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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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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- traditional/modern.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely traditional	11	1.8%	1.8%	-2.55
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	56	9.4%	11.3%	-1.63
More traditional than modern	168	28.2%	39.5%	-.7
Equal parts of traditional and modern	227	38.2%	77.6%	.23
More modern than traditional	104	17.5%	95.1%	1.16
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	26	4.4%	99.5%	2.09
Entirely modern	3	.5%	100%	3.02

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	1.3% 4	2.5% 7	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	6.8% 21	11.9% 34	9.3% 55
More traditional than modern	29.5% 91	27.0% 77	28.3% 168
Equal parts of traditional and modern	38.6% 119	37.5% 107	38.1% 226
More modern than traditional	18.2% 56	16.8% 48	17.5% 104
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	4.9% 15	3.9% 11	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 285	593

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	1.6% 8	3.8% 3	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	9.9% 51	6.4% 5	9.5% 56
More traditional than modern	27.3% 140	34.6% 27	28.3% 167
Equal parts of traditional and modern	39.2% 201	29.5% 23	37.9% 224
More modern than traditional	17.0% 87	21.8% 17	17.6% 104
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	4.5% 23	3.8% 3	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 513	100.0% 78	591

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	2.1% 2	2.1% 4	1.9% 4	1.1% 1	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	10.3% 10	8.3% 16	11.9% 25	5.3% 5	9.4% 56
More traditional than modern	24.7% 24	29.5% 57	25.2% 53	36.2% 34	28.3% 168
Equal parts of traditional and modern	36.1% 35	40.4% 78	37.1% 78	37.2% 35	38.0% 226
More modern than traditional	20.6% 20	15.0% 29	19.0% 40	16.0% 15	17.5% 104
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	5.2% 5	4.1% 8	4.3% 9	4.3% 4	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	1.0% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 193	100.0% 210	100.0% 94	594

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 9	0.0% 0	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	7.7% 12	11.5% 10	9.6% 32	9.1% 1	9.4% 55
More traditional than modern	32.9% 51	23.0% 20	26.6% 89	63.6% 7	28.4% 167
Equal parts of traditional and modern	32.3% 50	50.6% 44	37.6% 126	27.3% 3	37.9% 223
More modern than traditional	20.0% 31	9.2% 8	19.1% 64	0.0% 0	17.5% 103
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	5.2% 8	5.7% 5	3.9% 13	0.0% 0	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 87	100.0% 335	100.0% 11	588

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	1.2% 3	3.6% 5	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	10.0% 2	6.5% 11	9.8% 24	10.9% 15	9.1% 52
More traditional than modern	15.0% 3	33.1% 56	27.3% 67	24.8% 34	28.0% 160
Equal parts of traditional and modern	45.0% 9	40.8% 69	38.4% 94	34.3% 47	38.4% 219
More modern than traditional	25.0% 5	13.6% 23	18.4% 45	19.7% 27	17.5% 100
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	0.0% 0	3.0% 5	4.9% 12	6.6% 9	4.6% 26
Entirely modern	5.0% 1	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 169	100.0% 245	100.0% 137	571

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	3.0% 6	1.7% 10
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	9.5% 6	14.4% 18	6.6% 13	8.5% 17	9.2% 54
More traditional than modern	30.2% 19	23.2% 29	30.3% 60	28.9% 58	28.3% 166
Equal parts of traditional and modern	41.3% 26	40.8% 51	39.9% 79	33.8% 68	38.2% 224
More modern than traditional	11.1% 7	16.8% 21	19.2% 38	18.9% 38	17.7% 104
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	4.8% 3	4.8% 6	3.0% 6	5.5% 11	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 3	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 125	100.0% 198	100.0% 201	587

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely traditional	1.6% 9	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	1.9% 11
Mostly traditional (but a little modern)	9.0% 52	42.9% 3	12.5% 1	9.5% 56
More traditional than modern	28.4% 164	28.6% 2	25.0% 2	28.4% 168
Equal parts of traditional and modern	38.6% 223	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	38.0% 225
More modern than traditional	17.7% 102	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	17.4% 103
Mostly modern (but a little traditional)	4.3% 25	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	4.4% 26
Entirely modern	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 577	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	592