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

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ENVOPIN 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. - gathering the opinions of church members and making those known to government   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	65	14.5%	14.5%	-1.55
Very important	143	32%	46.5%	-.61
Somewhat important	145	32.4%	79%	.33
Not very important	73	16.3%	95.3%	1.27
Don't know	21	4.7%	100%	2.21

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	16.8% 46	10.4% 18	14.3% 64
Very important	33.7% 92	29.5% 51	32.1% 143
Somewhat important	32.6% 89	32.4% 56	32.5% 145
Not very important	11.0% 30	24.9% 43	16.4% 73
Don't know	5.9% 16	2.9% 5	4.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 173	446

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	12.4% 43	20.4% 19	14.1% 62
Very important	32.7% 113	31.2% 29	32.3% 142
Somewhat important	32.9% 114	30.1% 28	32.3% 142
Not very important	17.6% 61	12.9% 12	16.6% 73
Don't know	4.3% 15	5.4% 5	4.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 93	439

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	22.0% 13	16.9% 27	10.5% 16	11.8% 9	14.5% 65
Very important	28.8% 17	35.0% 56	31.6% 48	28.9% 22	32.0% 143
Somewhat important	25.4% 15	30.6% 49	34.2% 52	38.2% 29	32.4% 145
Not very important	20.3% 12	12.5% 20	16.4% 25	21.1% 16	16.3% 73
Don't know	3.4% 2	5.0% 8	7.2% 11	0.0% 0	4.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 160	100.0% 152	100.0% 76	447

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	19.4% 20	21.3% 17	9.9% 24	21.4% 3	14.5% 64
Very important	32.0% 33	30.0% 24	34.2% 83	7.1% 1	32.0% 141
Somewhat important	33.0% 34	33.8% 27	31.7% 77	28.6% 4	32.3% 142
Not very important	10.7% 11	11.3% 9	19.3% 47	35.7% 5	16.4% 72
Don't know	4.9% 5	3.8% 3	4.9% 12	7.1% 1	4.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 243	100.0% 14	440

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	21.3% 16	12.0% 9	15.8% 21	11.3% 18	14.5% 64
Very important	30.7% 23	41.3% 31	33.1% 44	27.7% 44	32.1% 142
Somewhat important	37.3% 28	28.0% 21	30.8% 41	34.0% 54	32.6% 144
Not very important	6.7% 5	17.3% 13	18.0% 24	18.2% 29	16.1% 71
Don't know	4.0% 3	1.3% 1	2.3% 3	8.8% 14	4.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 75	100.0% 133	100.0% 159	442

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	17.2% 5	14.2% 20	11.3% 20	15.4% 12	13.4% 57
Very important	37.9% 11	34.8% 49	32.8% 58	26.9% 21	32.7% 139
Somewhat important	20.7% 6	30.5% 43	37.9% 67	28.2% 22	32.5% 138
Not very important	10.3% 3	14.9% 21	14.7% 26	25.6% 20	16.5% 70
Don't know	13.8% 4	5.7% 8	3.4% 6	3.8% 3	4.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 141	100.0% 177	100.0% 78	425

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	14.6% 60	33.3% 1	14.8% 61
Very important	31.2% 128	33.3% 1	31.2% 129
Somewhat important	32.7% 134	33.3% 1	32.7% 135
Not very important	16.3% 67	0.0% 0	16.2% 67
Don't know	5.1% 21	0.0% 0	5.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413