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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? - congregations' training of children and young people

	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	58	13.1%	13.1%	-1.25
A fair amount	156	35.1%	48.2%	-.65
A small amount	104	23.4%	71.6%	-.06
Hardly any	28	6.3%	77.9%	.54
None	8	1.8%	79.7%	1.13
Don't know	90	20.3%	100%	1.73

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	13.9% 38	11.8% 20	13.1% 58
A fair amount	35.9% 98	34.1% 58	35.2% 156
A small amount	22.7% 62	24.7% 42	23.5% 104
Hardly any	4.8% 13	8.8% 15	6.3% 28
None	1.8% 5	1.8% 3	1.8% 8
Don't know	20.9% 57	18.8% 32	20.1% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 170	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	13.1% 45	13.2% 12	13.1% 57
A fair amount	34.0% 117	38.5% 35	34.9% 152
A small amount	23.5% 81	23.1% 21	23.4% 102
Hardly any	7.0% 24	3.3% 3	6.2% 27
None	1.7% 6	2.2% 2	1.8% 8
Don't know	20.6% 71	19.8% 18	20.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 91	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	12.1% 7	12.6% 20	15.3% 23	10.4% 8	13.1% 58
A fair amount	41.4% 24	34.0% 54	37.3% 56	28.6% 22	35.1% 156
A small amount	12.1% 7	27.7% 44	19.3% 29	31.2% 24	23.4% 104
Hardly any	8.6% 5	5.0% 8	7.3% 11	5.2% 4	6.3% 28
None	0.0% 0	2.5% 4	2.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 8
Don't know	25.9% 15	18.2% 29	18.0% 27	24.7% 19	20.3% 90
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	12.6% 13	8.8% 7	13.0% 31	25.0% 4	12.6% 55
A fair amount	39.8% 41	37.5% 30	33.1% 79	25.0% 4	35.2% 154
A small amount	21.4% 22	23.8% 19	24.7% 59	25.0% 4	23.7% 104
Hardly any	4.9% 5	5.0% 4	7.5% 18	6.3% 1	6.4% 28
None	1.0% 1	1.3% 1	2.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 7
Don't know	20.4% 21	23.8% 19	19.7% 47	18.8% 3	20.5% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 239	100.0% 16	438

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A large amount	8.5% 6	12.8% 10	14.7% 19	14.3% 23	13.2% 58
A fair amount	38.0% 27	34.6% 27	28.7% 37	39.1% 63	35.1% 154
A small amount	18.3% 13	28.2% 22	27.1% 35	20.5% 33	23.5% 103
Hardly any	1.4% 1	7.7% 6	4.7% 6	9.3% 15	6.4% 28
None	2.8% 2	1.3% 1	1.6% 2	1.9% 3	1.8% 8
Don't know	31.0% 22	15.4% 12	23.3% 30	14.9% 24	20.0% 88
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	9.7% 3	10.9% 15	13.6% 24	15.4% 12	12.8% 54
A fair amount	41.9% 13	33.6% 46	34.7% 61	30.8% 24	34.1% 144
A small amount	16.1% 5	26.3% 36	24.4% 43	23.1% 18	24.2% 102
Hardly any	9.7% 3	5.1% 7	6.3% 11	6.4% 5	6.2% 26
None	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	2.3% 4	1.3% 1	1.9% 8
Don't know	22.6% 7	21.9% 30	18.8% 33	23.1% 18	20.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 137	100.0% 176	100.0% 78	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	13.5% 55	0.0% 0	13.4% 55
A fair amount	34.6% 141	33.3% 1	34.5% 142
A small amount	23.5% 96	33.3% 1	23.6% 97
Hardly any	6.9% 28	0.0% 0	6.8% 28
None	1.5% 6	33.3% 1	1.7% 7
Don't know	20.1% 82	0.0% 0	20.0% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411