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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMPROGRS

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 - progressive/out-dated.

	1) Entirely progressive
	2) Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)
	3) More progressive than out-dated
	4) Equal parts of progressive and out-dated
	5) More out-dated than progressive
	6) Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)
	7) Entirely out-dated

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely progressive	20	3.4%	3.4%	-2.13
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	93	15.6%	18.9%	-1.3
More progressive than out-dated	177	29.6%	48.6%	-.48
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	167	28%	76.5%	.34
More out-dated than progressive	110	18.4%	95%	1.16
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	25	4.2%	99.2%	1.99
Entirely out-dated	5	.8%	100%	2.81

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	3.5% 11	3.2% 9	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	14.7% 46	16.6% 47	15.6% 93
More progressive than out-dated	31.4% 98	27.6% 78	29.6% 176
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	28.8% 90	26.9% 76	27.9% 166
More out-dated than progressive	17.0% 53	20.1% 57	18.5% 110
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	4.2% 13	4.2% 12	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	0.3% 1	1.4% 4	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 283	595

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	3.3% 17	3.9% 3	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	14.9% 77	20.8% 16	15.7% 93
More progressive than out-dated	30.2% 156	24.7% 19	29.5% 175
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	27.5% 142	29.9% 23	27.8% 165
More out-dated than progressive	19.2% 99	14.3% 11	18.5% 110
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	4.1% 21	5.2% 4	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	0.8% 4	1.3% 1	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 516	100.0% 77	593

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	3.2% 3	5.7% 11	2.3% 5	1.1% 1	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	15.8% 15	13.4% 26	16.4% 35	18.3% 17	15.6% 93
More progressive than out-dated	27.4% 26	26.8% 52	33.6% 72	28.0% 26	29.5% 176
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	23.2% 22	32.5% 63	23.8% 51	33.3% 31	28.0% 167
More out-dated than progressive	21.1% 20	16.5% 32	21.0% 45	14.0% 13	18.5% 110
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	7.4% 7	4.6% 9	2.3% 5	4.3% 4	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	2.1% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	1.1% 1	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 194	100.0% 214	100.0% 93	596

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	1.9% 3	1.2% 1	4.4% 15	9.1% 1	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	17.5% 27	15.1% 13	15.3% 52	0.0% 0	15.6% 92
More progressive than out-dated	32.5% 50	23.3% 20	30.1% 102	27.3% 3	29.7% 175
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	29.2% 45	31.4% 27	26.5% 90	18.2% 2	27.8% 164
More out-dated than progressive	14.3% 22	23.3% 20	18.3% 62	45.5% 5	18.5% 109
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	3.2% 5	5.8% 5	4.4% 15	0.0% 0	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 86	100.0% 339	100.0% 11	590

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	4.5% 1	5.3% 9	2.0% 5	3.7% 5	3.5% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	13.6% 3	13.5% 23	14.2% 35	20.0% 27	15.3% 88
More progressive than out-dated	18.2% 4	33.3% 57	31.3% 77	24.4% 33	29.8% 171
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	36.4% 8	25.1% 43	29.7% 73	27.4% 37	28.0% 161
More out-dated than progressive	13.6% 3	19.3% 33	17.1% 42	20.7% 28	18.5% 106
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	13.6% 3	1.8% 3	5.3% 13	3.0% 4	4.0% 23
Entirely out-dated	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 171	100.0% 246	100.0% 135	574

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	1.6% 1	4.9% 6	2.5% 5	3.9% 8	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	4.8% 3	15.4% 19	17.0% 34	18.2% 37	15.8% 93
More progressive than out-dated	30.2% 19	28.5% 35	29.0% 58	31.0% 63	29.7% 175
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	30.2% 19	26.8% 33	30.0% 60	24.6% 50	27.5% 162
More out-dated than progressive	25.4% 16	20.3% 25	18.5% 37	15.8% 32	18.7% 110
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	7.9% 5	4.1% 5	2.5% 5	4.9% 10	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.5% 3	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 123	100.0% 200	100.0% 203	589

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely progressive	3.3% 19	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	3.4% 20
Mostly progressive (but a little out-dated)	15.7% 91	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	15.7% 93
More progressive than out-dated	30.1% 174	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	29.6% 176
Equal parts of progressive and out-dated	27.5% 159	42.9% 3	37.5% 3	27.8% 165
More out-dated than progressive	18.5% 107	0.0% 0	37.5% 3	18.5% 110
Mostly out-dated (but a little progressive)	4.3% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.2% 25
Entirely out-dated	0.7% 4	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 579	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	594