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

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ENVSECLR 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.- working with secular environmental organizations toward common goals   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	32	7.2%	7.2%	-1.95
Very important	102	22.9%	30%	-1
Somewhat important	163	36.5%	66.6%	-.04
Not very important	111	24.9%	91.5%	.91
Don't know	38	8.5%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.8% 24	4.6% 8	7.2% 32
Very important	24.3% 66	20.8% 36	22.9% 102
Somewhat important	36.4% 99	36.4% 63	36.4% 162
Not very important	20.6% 56	31.8% 55	24.9% 111
Don't know	9.9% 27	6.4% 11	8.5% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 173	445

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.7% 23	8.5% 8	7.1% 31
Very important	22.4% 77	26.6% 25	23.3% 102
Somewhat important	37.2% 128	33.0% 31	36.3% 159
Not very important	27.0% 93	17.0% 16	24.9% 109
Don't know	6.7% 23	14.9% 14	8.4% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 94	438

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Extremely important	8.5% 5	8.3% 13	5.9% 9	6.5% 5	7.2% 32
Very important	25.4% 15	24.8% 39	20.9% 32	20.8% 16	22.9% 102
Somewhat important	37.3% 22	33.1% 52	34.6% 53	46.8% 36	36.5% 163
Not very important	23.7% 14	24.8% 39	27.5% 42	20.8% 16	24.9% 111
Don't know	5.1% 3	8.9% 14	11.1% 17	5.2% 4	8.5% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 157	100.0% 153	100.0% 77	446

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	9.8% 10	12.5% 10	4.1% 10	6.7% 1	7.0% 31
Very important	35.3% 36	23.8% 19	18.1% 44	13.3% 2	23.0% 101
Somewhat important	28.4% 29	35.0% 28	39.9% 97	40.0% 6	36.4% 160
Not very important	15.7% 16	20.0% 16	30.9% 75	26.7% 4	25.2% 111
Don't know	10.8% 11	8.8% 7	7.0% 17	13.3% 2	8.4% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 80	100.0% 243	100.0% 15	440

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Extremely important	10.8% 8	9.2% 7	6.8% 9	5.1% 8	7.3% 32
Very important	31.1% 23	23.7% 18	18.0% 24	22.2% 35	22.7% 100
Somewhat important	31.1% 23	40.8% 31	43.6% 58	31.6% 50	36.7% 162
Not very important	17.6% 13	25.0% 19	26.3% 35	26.6% 42	24.7% 109
Don't know	9.5% 7	1.3% 1	5.3% 7	14.6% 23	8.6% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 76	100.0% 133	100.0% 158	441

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Extremely important	6.7% 2	5.7% 8	7.9% 14	9.1% 7	7.3% 31
Very important	20.0% 6	21.4% 30	26.6% 47	16.9% 13	22.6% 96
Somewhat important	30.0% 9	37.1% 52	38.4% 68	33.8% 26	36.6% 155
Not very important	20.0% 6	24.3% 34	22.0% 39	32.5% 25	24.5% 104
Don't know	23.3% 7	11.4% 16	5.1% 9	7.8% 6	9.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 140	100.0% 177	100.0% 77	424

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Extremely important	7.1% 29	0.0% 0	7.0% 29
Very important	22.0% 90	66.7% 2	22.3% 92
Somewhat important	36.3% 149	33.3% 1	36.3% 150
Not very important	25.9% 106	0.0% 0	25.7% 106
Don't know	8.8% 36	0.0% 0	8.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413