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

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PUBINFPC Compared with the 1960s and 1970s, do you think the public influence of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is significantly stronger now, a little stronger now, about the same, a little weaker, or significantly weaker?   1) Significantly stronger now   2) A little stronger now   3) About the same now as then   4) A little weaker now   5) Significantly weaker now   6) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Significantly stronger now	17	3.7%	3.7%	-2.02
A little stronger now	69	15.1%	18.8%	-1.4
About the same now as then	79	17.2%	36%	-.77
A little weaker now	73	15.9%	52%	-.15
Significantly weaker now	62	13.5%	65.5%	.47
Don't know	158	34.5%	100%	1.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	2.8% 8	5.2% 9	3.7% 17
A little stronger now	18.0% 51	10.4% 18	15.1% 69
About the same now as then	14.8% 42	21.4% 37	17.3% 79
A little weaker now	14.4% 41	18.5% 32	16.0% 73
Significantly weaker now	10.6% 30	18.5% 32	13.6% 62
Don't know	39.4% 112	26.0% 45	34.4% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 284	100.0% 173	457

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	4.0% 14	2.1% 2	3.6% 16
A little stronger now	13.9% 49	18.6% 18	14.9% 67
About the same now as then	17.9% 63	14.4% 14	17.1% 77
A little weaker now	15.3% 54	18.6% 18	16.0% 72
Significantly weaker now	14.8% 52	8.2% 8	13.4% 60
Don't know	34.1% 120	38.1% 37	35.0% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 352	100.0% 97	449

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	3.3% 2	2.4% 4	6.5% 10	1.3% 1	3.7% 17
A little stronger now	20.0% 12	15.7% 26	15.6% 24	9.0% 7	15.1% 69
About the same now as then	15.0% 9	15.1% 25	16.9% 26	24.4% 19	17.2% 79
A little weaker now	21.7% 13	15.1% 25	14.3% 22	16.7% 13	15.9% 73
Significantly weaker now	8.3% 5	15.1% 25	11.0% 17	19.2% 15	13.5% 62
Don't know	31.7% 19	36.7% 61	35.7% 55	29.5% 23	34.5% 158
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 166	100.0% 154	100.0% 78	458

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	3.8% 4	3.7% 3	3.7% 9	0.0% 0	3.6% 16
A little stronger now	12.3% 13	14.6% 12	16.3% 40	18.8% 3	15.1% 68
About the same now as then	23.6% 25	15.9% 13	15.9% 39	6.3% 1	17.3% 78
A little weaker now	8.5% 9	15.9% 13	18.3% 45	31.3% 5	16.0% 72
Significantly weaker now	16.0% 17	7.3% 6	14.6% 36	12.5% 2	13.6% 61
Don't know	35.8% 38	42.7% 35	31.3% 77	31.3% 5	34.4% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 82	100.0% 246	100.0% 16	450

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	5.3% 4	2.6% 2	2.9% 4	4.3% 7	3.8% 17
A little stronger now	9.2% 7	20.8% 16	10.3% 14	19.5% 32	15.2% 69
About the same now as then	3.9% 3	9.1% 7	18.4% 25	26.2% 43	17.2% 78
A little weaker now	25.0% 19	10.4% 8	15.4% 21	14.6% 24	15.9% 72
Significantly weaker now	6.6% 5	13.0% 10	20.6% 28	11.0% 18	13.5% 61
Don't know	50.0% 38	44.2% 34	32.4% 44	24.4% 40	34.4% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 77	100.0% 136	100.0% 164	453

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	0.0% 0	4.9% 7	3.9% 7	3.8% 3	3.9% 17
A little stronger now	25.7% 9	16.2% 23	15.1% 27	7.6% 6	14.9% 65
About the same now as then	31.4% 11	15.5% 22	15.6% 28	17.7% 14	17.2% 75
A little weaker now	11.4% 4	14.1% 20	16.2% 29	21.5% 17	16.1% 70
Significantly weaker now	8.6% 3	14.8% 21	14.0% 25	12.7% 10	13.6% 59
Don't know	22.9% 8	34.5% 49	35.2% 63	36.7% 29	34.3% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 142	100.0% 179	100.0% 79	435

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Significantly stronger now	3.6% 15	0.0% 0	3.5% 15
A little stronger now	15.5% 65	33.3% 1	15.6% 66
About the same now as then	17.6% 74	0.0% 0	17.5% 74
A little weaker now	15.5% 65	33.3% 1	15.6% 66
Significantly weaker now	13.3% 56	0.0% 0	13.2% 56
Don't know	34.5% 145	33.3% 1	34.5% 146
TOTAL	100.0% 420	100.0% 3	423