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

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HEINCLUD

When a pastor or worship leader refers to God as "He," does that male term make you feel more included or less included in the worship experience?
  1) More included
  2) Neither more included nor less included
  3) Less included
  4) Don't know
  5) Never thought about it

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
More included 78 12.7% 12.7% -1.15
Neither more included nor less included 391 63.6% 76.3% -.4
Less included 13 2.1% 78.4% .35
Don't know 5 .8% 79.2% 1.1
Never thought about it 128 20.8% 100% 1.85

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
More included 13.0%
50
12.2%
28
12.7%
78
Neither more included nor less included 61.3%
236
67.2%
154
63.5%
390
Less included 3.1%
12
0.4%
1
2.1%
13
Don't know 0.5%
2
1.3%
3
0.8%
5
Never thought about it 22.1%
85
18.8%
43
20.8%
128
TOTAL 100.0%
385
100.0%
229

614


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
More included 13.7%
66
8.6%
10
12.7%
76
Neither more included nor less included 64.2%
310
62.1%
72
63.8%
382
Less included 1.2%
6
6.0%
7
2.2%
13
Don't know 0.6%
3
1.7%
2
0.8%
5
Never thought about it 20.3%
98
21.6%
25
20.5%
123
TOTAL 100.0%
483
100.0%
116

599


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
More included 17.2%
16
9.5%
20
16.2%
34
7.9%
8
12.7%
78
Neither more included nor less included 60.2%
56
67.3%
142
60.5%
127
65.3%
66
63.6%
391
Less included 0.0%
0
3.3%
7
1.0%
2
4.0%
4
2.1%
13
Don't know 2.2%
2
0.5%
1
0.5%
1
1.0%
1
0.8%
5
Never thought about it 20.4%
19
19.4%
41
21.9%
46
21.8%
22
20.8%
128
TOTAL 100.0%
93
100.0%
211
100.0%
210
100.0%
101

615


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
More included 15.3%
21
9.3%
10
12.8%
44
18.8%
3
12.9%
78
Neither more included nor less included 56.2%
77
71.3%
77
64.5%
222
50.0%
8
63.5%
384
Less included 5.8%
8
2.8%
3
0.3%
1
6.3%
1
2.1%
13
Don't know 1.5%
2
0.9%
1
0.3%
1
6.3%
1
0.8%
5
Never thought about it 21.2%
29
15.7%
17
22.1%
76
18.8%
3
20.7%
125
TOTAL 100.0%
137
100.0%
108
100.0%
344
100.0%
16

605


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
More included 17.5%
10
15.6%
30
12.9%
29
7.3%
8
13.2%
77
Neither more included nor less included 64.9%
37
62.0%
119
65.3%
147
67.9%
74
64.7%
377
Less included 1.8%
1
1.0%
2
1.3%
3
6.4%
7
2.2%
13
Don't know 0.0%
0
1.6%
3
0.4%
1
0.9%
1
0.9%
5
Never thought about it 15.8%
9
19.8%
38
20.0%
45
17.4%
19
19.0%
111
TOTAL 100.0%
57
100.0%
192
100.0%
225
100.0%
109

583


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
More included 12.8%
72
0.0%
0
33.3%
1
12.8%
73
Neither more included nor less included 63.3%
356
50.0%
2
66.7%
2
63.3%
360
Less included 2.3%
13
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
2.3%
13
Don't know 0.7%
4
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.7%
4
Never thought about it 20.8%
117
50.0%
2
0.0%
0
20.9%
119
TOTAL 100.0%
562
100.0%
4
100.0%
3

569


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
More included 7.3%
8
7.4%
7
16.4%
27
14.7%
35
12.7%
77
Neither more included nor less included 72.7%
80
63.8%
60
60.6%
100
61.8%
147
63.8%
387
Less included 3.6%
4
2.1%
2
3.0%
5
0.8%
2
2.1%
13
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.2%
2
0.8%
2
0.7%
4
Never thought about it 16.4%
18
26.6%
25
18.8%
31
21.8%
52
20.8%
126
TOTAL 100.0%
110
100.0%
94
100.0%
165
100.0%
238

607