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

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ENVCONG Here is a possible way that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) can be involved in environmental issues. Please indicate how important you think it is for the PC(USA) to be involved in this way. - lobbying members of Congress or other policymakers   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not very important   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	34	7.6%	7.6%	-2.07
Very important	71	15.9%	23.5%	-1.12
Somewhat important	163	36.5%	60%	-.18
Not very important	136	30.4%	90.4%	.77
Don't know	43	9.6%	100%	1.71

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.8% 24	5.2% 9	7.4% 33
Very important	16.9% 46	14.4% 25	15.9% 71
Somewhat important	40.1% 109	31.0% 54	36.5% 163
Not very important	22.4% 61	43.1% 75	30.5% 136
Don't know	11.8% 32	6.3% 11	9.6% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 174	446

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.6% 23	9.7% 9	7.3% 32
Very important	15.6% 54	17.2% 16	15.9% 70
Somewhat important	36.1% 125	38.7% 36	36.7% 161
Not very important	32.7% 113	21.5% 20	30.3% 133
Don't know	9.0% 31	12.9% 12	9.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 93	439

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.8% 4	8.1% 13	7.3% 11	7.8% 6	7.6% 34
Very important	22.0% 13	16.3% 26	14.6% 22	13.0% 10	15.9% 71
Somewhat important	33.9% 20	38.8% 62	34.4% 52	37.7% 29	36.5% 163
Not very important	30.5% 18	26.3% 42	31.8% 48	36.4% 28	30.4% 136
Don't know	6.8% 4	10.6% 17	11.9% 18	5.2% 4	9.6% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 160	100.0% 151	100.0% 77	447

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	13.6% 14	8.9% 7	4.9% 12	7.1% 1	7.7% 34
Very important	24.3% 25	15.2% 12	13.5% 33	7.1% 1	16.1% 71
Somewhat important	35.9% 37	36.7% 29	36.9% 90	28.6% 4	36.4% 160
Not very important	18.4% 19	27.8% 22	36.1% 88	42.9% 6	30.7% 135
Don't know	7.8% 8	11.4% 9	8.6% 21	14.3% 2	9.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 79	100.0% 244	100.0% 14	440

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.0% 6	3.9% 3	9.1% 12	8.2% 13	7.7% 34
Very important	13.3% 10	15.8% 12	17.4% 23	15.7% 25	15.8% 70
Somewhat important	38.7% 29	40.8% 31	31.8% 42	37.7% 60	36.7% 162
Not very important	28.0% 21	32.9% 25	34.1% 45	26.4% 42	30.1% 133
Don't know	12.0% 9	6.6% 5	7.6% 10	11.9% 19	9.7% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 76	100.0% 132	100.0% 159	442

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	3.4% 1	7.8% 11	8.4% 15	6.5% 5	7.5% 32
Very important	17.2% 5	14.2% 20	14.6% 26	19.5% 15	15.5% 66
Somewhat important	51.7% 15	36.2% 51	39.9% 71	23.4% 18	36.5% 155
Not very important	13.8% 4	27.0% 38	30.3% 54	46.8% 36	31.1% 132
Don't know	13.8% 4	14.9% 21	6.7% 12	3.9% 3	9.4% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 141	100.0% 178	100.0% 77	425

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	7.8% 32	0.0% 0	7.7% 32
Very important	15.1% 62	33.3% 1	15.3% 63
Somewhat important	37.6% 154	0.0% 0	37.3% 154
Not very important	29.8% 122	33.3% 1	29.8% 123
Don't know	9.8% 40	33.3% 1	9.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413