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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMSTERN

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 - stern/joyful.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely stern	2	.3%	.3%	-3.46
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	13	2.2%	2.5%	-2.55
More stern than joyful	52	8.6%	11.1%	-1.64
Equal parts of stern and joyful	153	25.4%	36.5%	-.73
More joyful than stern	226	37.5%	74%	.18
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	129	21.4%	95.4%	1.09
Entirely joyful	28	4.6%	100%	2

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely stern	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	2.2% 7	2.1% 6	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	11.4% 36	5.6% 16	8.7% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	23.2% 73	28.0% 80	25.5% 153
More joyful than stern	36.2% 114	38.8% 111	37.4% 225
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	21.9% 69	21.0% 60	21.5% 129
Entirely joyful	4.4% 14	4.5% 13	4.5% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 315	100.0% 286	601

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely stern	0.2% 1	1.3% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	2.1% 11	2.5% 2	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	8.3% 43	11.4% 9	8.7% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	25.9% 135	21.5% 17	25.3% 152
More joyful than stern	36.3% 189	44.3% 35	37.3% 224
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	22.5% 117	15.2% 12	21.5% 129
Entirely joyful	4.8% 25	3.8% 3	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 521	100.0% 79	600

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely stern	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	4.0% 4	2.1% 4	1.4% 3	2.2% 2	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	12.1% 12	7.7% 15	8.8% 19	6.5% 6	8.6% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	23.2% 23	24.2% 47	26.4% 57	28.0% 26	25.4% 153
More joyful than stern	40.4% 40	39.2% 76	35.2% 76	35.5% 33	37.4% 225
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	17.2% 17	22.7% 44	22.2% 48	21.5% 20	21.4% 129
Entirely joyful	1.0% 1	4.1% 8	6.0% 13	6.5% 6	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 194	100.0% 216	100.0% 93	602

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely stern	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	2.6% 4	2.3% 2	2.1% 7	0.0% 0	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	10.3% 16	14.8% 13	6.8% 23	0.0% 0	8.7% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	30.8% 48	23.9% 21	22.9% 78	25.0% 3	25.2% 150
More joyful than stern	30.1% 47	36.4% 32	41.2% 140	41.7% 5	37.6% 224
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	21.2% 33	20.5% 18	21.8% 74	16.7% 2	21.3% 127
Entirely joyful	4.5% 7	2.3% 2	5.0% 17	16.7% 2	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 88	100.0% 340	100.0% 12	596

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely stern	5.3% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	5.3% 1	1.2% 2	2.8% 7	0.7% 1	1.9% 11
More stern than joyful	5.3% 1	12.1% 21	8.0% 20	5.8% 8	8.6% 50
Equal parts of stern and joyful	21.1% 4	27.7% 48	23.2% 58	26.3% 36	25.2% 146
More joyful than stern	47.4% 9	35.8% 62	37.6% 94	38.0% 52	37.5% 217
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	15.8% 3	14.5% 25	24.4% 61	26.3% 36	21.6% 125
Entirely joyful	0.0% 0	8.1% 14	4.0% 10	2.9% 4	4.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 173	100.0% 250	100.0% 137	579

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely stern	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	1.6% 1	2.4% 3	1.5% 3	2.9% 6	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	14.1% 9	9.6% 12	8.0% 16	7.2% 15	8.7% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	26.6% 17	23.2% 29	21.1% 42	30.4% 63	25.4% 151
More joyful than stern	34.4% 22	35.2% 44	44.2% 88	33.3% 69	37.5% 223
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	20.3% 13	26.4% 33	21.6% 43	19.3% 40	21.7% 129
Entirely joyful	3.1% 2	3.2% 4	3.5% 7	6.3% 13	4.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 125	100.0% 199	100.0% 207	595

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely stern	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	0.3% 2
Mostly stern (but a little joyful)	2.2% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 13
More stern than joyful	8.5% 50	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	8.7% 52
Equal parts of stern and joyful	25.3% 148	28.6% 2	12.5% 1	25.2% 151
More joyful than stern	37.4% 219	42.9% 3	37.5% 3	37.5% 225
Mostly joyful (but a little stern)	21.9% 128	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	21.5% 129
Entirely joyful	4.6% 27	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	600