Presbyterian Panel Study, Feb 1999 - Language and God, Member

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PRITEPMT When you think about priorities for your congregation's activities in the community, how important is the following to you? - Helping members resist the temptations of the world   1) Essential   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	109	18%	18%	-1.54
Very important	281	46.3%	64.3%	-.28
Somewhat important	188	31%	95.2%	.97
Not at all important	29	4.8%	100%	2.23

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Race Age

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	20.5% 77	13.9% 32	18.0% 109
Very important	46.0% 173	46.5% 107	46.2% 280
Somewhat important	28.2% 106	35.7% 82	31.0% 188
Not at all important	5.3% 20	3.9% 9	4.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 376	100.0% 230	606

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	16.6% 79	21.1% 24	17.5% 103
Very important	46.8% 223	43.9% 50	46.3% 273
Somewhat important	32.6% 155	27.2% 31	31.5% 186
Not at all important	4.0% 19	7.9% 9	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 114	590

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	9.7% 9	16.3% 34	22.8% 47	19.2% 19	18.0% 109
Very important	53.8% 50	47.4% 99	43.2% 89	43.4% 43	46.3% 281
Somewhat important	30.1% 28	32.1% 67	29.6% 61	32.3% 32	31.0% 188
Not at all important	6.5% 6	4.3% 9	4.4% 9	5.1% 5	4.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 209	100.0% 206	100.0% 99	607

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	20.7% 28	12.1% 13	17.9% 61	18.8% 3	17.6% 105
Very important	40.0% 54	43.0% 46	50.3% 171	37.5% 6	46.3% 277
Somewhat important	34.8% 47	39.3% 42	27.6% 94	31.3% 5	31.4% 188
Not at all important	4.4% 6	5.6% 6	4.1% 14	12.5% 2	4.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 107	100.0% 340	100.0% 16	598

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	21.4% 12	20.6% 39	17.0% 38	13.9% 15	18.0% 104
Very important	50.0% 28	50.3% 95	45.5% 102	40.7% 44	46.6% 269
Somewhat important	26.8% 15	24.3% 46	34.4% 77	38.0% 41	31.0% 179
Not at all important	1.8% 1	4.8% 9	3.1% 7	7.4% 8	4.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 189	100.0% 224	100.0% 108	577

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Essential	16.9% 94	25.0% 1	66.7% 2	17.3% 97
Very important	47.7% 265	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	47.3% 266
Somewhat important	30.5% 169	50.0% 2	33.3% 1	30.6% 172
Not at all important	4.9% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	562

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	20.0% 22	11.6% 11	17.4% 28	18.9% 44	17.5% 105
Very important	42.7% 47	50.5% 48	41.6% 67	51.1% 119	46.9% 281
Somewhat important	33.6% 37	33.7% 32	35.4% 57	24.9% 58	30.7% 184
Not at all important	3.6% 4	4.2% 4	5.6% 9	5.2% 12	4.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 95	100.0% 161	100.0% 233	599