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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMOTHERS

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 - serving others/being served.

	1) Entirely serving others
	2) Mostly serving others (but a little being served)
	3) More serving others than being served
	4) Equal parts of serving others and being served
	5) More being served than serving others
	6) Mostly being served (but a little serving others)
	7) Entirely being served

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely serving others	132	21.8%	21.8%	-1.24
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	227	37.5%	59.2%	-.38
More serving others than being served	129	21.3%	80.5%	.48
Equal parts of serving others and being served	94	15.5%	96%	1.34
More being served than serving others	13	2.1%	98.2%	2.2
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	10	1.7%	99.8%	3.05
Entirely being served	1	.2%	100%	3.91

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	24.0% 76	19.2% 55	21.7% 131
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	34.1% 108	41.1% 118	37.4% 226
More serving others than being served	20.5% 65	22.3% 64	21.4% 129
Equal parts of serving others and being served	15.5% 49	15.7% 45	15.6% 94
More being served than serving others	3.2% 10	1.0% 3	2.2% 13
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	2.5% 8	0.7% 2	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 287	604

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	20.3% 106	30.5% 25	21.7% 131
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	38.8% 202	29.3% 24	37.5% 226
More serving others than being served	21.1% 110	23.2% 19	21.4% 129
Equal parts of serving others and being served	15.9% 83	13.4% 11	15.6% 94
More being served than serving others	1.9% 10	2.4% 2	2.0% 12
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	1.7% 9	1.2% 1	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 82	603

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	19.0% 19	19.0% 37	25.5% 55	22.3% 21	21.8% 132
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	37.0% 37	34.9% 68	36.6% 79	44.7% 42	37.4% 226
More serving others than being served	22.0% 22	22.6% 44	20.4% 44	20.2% 19	21.3% 129
Equal parts of serving others and being served	18.0% 18	17.9% 35	13.4% 29	12.8% 12	15.5% 94
More being served than serving others	4.0% 4	3.6% 7	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 13
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	2.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 195	100.0% 216	100.0% 94	605

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	12.3% 19	23.6% 21	25.4% 87	30.8% 4	21.9% 131
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	39.4% 61	31.5% 28	38.6% 132	30.8% 4	37.6% 225
More serving others than being served	25.2% 39	24.7% 22	18.4% 63	23.1% 3	21.2% 127
Equal parts of serving others and being served	15.5% 24	15.7% 14	15.2% 52	15.4% 2	15.4% 92
More being served than serving others	5.2% 8	1.1% 1	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 13
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	2.6% 4	2.2% 2	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 89	100.0% 342	100.0% 13	599

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	23.8% 5	25.4% 44	22.0% 55	18.8% 26	22.3% 130
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	23.8% 5	33.5% 58	38.8% 97	43.5% 60	37.8% 220
More serving others than being served	14.3% 3	21.4% 37	22.0% 55	17.4% 24	20.4% 119
Equal parts of serving others and being served	19.0% 4	15.6% 27	13.2% 33	18.8% 26	15.5% 90
More being served than serving others	9.5% 2	2.9% 5	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.1% 12
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	9.5% 2	0.6% 1	2.0% 5	1.4% 2	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 173	100.0% 250	100.0% 138	582

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	20.3% 13	13.7% 17	23.0% 47	25.6% 53	21.7% 130
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	34.4% 22	39.5% 49	43.1% 88	31.4% 65	37.4% 224
More serving others than being served	31.3% 20	23.4% 29	16.2% 33	22.7% 47	21.5% 129
Equal parts of serving others and being served	14.1% 9	21.8% 27	12.7% 26	14.5% 30	15.4% 92
More being served than serving others	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.5% 5	2.9% 6	2.2% 13
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 5	2.4% 5	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 124	100.0% 204	100.0% 207	599

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely serving others	22.2% 131	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	21.9% 132
Mostly serving others (but a little being served)	37.6% 222	33.3% 2	28.6% 2	37.5% 226
More serving others than being served	21.2% 125	16.7% 1	28.6% 2	21.2% 128
Equal parts of serving others and being served	15.3% 90	33.3% 2	14.3% 1	15.4% 93
More being served than serving others	1.9% 11	16.7% 1	14.3% 1	2.2% 13
Mostly being served (but a little serving others)	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Entirely being served	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 590	100.0% 6	100.0% 7	603