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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: fighting disease

	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	200	32.1%	32.1%	-1.13
Very important	310	49.8%	81.9%	.12
Somewhat important	88	14.1%	96%	1.36
Not too important	21	3.4%	99.4%	2.6
Not at all important	4	.6%	100%	3.84

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	34.9% 113	28.6% 85	31.9% 198
Very important	49.7% 161	50.2% 149	49.9% 310
Somewhat important	12.3% 40	16.2% 48	14.2% 88
Not too important	2.5% 8	4.4% 13	3.4% 21
Not at all important	0.6% 2	0.7% 2	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 297	621

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	31.3% 168	35.4% 29	31.8% 197
Very important	49.7% 267	51.2% 42	49.9% 309
Somewhat important	15.5% 83	6.1% 5	14.2% 88
Not too important	3.0% 16	6.1% 5	3.4% 21
Not at all important	0.6% 3	1.2% 1	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 537	100.0% 82	619

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	31.4% 33	32.3% 65	30.5% 67	35.4% 34	32.0% 199
Very important	48.6% 51	47.8% 96	52.7% 116	49.0% 47	49.8% 310
Somewhat important	15.2% 16	15.4% 31	13.2% 29	12.5% 12	14.1% 88
Not too important	3.8% 4	4.0% 8	2.7% 6	3.1% 3	3.4% 21
Not at all important	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 201	100.0% 220	100.0% 96	622

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	42.2% 68	33.3% 30	27.4% 96	23.1% 3	32.0% 197
Very important	46.6% 75	46.7% 42	51.6% 181	53.8% 7	49.6% 305
Somewhat important	10.6% 17	14.4% 13	16.0% 56	15.4% 2	14.3% 88
Not too important	0.6% 1	5.6% 5	4.3% 15	0.0% 0	3.4% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	7.7% 1	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 90	100.0% 351	100.0% 13	615

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	26.1% 6	38.7% 70	28.1% 71	31.2% 44	31.9% 191
Very important	56.5% 13	45.3% 82	54.2% 137	44.7% 63	49.3% 295
Somewhat important	13.0% 3	12.2% 22	13.4% 34	19.9% 28	14.5% 87
Not too important	4.3% 1	3.9% 7	2.8% 7	4.3% 6	3.5% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 181	100.0% 253	100.0% 141	598

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	23.8% 15	35.2% 45	32.9% 69	30.4% 65	31.5% 194
Very important	52.4% 33	43.8% 56	44.8% 94	58.4% 125	50.1% 308
Somewhat important	15.9% 10	19.5% 25	19.0% 40	6.1% 13	14.3% 88
Not too important	7.9% 5	1.6% 2	2.9% 6	3.7% 8	3.4% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.4% 3	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 128	100.0% 210	100.0% 214	615

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Essential	31.9% 193	57.1% 4	25.0% 2	32.1% 199
Very important	49.9% 302	28.6% 2	50.0% 4	49.7% 308
Somewhat important	14.4% 87	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	14.2% 88
Not too important	3.1% 19	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	3.4% 21
Not at all important	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	620