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

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ENVGENAS 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. - passing resolutions and policy statements in the General Assembly   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	24	5.4%	5.4%	-2.23
Very important	70	15.7%	21.1%	-1.22
Somewhat important	175	39.3%	60.4%	-.22
Not very important	136	30.6%	91%	.78
Don't know	40	9%	100%	1.79

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.5% 15	5.2% 9	5.4% 24
Very important	18.0% 49	12.2% 21	15.8% 70
Somewhat important	39.7% 108	38.4% 66	39.2% 174
Not very important	25.7% 70	38.4% 66	30.6% 136
Don't know	11.0% 30	5.8% 10	9.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 172	444

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	4.6% 16	7.6% 7	5.3% 23
Very important	15.4% 53	18.5% 17	16.0% 70
Somewhat important	38.8% 134	39.1% 36	38.9% 170
Not very important	34.2% 118	18.5% 17	30.9% 135
Don't know	7.0% 24	16.3% 15	8.9% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 92	437

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	3.4% 2	6.3% 10	5.3% 8	5.3% 4	5.4% 24
Very important	16.9% 10	21.3% 34	11.3% 17	11.8% 9	15.7% 70
Somewhat important	49.2% 29	34.4% 55	38.0% 57	44.7% 34	39.3% 175
Not very important	22.0% 13	27.5% 44	34.7% 52	35.5% 27	30.6% 136
Don't know	8.5% 5	10.6% 17	10.7% 16	2.6% 2	9.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 160	100.0% 150	100.0% 76	445

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	10.0% 10	6.3% 5	3.3% 8	0.0% 0	5.3% 23
Very important	16.0% 16	15.0% 12	16.0% 39	13.3% 2	15.8% 69
Somewhat important	39.0% 39	38.8% 31	39.9% 97	33.3% 5	39.3% 172
Not very important	24.0% 24	26.3% 21	34.6% 84	40.0% 6	30.8% 135
Don't know	11.0% 11	13.8% 11	6.2% 15	13.3% 2	8.9% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 80	100.0% 243	100.0% 15	438

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	4.0% 3	3.9% 3	5.3% 7	7.1% 11	5.5% 24
Very important	16.0% 12	11.8% 9	15.0% 20	18.6% 29	15.9% 70
Somewhat important	34.7% 26	48.7% 37	42.9% 57	34.6% 54	39.5% 174
Not very important	28.0% 21	35.5% 27	31.6% 42	26.9% 42	30.0% 132
Don't know	17.3% 13	0.0% 0	5.3% 7	12.8% 20	9.1% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 76	100.0% 133	100.0% 156	440

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	0.0% 0	8.6% 12	5.1% 9	3.8% 3	5.7% 24
Very important	20.7% 6	16.5% 23	13.5% 24	16.7% 13	15.6% 66
Somewhat important	44.8% 13	37.4% 52	40.4% 72	37.2% 29	39.2% 166
Not very important	13.8% 4	25.2% 35	34.3% 61	38.5% 30	30.7% 130
Don't know	20.7% 6	12.2% 17	6.7% 12	3.8% 3	9.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 139	100.0% 178	100.0% 78	424

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	5.1% 21	33.3% 1	5.4% 22
Very important	15.0% 61	33.3% 1	15.1% 62
Somewhat important	39.2% 160	33.3% 1	39.2% 161
Not very important	31.1% 127	0.0% 0	30.9% 127
Don't know	9.6% 39	0.0% 0	9.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411