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

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ENVISSUE

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is involved in a range of social concerns and public issues. Compared to other concerns, how much time and effort should the Church spend working on environmental issues?

	1) A lot more
	2) A little more
	3) About the same amount
	4) A little less
	5) A lot less
	6) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot more	30	6.6%	6.6%	-1.72
A little more	75	16.6%	23.2%	-1.1
About the same amount	139	30.7%	53.9%	-.48
A little less	39	8.6%	62.5%	.13
A lot less	59	13%	75.5%	.75
Don't know	111	24.5%	100%	1.37

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A lot more	7.5% 21	5.2% 9	6.6% 30
A little more	16.1% 45	16.8% 29	16.4% 74
About the same amount	29.7% 83	32.4% 56	30.8% 139
A little less	7.9% 22	9.8% 17	8.6% 39
A lot less	9.3% 26	19.1% 33	13.1% 59
Don't know	29.4% 82	16.8% 29	24.6% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 173	452

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A lot more	5.2% 18	9.5% 9	6.1% 27
A little more	16.7% 58	16.8% 16	16.7% 74
About the same amount	31.3% 109	29.5% 28	30.9% 137
A little less	9.2% 32	7.4% 7	8.8% 39
A lot less	14.1% 49	8.4% 8	12.9% 57
Don't know	23.6% 82	28.4% 27	24.6% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 95	443

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A lot more	3.3% 2	6.7% 11	8.6% 13	5.1% 4	6.6% 30
A little more	21.7% 13	19.6% 32	11.8% 18	15.4% 12	16.6% 75
About the same amount	31.7% 19	28.8% 47	29.6% 45	35.9% 28	30.7% 139
A little less	13.3% 8	8.0% 13	9.2% 14	5.1% 4	8.6% 39
A lot less	10.0% 6	14.1% 23	13.2% 20	12.8% 10	13.0% 59
Don't know	20.0% 12	22.7% 37	27.6% 42	25.6% 20	24.5% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 163	100.0% 152	100.0% 78	453

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A lot more	9.6% 10	11.3% 9	4.5% 11	0.0% 0	6.7% 30
A little more	26.9% 28	15.0% 12	12.6% 31	20.0% 3	16.6% 74
About the same amount	27.9% 29	38.8% 31	29.6% 73	26.7% 4	30.7% 137
A little less	6.7% 7	7.5% 6	10.1% 25	6.7% 1	8.7% 39
A lot less	3.8% 4	8.8% 7	18.2% 45	20.0% 3	13.2% 59
Don't know	25.0% 26	18.8% 15	25.1% 62	26.7% 4	24.0% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 80	100.0% 247	100.0% 15	446

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A lot more	6.8% 5	5.2% 4	7.4% 10	6.7% 11	6.7% 30
A little more	17.8% 13	10.4% 8	21.5% 29	14.1% 23	16.3% 73
About the same amount	30.1% 22	27.3% 21	26.7% 36	35.6% 58	30.6% 137
A little less	12.3% 9	11.7% 9	6.7% 9	7.4% 12	8.7% 39
A lot less	11.0% 8	14.3% 11	17.8% 24	9.2% 15	12.9% 58
Don't know	21.9% 16	31.2% 24	20.0% 27	27.0% 44	24.8% 111
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 77	100.0% 135	100.0% 163	448

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A lot more	5.9% 2	7.2% 10	7.9% 14	3.8% 3	6.7% 29
A little more	11.8% 4	12.2% 17	20.8% 37	19.0% 15	17.0% 73
About the same amount	41.2% 14	31.7% 44	27.5% 49	27.8% 22	30.0% 129
A little less	5.9% 2	7.2% 10	9.0% 16	12.7% 10	8.8% 38
A lot less	5.9% 2	15.8% 22	11.2% 20	15.2% 12	13.0% 56
Don't know	29.4% 10	25.9% 36	23.6% 42	21.5% 17	24.4% 105
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 139	100.0% 178	100.0% 79	430

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A lot more	6.0% 25	0.0% 0	6.0% 25
A little more	16.6% 69	33.3% 1	16.7% 70
About the same amount	32.0% 133	33.3% 1	32.0% 134
A little less	8.4% 35	0.0% 0	8.4% 35
A lot less	13.2% 55	0.0% 0	13.1% 55
Don't know	23.8% 99	33.3% 1	23.9% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 3	419