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Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1999 -- Public Role of Presbyterians, Member

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Of the various ways that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) influences public life in the United States, how much of this influence would you say happens through the following? - the social ministries of local congregations

	1) A large amount
	2) A fair amount
	3) A small amount
	4) Hardly any
	5) None
	6) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A large amount	43	9.7%	9.7%	-1.33
A fair amount	151	34%	43.7%	-.75
A small amount	102	23%	66.7%	-.18
Hardly any	34	7.7%	74.3%	.4
None	3	.7%	75%	.98
Don't know	111	25%	100%	1.56

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	11.7% 32	6.5% 11	9.7% 43
A fair amount	34.8% 95	32.9% 56	34.1% 151
A small amount	21.2% 58	25.9% 44	23.0% 102
Hardly any	5.1% 14	11.8% 20	7.7% 34
None	0.7% 2	0.6% 1	0.7% 3
Don't know	26.4% 72	22.4% 38	24.8% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 170	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	10.5% 36	7.7% 7	9.9% 43
A fair amount	33.1% 114	38.5% 35	34.3% 149
A small amount	23.8% 82	17.6% 16	22.5% 98
Hardly any	8.1% 28	5.5% 5	7.6% 33
None	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Don't know	23.5% 81	30.8% 28	25.1% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 91	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	15.3% 9	5.7% 9	11.4% 17	10.4% 8	9.7% 43
A fair amount	30.5% 18	36.5% 58	33.6% 50	32.5% 25	34.0% 151
A small amount	13.6% 8	28.3% 45	19.5% 29	26.0% 20	23.0% 102
Hardly any	1.7% 1	8.2% 13	9.4% 14	7.8% 6	7.7% 34
None	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	1.3% 1	0.7% 3
Don't know	39.0% 23	20.8% 33	25.5% 38	22.1% 17	25.0% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 159	100.0% 149	100.0% 77	444

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	14.4% 15	10.1% 8	6.7% 16	25.0% 4	9.8% 43
A fair amount	31.7% 33	36.7% 29	33.5% 80	37.5% 6	33.8% 148
A small amount	22.1% 23	21.5% 17	25.1% 60	0.0% 0	22.8% 100
Hardly any	5.8% 6	3.8% 3	10.0% 24	6.3% 1	7.8% 34
None	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Don't know	24.0% 25	27.8% 22	24.3% 58	31.3% 5	25.1% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 79	100.0% 239	100.0% 16	438

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A large amount	7.0% 5	7.7% 6	14.0% 18	8.7% 14	9.8% 43
A fair amount	33.8% 24	41.0% 32	31.8% 41	32.3% 52	33.9% 149
A small amount	21.1% 15	25.6% 20	22.5% 29	23.6% 38	23.2% 102
Hardly any	4.2% 3	5.1% 4	8.5% 11	9.9% 16	7.7% 34
None	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.8% 1	0.6% 1	0.7% 3
Don't know	33.8% 24	19.2% 15	22.5% 29	24.8% 40	24.6% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 78	100.0% 129	100.0% 161	439

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A large amount	3.2% 1	10.2% 14	10.2% 18	10.3% 8	9.7% 41
A fair amount	35.5% 11	27.0% 37	37.3% 66	41.0% 32	34.5% 146
A small amount	19.4% 6	27.7% 38	22.0% 39	16.7% 13	22.7% 96
Hardly any	0.0% 0	8.0% 11	8.5% 15	6.4% 5	7.3% 31
None	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.3% 1	0.5% 2
Don't know	41.9% 13	27.0% 37	21.5% 38	24.4% 19	25.3% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 137	100.0% 177	100.0% 78	423

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	10.0% 41	0.0% 0	10.0% 41
A fair amount	33.6% 137	66.7% 2	33.8% 139
A small amount	23.3% 95	0.0% 0	23.1% 95
Hardly any	8.1% 33	0.0% 0	8.0% 33
None	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Don't know	24.3% 99	33.3% 1	24.3% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411