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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? - members with influence in business or government

	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	36	8.1%	8.1%	-1.38
A fair amount	149	33.6%	41.7%	-.8
A small amount	106	23.9%	65.5%	-.23
Hardly any	26	5.9%	71.4%	.34
None	8	1.8%	73.2%	.92
Don't know	119	26.8%	100%	1.49

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	11.0% 30	3.5% 6	8.1% 36
A fair amount	32.7% 89	35.1% 60	33.6% 149
A small amount	21.0% 57	28.7% 49	23.9% 106
Hardly any	4.0% 11	8.8% 15	5.9% 26
None	2.6% 7	0.6% 1	1.8% 8
Don't know	28.7% 78	23.4% 40	26.6% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 171	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	7.8% 27	8.8% 8	8.0% 35
A fair amount	33.7% 116	35.2% 32	34.0% 148
A small amount	22.4% 77	25.3% 23	23.0% 100
Hardly any	6.7% 23	3.3% 3	6.0% 26
None	2.0% 7	1.1% 1	1.8% 8
Don't know	27.3% 94	26.4% 24	27.1% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 91	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	12.1% 7	6.9% 11	9.3% 14	5.2% 4	8.1% 36
A fair amount	24.1% 14	37.7% 60	32.0% 48	35.1% 27	33.6% 149
A small amount	24.1% 14	20.1% 32	24.0% 36	31.2% 24	23.9% 106
Hardly any	3.4% 2	6.9% 11	5.3% 8	6.5% 5	5.9% 26
None	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	2.0% 3	2.6% 2	1.8% 8
Don't know	36.2% 21	26.4% 42	27.3% 41	19.5% 15	26.8% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 159	100.0% 150	100.0% 77	444

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	6.7% 7	8.9% 7	8.8% 21	6.3% 1	8.2% 36
A fair amount	32.7% 34	34.2% 27	32.6% 78	43.8% 7	33.3% 146
A small amount	25.0% 26	24.1% 19	24.3% 58	18.8% 3	24.2% 106
Hardly any	4.8% 5	6.3% 5	6.3% 15	6.3% 1	5.9% 26
None	2.9% 3	2.5% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 7
Don't know	27.9% 29	24.1% 19	27.2% 65	25.0% 4	26.7% 117
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	8.3% 6	6.5% 5	12.4% 16	5.0% 8	8.0% 35
A fair amount	34.7% 25	35.1% 27	32.6% 42	33.5% 54	33.7% 148
A small amount	18.1% 13	26.0% 20	21.7% 28	28.0% 45	24.1% 106
Hardly any	5.6% 4	2.6% 2	7.8% 10	6.2% 10	5.9% 26
None	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.3% 3	2.5% 4	1.8% 8
Don't know	33.3% 24	28.6% 22	23.3% 30	24.8% 40	26.4% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 77	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	6.5% 9	6.8% 12	13.0% 10	7.6% 32
A fair amount	32.3% 10	26.8% 37	36.4% 64	39.0% 30	33.4% 141
A small amount	19.4% 6	31.9% 44	22.7% 40	16.9% 13	24.4% 103
Hardly any	0.0% 0	5.8% 8	7.4% 13	5.2% 4	5.9% 25
None	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	1.7% 3	1.3% 1	1.4% 6
Don't know	45.2% 14	27.5% 38	25.0% 44	24.7% 19	27.3% 115
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 138	100.0% 176	100.0% 77	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	8.3% 34	33.3% 1	8.5% 35
A fair amount	33.6% 137	0.0% 0	33.3% 137
A small amount	24.0% 98	0.0% 0	23.8% 98
Hardly any	6.4% 26	0.0% 0	6.3% 26
None	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.7% 7
Don't know	26.0% 106	66.7% 2	26.3% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411