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

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ENVGOVT 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. - working with government agencies to develop and implement policy   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	25	5.6%	5.6%	-2.06
Very important	100	22.5%	28.2%	-1.06
Somewhat important	178	40.1%	68.2%	-.05
Not very important	108	24.3%	92.6%	.95
Don't know	33	7.4%	100%	1.96

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.3% 17	4.1% 7	5.4% 24
Very important	23.9% 65	20.5% 35	22.6% 100
Somewhat important	42.3% 115	36.8% 63	40.2% 178
Not very important	18.4% 50	33.9% 58	24.4% 108
Don't know	9.2% 25	4.7% 8	7.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 171	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.2% 18	6.5% 6	5.5% 24
Very important	22.4% 77	23.9% 22	22.7% 99
Somewhat important	40.4% 139	38.0% 35	39.9% 174
Not very important	25.3% 87	21.7% 20	24.5% 107
Don't know	6.7% 23	9.8% 9	7.3% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 92	436

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.2% 3	4.4% 7	6.6% 10	6.6% 5	5.6% 25
Very important	27.6% 16	21.5% 34	21.1% 32	23.7% 18	22.5% 100
Somewhat important	25.9% 15	46.8% 74	38.8% 59	39.5% 30	40.1% 178
Not very important	34.5% 20	19.6% 31	23.7% 36	27.6% 21	24.3% 108
Don't know	6.9% 4	7.6% 12	9.9% 15	2.6% 2	7.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 158	100.0% 152	100.0% 76	444

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	9.8% 10	10.0% 8	2.9% 7	0.0% 0	5.7% 25
Very important	28.4% 29	23.8% 19	19.8% 48	15.4% 2	22.4% 98
Somewhat important	37.3% 38	42.5% 34	40.1% 97	38.5% 5	39.8% 174
Not very important	17.6% 18	13.8% 11	30.2% 73	38.5% 5	24.5% 107
Don't know	6.9% 7	10.0% 8	7.0% 17	7.7% 1	7.6% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 80	100.0% 242	100.0% 13	437

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.7% 5	2.7% 2	6.1% 8	6.3% 10	5.7% 25
Very important	26.7% 20	25.3% 19	19.8% 26	22.2% 35	22.8% 100
Somewhat important	32.0% 24	45.3% 34	38.9% 51	41.8% 66	39.9% 175
Not very important	24.0% 18	24.0% 18	29.0% 38	20.3% 32	24.1% 106
Don't know	10.7% 8	2.7% 2	6.1% 8	9.5% 15	7.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 75	100.0% 131	100.0% 158	439

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	3.4% 1	7.1% 10	6.3% 11	2.6% 2	5.7% 24
Very important	17.2% 5	24.3% 34	19.9% 35	24.7% 19	22.0% 93
Somewhat important	51.7% 15	37.9% 53	44.3% 78	32.5% 25	40.5% 171
Not very important	13.8% 4	20.7% 29	23.3% 41	36.4% 28	24.2% 102
Don't know	13.8% 4	10.0% 14	6.3% 11	3.9% 3	7.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 140	100.0% 176	100.0% 77	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.7% 23	0.0% 0	5.6% 23
Very important	21.9% 89	33.3% 1	22.0% 90
Somewhat important	41.0% 167	33.3% 1	41.0% 168
Not very important	23.8% 97	0.0% 0	23.7% 97
Don't know	7.6% 31	33.3% 1	7.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 3	410