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

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ENVROOTS 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. - promoting grassroots and congregational action on environmental problems in local areas   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	54	12.1%	12.1%	-1.69
Very important	113	25.3%	37.4%	-.78
Somewhat important	154	34.5%	71.8%	.13
Not very important	95	21.3%	93.1%	1.04
Don't know	31	6.9%	100%	1.95

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	13.5% 37	9.3% 16	11.9% 53
Very important	28.1% 77	20.9% 36	25.3% 113
Somewhat important	35.8% 98	32.6% 56	34.5% 154
Not very important	15.3% 42	30.8% 53	21.3% 95
Don't know	7.3% 20	6.4% 11	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 172	446

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	11.8% 41	12.9% 12	12.1% 53
Very important	24.0% 83	30.1% 28	25.3% 111
Somewhat important	37.0% 128	25.8% 24	34.6% 152
Not very important	22.3% 77	17.2% 16	21.2% 93
Don't know	4.9% 17	14.0% 13	6.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 93	439

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	13.8% 8	9.4% 15	12.5% 19	15.6% 12	12.1% 54
Very important	36.2% 21	27.5% 44	19.7% 30	23.4% 18	25.3% 113
Somewhat important	25.9% 15	32.5% 52	36.8% 56	40.3% 31	34.5% 154
Not very important	19.0% 11	21.3% 34	25.0% 38	15.6% 12	21.3% 95
Don't know	5.2% 3	9.4% 15	5.9% 9	5.2% 4	6.9% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 160	100.0% 152	100.0% 77	447

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	19.4% 20	15.0% 12	7.4% 18	13.3% 2	11.8% 52
Very important	32.0% 33	27.5% 22	21.8% 53	26.7% 4	25.4% 112
Somewhat important	29.1% 30	38.8% 31	35.8% 87	26.7% 4	34.5% 152
Not very important	11.7% 12	11.3% 9	28.4% 69	26.7% 4	21.3% 94
Don't know	7.8% 8	7.5% 6	6.6% 16	6.7% 1	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 243	100.0% 15	441

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	9.3% 7	14.5% 11	15.9% 21	9.4% 15	12.2% 54
Very important	32.0% 24	30.3% 23	27.3% 36	17.6% 28	25.1% 111
Somewhat important	36.0% 27	34.2% 26	29.5% 39	38.4% 61	34.6% 153
Not very important	13.3% 10	21.1% 16	22.7% 30	23.3% 37	21.0% 93
Don't know	9.3% 7	0.0% 0	4.5% 6	11.3% 18	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 76	100.0% 132	100.0% 159	442

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	10.0% 3	11.3% 16	11.9% 21	12.8% 10	11.8% 50
Very important	26.7% 8	25.5% 36	23.9% 42	26.9% 21	25.2% 107
Somewhat important	30.0% 9	34.0% 48	40.3% 71	28.2% 22	35.3% 150
Not very important	20.0% 6	19.1% 27	19.3% 34	28.2% 22	20.9% 89
Don't know	13.3% 4	9.9% 14	4.5% 8	3.8% 3	6.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 141	100.0% 176	100.0% 78	425

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	11.7% 48	33.3% 1	11.9% 49
Very important	24.9% 102	33.3% 1	24.9% 103
Somewhat important	34.4% 141	33.3% 1	34.4% 142
Not very important	22.0% 90	0.0% 0	21.8% 90
Don't know	7.1% 29	0.0% 0	7.0% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413