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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMCONTRL

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 - controlling/enabling.

	1) Entirely controlling
	2) Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)
	3) More controlling than enabling
	4) Equal parts of controlling and enabling
	5) More enabling than controlling
	6) Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)
	7) Entirely enabling

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely controlling	5	.8%	.8%	-3.15
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	18	3%	3.8%	-2.36
More controlling than enabling	44	7.3%	11.1%	-1.58
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	130	21.6%	32.8%	-.79
More enabling than controlling	170	28.3%	61.1%	-.01
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	170	28.3%	89.4%	.78
Entirely enabling	64	10.6%	100%	1.56

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	0.6% 2	0.7% 2	0.7% 4
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	2.5% 8	3.5% 10	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	7.3% 23	7.4% 21	7.3% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	22.2% 70	20.8% 59	21.5% 129
More enabling than controlling	27.5% 87	29.3% 83	28.4% 170
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	27.5% 87	29.3% 83	28.4% 170
Entirely enabling	12.3% 39	8.8% 25	10.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 283	599

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	0.8% 4	1.3% 1	0.8% 5
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	3.1% 16	2.5% 2	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	7.7% 40	5.1% 4	7.4% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	21.0% 109	22.8% 18	21.3% 127
More enabling than controlling	28.4% 147	29.1% 23	28.5% 170
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	29.3% 152	22.8% 18	28.5% 170
Entirely enabling	9.7% 50	16.5% 13	10.6% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 518	100.0% 79	597

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	1.1% 1	0.8% 5
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	3.0% 3	2.1% 4	3.7% 8	3.3% 3	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	7.0% 7	4.6% 9	9.8% 21	7.7% 7	7.3% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	17.0% 17	27.3% 53	20.5% 44	16.5% 15	21.5% 129
More enabling than controlling	31.0% 31	31.4% 61	23.7% 51	29.7% 27	28.3% 170
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	30.0% 30	21.6% 42	32.1% 69	31.9% 29	28.3% 170
Entirely enabling	11.0% 11	12.4% 24	9.3% 20	9.9% 9	10.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 194	100.0% 215	100.0% 91	600

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	2.6% 4	2.2% 2	3.5% 12	0.0% 0	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	8.4% 13	13.5% 12	5.6% 19	0.0% 0	7.4% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	21.3% 33	24.7% 22	20.6% 70	16.7% 2	21.3% 127
More enabling than controlling	29.7% 46	25.8% 23	28.0% 95	33.3% 4	28.2% 168
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	29.7% 46	22.5% 20	29.2% 99	33.3% 4	28.4% 169
Entirely enabling	7.1% 11	11.2% 10	12.1% 41	16.7% 2	10.8% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 89	100.0% 339	100.0% 12	595

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	0.0% 0	2.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 5
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	10.5% 2	4.0% 7	2.0% 5	2.2% 3	2.9% 17
More controlling than enabling	0.0% 0	6.3% 11	8.4% 21	8.0% 11	7.4% 43
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	10.5% 2	24.1% 42	21.7% 54	16.7% 23	20.9% 121
More enabling than controlling	26.3% 5	27.0% 47	29.3% 73	27.5% 38	28.1% 163
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	31.6% 6	23.6% 41	28.5% 71	36.2% 50	29.0% 168
Entirely enabling	21.1% 4	12.1% 21	10.0% 25	9.4% 13	10.9% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 174	100.0% 249	100.0% 138	580

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 3
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	3.2% 2	2.4% 3	2.5% 5	3.9% 8	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	9.5% 6	9.5% 12	7.0% 14	5.9% 12	7.4% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	19.0% 12	27.8% 35	18.9% 38	19.7% 40	21.1% 125
More enabling than controlling	31.7% 20	27.8% 35	25.9% 52	31.0% 63	28.7% 170
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	27.0% 17	25.4% 32	32.8% 66	26.6% 54	28.5% 169
Entirely enabling	7.9% 5	7.1% 9	12.4% 25	12.3% 25	10.8% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 126	100.0% 201	100.0% 203	593

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely controlling	0.7% 4	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
Mostly controlling (but a little enabling)	2.9% 17	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 18
More controlling than enabling	7.4% 43	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	7.3% 44
Equal parts of controlling and enabling	21.2% 124	33.3% 2	25.0% 2	21.4% 128
More enabling than controlling	28.2% 165	0.0% 0	62.5% 5	28.4% 170
Mostly enabling (but a little controlling)	28.9% 169	16.7% 1	0.0% 0	28.4% 170
Entirely enabling	10.8% 63	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	10.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 6	100.0% 8	599