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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMFOCUS

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 - focused/scattered.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely focused	23	3.8%	3.8%	-2.09
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	79	13.1%	16.9%	-1.35
More focused than scattered	149	24.7%	41.6%	-.61
Equal parts of focused and scattered	158	26.2%	67.7%	.13
More scattered than focused	134	22.2%	89.9%	.87
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	46	7.6%	97.5%	1.6
Entirely scattered	15	2.5%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely focused	4.7% 15	2.8% 8	3.8% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	13.0% 41	13.3% 38	13.1% 79
More focused than scattered	26.9% 85	22.0% 63	24.6% 148
Equal parts of focused and scattered	27.5% 87	24.5% 70	26.1% 157
More scattered than focused	19.3% 61	25.5% 73	22.3% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	5.7% 18	9.8% 28	7.6% 46
Entirely scattered	2.8% 9	2.1% 6	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 286	602

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.5% 18	6.2% 5	3.8% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	12.9% 67	14.8% 12	13.2% 79
More focused than scattered	25.4% 132	19.8% 16	24.7% 148
Equal parts of focused and scattered	25.0% 130	30.9% 25	25.8% 155
More scattered than focused	22.7% 118	19.8% 16	22.3% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	7.9% 41	6.2% 5	7.7% 46
Entirely scattered	2.5% 13	2.5% 2	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 81	600

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely focused	2.9% 3	4.1% 8	3.7% 8	4.5% 4	3.8% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	8.8% 9	12.8% 25	15.2% 33	13.5% 12	13.1% 79
More focused than scattered	31.4% 32	17.4% 34	27.6% 60	25.8% 23	24.7% 149
Equal parts of focused and scattered	27.5% 28	28.7% 56	23.0% 50	25.8% 23	26.0% 157
More scattered than focused	21.6% 22	26.2% 51	21.7% 47	15.7% 14	22.2% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	4.9% 5	8.7% 17	6.9% 15	10.1% 9	7.6% 46
Entirely scattered	2.9% 3	2.1% 4	1.8% 4	4.5% 4	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 195	100.0% 217	100.0% 89	603

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.3% 5	2.2% 2	4.1% 14	15.4% 2	3.9% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	10.5% 16	12.4% 11	14.9% 51	0.0% 0	13.1% 78
More focused than scattered	28.3% 43	23.6% 21	24.0% 82	0.0% 0	24.5% 146
Equal parts of focused and scattered	30.9% 47	25.8% 23	24.0% 82	15.4% 2	25.8% 154
More scattered than focused	20.4% 31	29.2% 26	21.3% 73	30.8% 4	22.5% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	3.9% 6	3.4% 3	9.4% 32	38.5% 5	7.7% 46
Entirely scattered	2.6% 4	3.4% 3	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 89	100.0% 342	100.0% 13	596

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely focused	4.3% 1	5.2% 9	3.2% 8	3.7% 5	4.0% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	8.7% 2	9.2% 16	16.2% 40	14.1% 19	13.3% 77
More focused than scattered	30.4% 7	26.4% 46	26.7% 66	20.7% 28	25.4% 147
Equal parts of focused and scattered	34.8% 8	27.6% 48	21.9% 54	25.9% 35	25.0% 145
More scattered than focused	8.7% 2	24.1% 42	20.2% 50	25.9% 35	22.3% 129
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	4.3% 1	5.2% 9	10.1% 25	6.7% 9	7.6% 44
Entirely scattered	8.7% 2	2.3% 4	1.6% 4	3.0% 4	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 174	100.0% 247	100.0% 135	579

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely focused	1.6% 1	4.9% 6	2.4% 5	5.4% 11	3.9% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	14.1% 9	9.0% 11	17.1% 35	11.7% 24	13.3% 79
More focused than scattered	15.6% 10	30.3% 37	25.4% 52	22.9% 47	24.5% 146
Equal parts of focused and scattered	25.0% 16	23.8% 29	27.8% 57	25.4% 52	25.8% 154
More scattered than focused	31.3% 20	22.1% 27	20.0% 41	22.4% 46	22.5% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	10.9% 7	9.8% 12	4.9% 10	8.3% 17	7.7% 46
Entirely scattered	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 5	3.9% 8	2.3% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 122	100.0% 205	100.0% 205	596

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely focused	3.7% 22	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	3.8% 23
Mostly focused (but a little scattered)	13.3% 78	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.1% 79
More focused than scattered	25.2% 148	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	24.8% 149
Equal parts of focused and scattered	25.4% 149	42.9% 3	42.9% 3	25.8% 155
More scattered than focused	22.5% 132	14.3% 1	14.3% 1	22.3% 134
Mostly scattered (but a little focused)	7.8% 46	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 46
Entirely scattered	2.0% 12	28.6% 2	14.3% 1	2.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 7	100.0% 7	601