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

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Do you think the quality of leadership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) would be improved or diminished if the Presbyterian Church had many more African-American elders, pastors, clergy, and professional staff?

	1) Improved greatly
	2) Improved somewhat
	3) No difference
	4) Diminished somewhat
	5) Diminished greatly
	6) Don't know/No answer

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Improved greatly	26	5.9%	5.9%	-1.65
Improved somewhat	77	17.3%	23.2%	-.94
No difference	229	51.6%	74.8%	-.23
Diminished somewhat	29	6.5%	81.3%	.49
Diminished greatly	8	1.8%	83.1%	1.2
Don't know/No answer	75	16.9%	100%	1.91

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Improved greatly	7.0% 19	4.1% 7	5.9% 26
Improved somewhat	16.6% 45	18.6% 32	17.4% 77
No difference	52.4% 142	50.0% 86	51.5% 228
Diminished somewhat	5.9% 16	7.6% 13	6.5% 29
Diminished greatly	1.8% 5	1.7% 3	1.8% 8
Don't know/No answer	16.2% 44	18.0% 31	16.9% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 172	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Improved greatly	5.0% 17	8.4% 8	5.7% 25
Improved somewhat	17.1% 58	17.9% 17	17.2% 75
No difference	52.6% 179	48.4% 46	51.7% 225
Diminished somewhat	6.8% 23	5.3% 5	6.4% 28
Diminished greatly	2.1% 7	0.0% 0	1.6% 7
Don't know/No answer	16.5% 56	20.0% 19	17.2% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 95	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Improved greatly	5.1% 3	6.7% 11	5.4% 8	5.3% 4	5.9% 26
Improved somewhat	18.6% 11	21.5% 35	9.5% 14	22.7% 17	17.3% 77
No difference	59.3% 35	46.6% 76	49.7% 73	60.0% 45	51.6% 229
Diminished somewhat	1.7% 1	6.7% 11	11.6% 17	0.0% 0	6.5% 29
Diminished greatly	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	2.7% 4	1.3% 1	1.8% 8
Don't know/No answer	15.3% 9	16.6% 27	21.1% 31	10.7% 8	16.9% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 163	100.0% 147	100.0% 75	444

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Improved greatly	7.9% 8	7.7% 6	3.7% 9	12.5% 2	5.7% 25
Improved somewhat	23.8% 24	20.5% 16	13.6% 33	18.8% 3	17.4% 76
No difference	45.5% 46	43.6% 34	57.6% 140	43.8% 7	51.8% 227
Diminished somewhat	6.9% 7	1.3% 1	8.2% 20	0.0% 0	6.4% 28
Diminished greatly	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 6	6.3% 1	1.8% 8
Don't know/No answer	14.9% 15	26.9% 21	14.4% 35	18.8% 3	16.9% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 101	100.0% 78	100.0% 243	100.0% 16	438

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Improved greatly	6.9% 5	5.3% 4	7.8% 10	4.3% 7	5.9% 26
Improved somewhat	13.9% 10	27.6% 21	18.6% 24	13.6% 22	17.5% 77
No difference	54.2% 39	46.1% 35	53.5% 69	51.9% 84	51.7% 227
Diminished somewhat	5.6% 4	6.6% 5	3.1% 4	9.9% 16	6.6% 29
Diminished greatly	1.4% 1	1.3% 1	1.6% 2	2.5% 4	1.8% 8
Don't know/No answer	18.1% 13	13.2% 10	15.5% 20	17.9% 29	16.4% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 76	100.0% 129	100.0% 162	439

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Improved greatly	3.0% 1	3.6% 5	7.5% 13	9.0% 7	6.2% 26
Improved somewhat	9.1% 3	16.7% 23	17.3% 30	24.4% 19	17.8% 75
No difference	51.5% 17	51.4% 71	52.6% 91	47.4% 37	51.2% 216
Diminished somewhat	15.2% 5	7.2% 10	5.8% 10	2.6% 2	6.4% 27
Diminished greatly	3.0% 1	1.4% 2	1.7% 3	1.3% 1	1.7% 7
Don't know/No answer	18.2% 6	19.6% 27	15.0% 26	15.4% 12	16.8% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 138	100.0% 173	100.0% 78	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Improved greatly	5.9% 24	0.0% 0	5.8% 24
Improved somewhat	16.9% 69	33.3% 1	17.0% 70
No difference	51.2% 209	66.7% 2	51.3% 211
Diminished somewhat	6.6% 27	0.0% 0	6.6% 27
Diminished greatly	2.0% 8	0.0% 0	1.9% 8
Don't know/No answer	17.4% 71	0.0% 0	17.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411