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

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ENVVOTE 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. - endorsing political candidates and encouraging members to vote for them   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	11	2.5%	2.5%	-2.95
Very important	39	8.9%	11.4%	-1.85
Somewhat important	91	20.7%	32%	-.75
Not very important	239	54.3%	86.4%	.36
Don't know	60	13.6%	100%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	3.7% 10	0.6% 1	2.5% 11
Very important	9.3% 25	7.6% 13	8.7% 38
Somewhat important	22.8% 61	17.5% 30	20.7% 91
Not very important	48.5% 130	63.7% 109	54.4% 239
Don't know	15.7% 42	10.5% 18	13.7% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 171	439

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.1% 7	3.2% 3	2.3% 10
Very important	9.7% 33	6.5% 6	9.0% 39
Somewhat important	20.1% 68	22.6% 21	20.6% 89
Not very important	55.5% 188	50.5% 47	54.4% 235
Don't know	12.7% 43	17.2% 16	13.7% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 93	432

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	1.8% 1	2.5% 4	3.4% 5	1.3% 1	2.5% 11
Very important	7.0% 4	11.3% 18	6.8% 10	9.1% 7	8.9% 39
Somewhat important	21.1% 12	21.4% 34	18.4% 27	23.4% 18	20.7% 91
Not very important	59.6% 34	48.4% 77	54.4% 80	62.3% 48	54.3% 239
Don't know	10.5% 6	16.4% 26	17.0% 25	3.9% 3	13.6% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 159	100.0% 147	100.0% 77	440

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.0% 2	1.3% 1	2.9% 7	7.1% 1	2.5% 11
Very important	7.8% 8	6.4% 5	10.8% 26	0.0% 0	9.0% 39
Somewhat important	21.6% 22	32.1% 25	17.1% 41	7.1% 1	20.5% 89
Not very important	53.9% 55	46.2% 36	56.3% 135	71.4% 10	54.4% 236
Don't know	14.7% 15	14.1% 11	12.9% 31	14.3% 2	13.6% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 78	100.0% 240	100.0% 14	434

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	4.0% 3	2.7% 2	2.3% 3	1.9% 3	2.5% 11
Very important	14.7% 11	6.7% 5	8.5% 11	7.7% 12	9.0% 39
Somewhat important	25.3% 19	24.0% 18	18.6% 24	18.6% 29	20.7% 90
Not very important	41.3% 31	61.3% 46	59.7% 77	51.9% 81	54.0% 235
Don't know	14.7% 11	5.3% 4	10.9% 14	19.9% 31	13.8% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 75	100.0% 129	100.0% 156	435

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	1.7% 3	3.8% 3	2.4% 10
Very important	0.0% 0	10.1% 14	9.3% 16	7.7% 6	8.6% 36
Somewhat important	40.0% 12	18.0% 25	24.4% 42	10.3% 8	20.8% 87
Not very important	30.0% 9	51.8% 72	54.1% 93	70.5% 55	54.7% 229
Don't know	30.0% 9	17.3% 24	10.5% 18	7.7% 6	13.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 139	100.0% 172	100.0% 78	419

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	2.5% 10	0.0% 0	2.5% 10
Very important	8.4% 34	33.3% 1	8.6% 35
Somewhat important	19.8% 80	33.3% 1	19.9% 81
Not very important	55.9% 226	0.0% 0	55.5% 226
Don't know	13.4% 54	33.3% 1	13.5% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 404	100.0% 3	407