	100.0% 204	100.0% 207	599

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely contemptuous of other beliefs	0.2% 1	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly contemptuous of other beliefs (but a little respectful of other beliefs)	3.9% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 23
More contemptuous of other beliefs than respectful of other beliefs	11.0% 65	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	11.1% 67
Equal parts of contemptuous of other beliefs and respectful of other beliefs	22.8% 134	42.9% 3	25.0% 2	23.0% 139
More respectful of other beliefs than contemptuous of other beliefs	27.7% 163	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	27.2% 164
Mostly respectful of other beliefs (but a little contemptuous of other beliefs)	26.8% 158	14.3% 1	37.5% 3	26.8% 162
Entirely respectful of other beliefs	7.6% 45	0.0% 0	25.0% 2	7.8% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 589	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	604