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

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DADFOUND

For the following choices, indicate which one you would prefer be used in worship when referring to broad groups of the church that contain both males and females.
  1) Church fathers
  2) Church founders
  3) No preference

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Church fathers 77 13.3% 13.3% -1.83
Church founders 333 57.7% 71.1% -.25
No preference 167 28.9% 100% 1.34

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Church fathers 10.8%
39
17.6%
38
13.4%
77
Church founders 59.2%
213
55.6%
120
57.8%
333
No preference 30.0%
108
26.9%
58
28.8%
166
TOTAL 100.0%
360
100.0%
216

576


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Church fathers 13.2%
60
12.8%
14
13.1%
74
Church founders 56.4%
256
64.2%
70
57.9%
326
No preference 30.4%
138
22.9%
25
29.0%
163
TOTAL 100.0%
454
100.0%
109

563


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Church fathers 12.4%
11
12.2%
24
13.9%
27
15.3%
15
13.3%
77
Church founders 58.4%
52
61.2%
120
53.6%
104
58.2%
57
57.7%
333
No preference 29.2%
26
26.5%
52
32.5%
63
26.5%
26
28.9%
167
TOTAL 100.0%
89
100.0%
196
100.0%
194
100.0%
98

577


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Church fathers 10.2%
13
14.4%
15
13.9%
45
21.4%
3
13.4%
76
Church founders 64.6%
82
58.7%
61
56.3%
182
42.9%
6
58.3%
331
No preference 25.2%
32
26.9%
28
29.7%
96
35.7%
5
28.3%
161
TOTAL 100.0%
127
100.0%
104
100.0%
323
100.0%
14

568


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
Church fathers 8.0%
4
13.4%
24
13.9%
30
11.8%
12
12.8%
70
Church founders 58.0%
29
57.0%
102
57.4%
124
60.8%
62
58.0%
317
No preference 34.0%
17
29.6%
53
28.7%
62
27.5%
28
29.3%
160
TOTAL 100.0%
50
100.0%
179
100.0%
216
100.0%
102

547


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
Church fathers 13.4%
71
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
13.3%
71
Church founders 57.7%
306
66.7%
2
50.0%
1
57.8%
309
No preference 28.9%
153
33.3%
1
50.0%
1
29.0%
155
TOTAL 100.0%
530
100.0%
3
100.0%
2

535


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Church fathers 12.0%
13
13.5%
12
16.5%
26
11.6%
25
13.3%
76
Church founders 57.4%
62
66.3%
59
55.7%
88
55.8%
120
57.7%
329
No preference 30.6%
33
20.2%
18
27.8%
44
32.6%
70
28.9%
165
TOTAL 100.0%
108
100.0%
89
100.0%
158
100.0%
215

570