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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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There are many ways that the church can witness to our faith in Jesus Christ through world mission. What specific activities or tasks should the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) support as part of its world mission outreach? Rate each of the following activities as either an "essential," a "very important," a "somewhat important," a "not too important," or a "not at all important" part of the church's world mission: working for social justice

	1) Essential
	2) Very important
	3) Somewhat important
	4) Not too important
	5) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	119	19.1%	19.1%	-1.44
Very important	254	40.8%	60%	-.34
Somewhat important	191	30.7%	90.7%	.75
Not too important	50	8%	98.7%	1.84
Not at all important	8	1.3%	100%	2.93

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	21.6% 70	16.2% 48	19.0% 118
Very important	47.2% 153	33.8% 100	40.8% 253
Somewhat important	27.2% 88	34.8% 103	30.8% 191
Not too important	3.1% 10	13.5% 40	8.1% 50
Not at all important	0.9% 3	1.7% 5	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 296	620

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	19.0% 102	20.7% 17	19.3% 119
Very important	39.9% 214	45.1% 37	40.6% 251
Somewhat important	31.0% 166	29.3% 24	30.7% 190
Not too important	8.8% 47	3.7% 3	8.1% 50
Not at all important	1.3% 7	1.2% 1	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 536	100.0% 82	618

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	21.0% 22	17.9% 36	17.3% 38	24.2% 23	19.2% 119
Very important	47.6% 50	40.8% 82	39.5% 87	35.8% 34	40.7% 253
Somewhat important	21.0% 22	34.3% 69	35.0% 77	24.2% 23	30.8% 191
Not too important	8.6% 9	6.5% 13	7.3% 16	12.6% 12	8.1% 50
Not at all important	1.9% 2	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	3.2% 3	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 201	100.0% 220	100.0% 95	621

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	30.6% 49	28.3% 26	12.0% 42	7.7% 1	19.2% 118
Very important	46.9% 75	35.9% 33	39.5% 138	38.5% 5	40.9% 251
Somewhat important	20.6% 33	32.6% 30	33.5% 117	53.8% 7	30.5% 187
Not too important	1.9% 3	3.3% 3	12.6% 44	0.0% 0	8.1% 50
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 92	100.0% 349	100.0% 13	614

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	9.1% 2	23.2% 42	18.5% 47	17.9% 25	19.4% 116
Very important	54.5% 12	43.1% 78	39.8% 101	35.0% 49	40.2% 240
Somewhat important	36.4% 8	26.5% 48	31.5% 80	35.7% 50	31.2% 186
Not too important	0.0% 0	6.6% 12	8.3% 21	10.7% 15	8.0% 48
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	2.0% 5	0.7% 1	1.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 181	100.0% 254	100.0% 140	597

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	17.2% 11	20.3% 26	18.8% 39	18.2% 39	18.7% 115
Very important	35.9% 23	40.6% 52	40.4% 84	43.0% 92	40.9% 251
Somewhat important	34.4% 22	32.0% 41	31.7% 66	28.5% 61	30.9% 190
Not too important	12.5% 8	6.3% 8	7.2% 15	8.9% 19	8.1% 50
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.9% 4	1.4% 3	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 128	100.0% 208	100.0% 214	614

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Essential	18.9% 114	42.9% 3	25.0% 2	19.2% 119
Very important	40.7% 246	57.1% 4	37.5% 3	40.9% 253
Somewhat important	31.1% 188	0.0% 0	25.0% 2	30.7% 190
Not too important	8.1% 49	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	8.1% 50
Not at all important	1.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 604	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	619