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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMADULTS

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 - something that young adults do/something that older adults do.

	1) Entirely something that young adults do
	2) Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)
	3) More something that young adults do than something that older adults do
	4) Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do
	5) More something that older adults do than something that young adults do
	6) Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)
	7) Entirely something that older adults do

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely something that young adults do	1	.2%	.2%	-3.32
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	25	4.1%	4.3%	-2.33
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	60	9.9%	14.2%	-1.34
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	284	46.9%	61.1%	-.35
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	156	25.7%	86.8%	.64
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	71	11.7%	98.5%	1.64
Entirely something that older adults do	9	1.5%	100%	2.63

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	3.5% 11	4.9% 14	4.1% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	9.1% 29	10.8% 31	9.9% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	49.8% 158	43.2% 124	46.7% 282
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	23.7% 75	28.2% 81	25.8% 156
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	12.0% 38	11.5% 33	11.8% 71
Entirely something that older adults do	1.9% 6	1.0% 3	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 287	604

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	4.4% 23	2.6% 2	4.2% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	9.9% 52	10.3% 8	10.0% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	47.1% 247	43.6% 34	46.7% 281
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	26.0% 136	25.6% 20	25.9% 156
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	10.9% 57	16.7% 13	11.6% 70
Entirely something that older adults do	1.5% 8	1.3% 1	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 524	100.0% 78	602

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	0.0% 0	6.1% 12	3.3% 7	6.4% 6	4.1% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	10.0% 10	9.1% 18	11.2% 24	8.5% 8	9.9% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	39.0% 39	45.7% 90	51.4% 110	46.8% 44	46.8% 283
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	29.0% 29	27.9% 55	22.0% 47	26.6% 25	25.8% 156
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	19.0% 19	10.2% 20	10.7% 23	9.6% 9	11.7% 71
Entirely something that older adults do	3.0% 3	0.5% 1	1.4% 3	2.1% 2	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 197	100.0% 214	100.0% 94	605

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	4.5% 7	5.7% 5	3.8% 13	0.0% 0	4.2% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	7.8% 12	13.6% 12	9.9% 34	15.4% 2	10.0% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	50.6% 78	38.6% 34	46.1% 158	76.9% 10	46.8% 280
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	22.7% 35	29.5% 26	26.5% 91	7.7% 1	25.6% 153
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	12.3% 19	11.4% 10	12.0% 41	0.0% 0	11.7% 70
Entirely something that older adults do	1.9% 3	1.1% 1	1.5% 5	0.0% 0	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 88	100.0% 343	100.0% 13	598

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	0.0% 0	5.7% 10	3.2% 8	4.3% 6	4.1% 24
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	10.0% 2	9.2% 16	10.1% 25	10.7% 15	10.0% 58
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	40.0% 8	44.3% 77	47.8% 118	47.9% 67	46.5% 270
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	30.0% 6	25.3% 44	26.3% 65	25.7% 36	26.0% 151
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	15.0% 3	13.2% 23	12.1% 30	8.6% 12	11.7% 68
Entirely something that older adults do	5.0% 1	2.3% 4	0.4% 1	2.1% 3	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 174	100.0% 247	100.0% 140	581

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	6.3% 4	4.9% 6	1.9% 4	5.4% 11	4.2% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	11.1% 7	8.1% 10	12.5% 26	8.3% 17	10.0% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	38.1% 24	43.9% 54	51.0% 106	46.1% 94	46.5% 278
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	33.3% 21	28.5% 35	24.5% 51	23.5% 48	25.9% 155
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	11.1% 7	13.8% 17	9.1% 19	13.7% 28	11.9% 71
Entirely something that older adults do	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.0% 2	2.5% 5	1.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 123	100.0% 208	100.0% 204	598

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely something that young adults do	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly something that young adults do (but a little something that older adults do)	4.1% 24	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	4.1% 25
More something that young adults do than something that older adults do	10.0% 59	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 60
Equal parts of something that young adults do and something that older adults do	46.6% 274	42.9% 3	62.5% 5	46.8% 282
More something that older adults do than something that young adults do	26.5% 156	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.9% 156
Mostly something that older adults do (but a little something that young adults do)	11.6% 68	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	11.6% 70
Entirely something that older adults do	1.2% 7	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	1.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 588	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	603