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

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ENVMEDIA 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. - communicating church opinions through the media   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	29	6.5%	6.5%	-2.04
Very important	94	21.2%	27.8%	-1.05
Somewhat important	170	38.4%	66.1%	-.06
Not very important	119	26.9%	93%	.93
Don't know	31	7%	100%	1.92

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.1% 22	4.1% 7	6.6% 29
Very important	20.7% 56	21.6% 37	21.0% 93
Somewhat important	39.9% 108	36.3% 62	38.5% 170
Not very important	22.9% 62	33.3% 57	26.9% 119
Don't know	8.5% 23	4.7% 8	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 171	442

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.1% 21	7.6% 7	6.4% 28
Very important	21.6% 74	19.6% 18	21.1% 92
Somewhat important	37.0% 127	43.5% 40	38.4% 167
Not very important	28.6% 98	20.7% 19	26.9% 117
Don't know	6.7% 23	8.7% 8	7.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 92	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.1% 3	8.3% 13	6.6% 10	3.9% 3	6.5% 29
Very important	27.1% 16	25.0% 39	19.9% 30	11.7% 9	21.2% 94
Somewhat important	37.3% 22	36.5% 57	38.4% 58	42.9% 33	38.4% 170
Not very important	25.4% 15	21.8% 34	26.5% 40	39.0% 30	26.9% 119
Don't know	5.1% 3	8.3% 13	8.6% 13	2.6% 2	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 156	100.0% 151	100.0% 77	443

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	12.6% 13	8.9% 7	3.3% 8	7.1% 1	6.7% 29
Very important	27.2% 28	13.9% 11	21.7% 52	14.3% 2	21.3% 93
Somewhat important	34.0% 35	44.3% 35	38.3% 92	35.7% 5	38.3% 167
Not very important	18.4% 19	24.1% 19	30.8% 74	35.7% 5	26.8% 117
Don't know	7.8% 8	8.9% 7	5.8% 14	7.1% 1	6.9% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 79	100.0% 240	100.0% 14	436

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	13.3% 10	5.3% 4	3.1% 4	7.0% 11	6.6% 29
Very important	10.7% 8	24.0% 18	27.5% 36	20.4% 32	21.5% 94
Somewhat important	52.0% 39	32.0% 24	34.4% 45	37.6% 59	38.1% 167
Not very important	17.3% 13	36.0% 27	29.8% 39	24.2% 38	26.7% 117
Don't know	6.7% 5	2.7% 2	5.3% 7	10.8% 17	7.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 75	100.0% 131	100.0% 157	438

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	3.4% 1	7.9% 11	5.1% 9	3.9% 3	5.7% 24
Very important	27.6% 8	20.1% 28	22.6% 40	19.5% 15	21.6% 91
Somewhat important	34.5% 10	40.3% 56	39.5% 70	36.4% 28	38.9% 164
Not very important	13.8% 4	21.6% 30	28.2% 50	36.4% 28	26.5% 112
Don't know	20.7% 6	10.1% 14	4.5% 8	3.9% 3	7.3% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 139	100.0% 177	100.0% 77	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.4% 26	0.0% 0	6.3% 26
Very important	20.6% 84	33.3% 1	20.7% 85
Somewhat important	38.8% 158	0.0% 0	38.5% 158
Not very important	26.8% 109	33.3% 1	26.8% 110
Don't know	7.4% 30	33.3% 1	7.6% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 3	410