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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 - a special call/every Christian's call.

	1) Entirely a special call
	2) Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)
	3) More a special call than every Christian's call
	4) Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call
	5) More every Christian's call than a special call
	6) Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)
	7) Entirely every Christian's call

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely a special call	27	4.4%	4.4%	-1.84
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	95	15.6%	20%	-1.26
More a special call than every Christian's call	107	17.6%	37.6%	-.68
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	130	21.3%	58.9%	-.11
More every Christian's call than a special call	84	13.8%	72.7%	.47
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	93	15.3%	88%	1.05
Entirely every Christian's call	73	12%	100%	1.63

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	5.3% 17	3.5% 10	4.4% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	14.1% 45	17.0% 49	15.5% 94
More a special call than every Christian's call	14.4% 46	21.2% 61	17.6% 107
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	25.4% 81	17.0% 49	21.4% 130
More every Christian's call than a special call	13.8% 44	13.9% 40	13.8% 84
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	12.5% 40	18.4% 53	15.3% 93
Entirely every Christian's call	14.4% 46	9.0% 26	11.9% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 288	607

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	4.4% 23	4.9% 4	4.5% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	14.9% 78	19.5% 16	15.5% 94
More a special call than every Christian's call	17.6% 92	17.1% 14	17.5% 106
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	21.4% 112	20.7% 17	21.3% 129
More every Christian's call than a special call	13.8% 72	13.4% 11	13.7% 83
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	16.8% 88	6.1% 5	15.4% 93
Entirely every Christian's call	11.1% 58	18.3% 15	12.1% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 523	100.0% 82	605

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	4.0% 4	5.1% 10	5.5% 12	1.1% 1	4.4% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	14.9% 15	11.2% 22	18.0% 39	19.1% 18	15.5% 94
More a special call than every Christian's call	19.8% 20	16.3% 32	16.1% 35	21.3% 20	17.6% 107
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	24.8% 25	18.4% 36	22.6% 49	21.3% 20	21.4% 130
More every Christian's call than a special call	13.9% 14	17.9% 35	11.5% 25	10.6% 10	13.8% 84
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	10.9% 11	20.4% 40	12.9% 28	14.9% 14	15.3% 93
Entirely every Christian's call	11.9% 12	10.7% 21	13.4% 29	11.7% 11	12.0% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 196	100.0% 217	100.0% 94	608

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	3.2% 5	6.7% 6	4.1% 14	16.7% 2	4.5% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	10.2% 16	19.1% 17	17.4% 60	8.3% 1	15.6% 94
More a special call than every Christian's call	15.3% 24	22.5% 20	17.4% 60	16.7% 2	17.6% 106
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	22.3% 35	21.3% 19	20.3% 70	25.0% 3	21.1% 127
More every Christian's call than a special call	18.5% 29	12.4% 11	12.2% 42	8.3% 1	13.8% 83
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	19.1% 30	4.5% 4	16.6% 57	8.3% 1	15.3% 92
Entirely every Christian's call	11.5% 18	13.5% 12	11.9% 41	16.7% 2	12.1% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 157	100.0% 89	100.0% 344	100.0% 12	602

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	14.3% 3	6.9% 12	3.2% 8	2.9% 4	4.6% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	28.6% 6	10.3% 18	16.0% 40	18.7% 26	15.4% 90
More a special call than every Christian's call	14.3% 3	18.3% 32	16.8% 42	15.8% 22	16.9% 99
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	23.8% 5	20.0% 35	22.8% 57	19.4% 27	21.2% 124
More every Christian's call than a special call	9.5% 2	14.9% 26	14.8% 37	12.9% 18	14.2% 83
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	0.0% 0	13.7% 24	14.0% 35	22.3% 31	15.4% 90
Entirely every Christian's call	9.5% 2	16.0% 28	12.4% 31	7.9% 11	12.3% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 175	100.0% 250	100.0% 139	585

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	6.3% 4	1.6% 2	5.4% 11	4.8% 10	4.5% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	15.9% 10	16.0% 20	14.6% 30	15.9% 33	15.5% 93
More a special call than every Christian's call	22.2% 14	12.8% 16	19.0% 39	17.3% 36	17.5% 105
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	19.0% 12	21.6% 27	23.4% 48	19.7% 41	21.3% 128
More every Christian's call than a special call	9.5% 6	17.6% 22	12.7% 26	14.4% 30	14.0% 84
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	14.3% 9	21.6% 27	15.6% 32	12.0% 25	15.5% 93
Entirely every Christian's call	12.7% 8	8.8% 11	9.3% 19	15.9% 33	11.8% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 125	100.0% 205	100.0% 208	601

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely a special call	4.2% 25	0.0% 0	25.0% 2	4.5% 27
Mostly a special call (but a little every Christian's call)	15.4% 91	28.6% 2	12.5% 1	15.5% 94
More a special call than every Christian's call	17.4% 103	14.3% 1	25.0% 2	17.5% 106
Equal parts of a special call and every Christian's call	21.3% 126	28.6% 2	12.5% 1	21.3% 129
More every Christian's call than a special call	13.9% 82	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	13.9% 84
Mostly every Christian's call (but a little a special call)	15.7% 93	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.3% 93
Entirely every Christian's call	12.0% 71	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	12.0% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 591	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	606