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

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How many hours, if any, during the last month have you: given volunteer time, apart from church programs, to help the less fortunate or to help make your own community a better place to live (e.g., through volunteer or committee work).

	1) Zero hours
	2) One to two hours
	3) Three to five hours
	4) Six to ten hours
	5) Eleven to twenty hours
	6) More than twenty hours

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Zero hours	170	37.8%	37.8%	-.94
One to two hours	109	24.2%	62%	-.25
Three to five hours	78	17.3%	79.3%	.45
Six to ten hours	47	10.4%	89.8%	1.15
Eleven to twenty hours	27	6%	95.8%	1.84
More than twenty hours	19	4.2%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Zero hours	36.1% 100	40.1% 69	37.6% 169
One to two hours	24.2% 67	24.4% 42	24.3% 109
Three to five hours	18.1% 50	16.3% 28	17.4% 78
Six to ten hours	9.4% 26	12.2% 21	10.5% 47
Eleven to twenty hours	7.6% 21	3.5% 6	6.0% 27
More than twenty hours	4.7% 13	3.5% 6	4.2% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 172	449

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Zero hours	38.3% 133	36.5% 35	37.9% 168
One to two hours	25.4% 88	21.9% 21	24.6% 109
Three to five hours	16.4% 57	20.8% 20	17.4% 77
Six to ten hours	9.8% 34	11.5% 11	10.2% 45
Eleven to twenty hours	6.3% 22	4.2% 4	5.9% 26
More than twenty hours	3.7% 13	5.2% 5	4.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 96	443

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Zero hours	37.9% 22	38.2% 63	38.2% 58	36.0% 27	37.8% 170
One to two hours	25.9% 15	24.8% 41	23.0% 35	24.0% 18	24.2% 109
Three to five hours	19.0% 11	16.4% 27	17.1% 26	18.7% 14	17.3% 78
Six to ten hours	6.9% 4	10.9% 18	9.9% 15	13.3% 10	10.4% 47
Eleven to twenty hours	8.6% 5	4.8% 8	7.9% 12	2.7% 2	6.0% 27
More than twenty hours	1.7% 1	4.8% 8	3.9% 6	5.3% 4	4.2% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 165	100.0% 152	100.0% 75	450

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Zero hours	44.3% 47	45.0% 36	33.3% 80	25.0% 4	37.8% 167
One to two hours	27.4% 29	17.5% 14	25.4% 61	12.5% 2	24.0% 106
Three to five hours	12.3% 13	18.8% 15	19.2% 46	18.8% 3	17.4% 77
Six to ten hours	10.4% 11	12.5% 10	9.2% 22	18.8% 3	10.4% 46
Eleven to twenty hours	4.7% 5	3.8% 3	6.7% 16	18.8% 3	6.1% 27
More than twenty hours	0.9% 1	2.5% 2	6.3% 15	6.3% 1	4.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 80	100.0% 240	100.0% 16	442

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Zero hours	49.3% 37	49.4% 39	41.2% 56	23.2% 36	37.8% 168
One to two hours	25.3% 19	22.8% 18	22.8% 31	25.8% 40	24.3% 108
Three to five hours	14.7% 11	13.9% 11	19.1% 26	18.1% 28	17.1% 76
Six to ten hours	4.0% 3	7.6% 6	7.4% 10	18.1% 28	10.6% 47
Eleven to twenty hours	5.3% 4	3.8% 3	5.1% 7	8.4% 13	6.1% 27
More than twenty hours	1.3% 1	2.5% 2	4.4% 6	6.5% 10	4.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 79	100.0% 136	100.0% 155	445

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Zero hours	37.1% 13	32.1% 43	42.2% 76	37.5% 30	37.8% 162
One to two hours	14.3% 5	21.6% 29	28.3% 51	23.8% 19	24.2% 104
Three to five hours	25.7% 9	17.9% 24	15.0% 27	18.8% 15	17.5% 75
Six to ten hours	11.4% 4	12.7% 17	9.4% 17	10.0% 8	10.7% 46
Eleven to twenty hours	8.6% 3	9.7% 13	1.7% 3	6.3% 5	5.6% 24
More than twenty hours	2.9% 1	6.0% 8	3.3% 6	3.8% 3	4.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 134	100.0% 180	100.0% 80	429

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Zero hours	36.9% 152	33.3% 1	36.9% 153
One to two hours	24.8% 102	0.0% 0	24.6% 102
Three to five hours	18.2% 75	33.3% 1	18.3% 76
Six to ten hours	10.0% 41	0.0% 0	9.9% 41
Eleven to twenty hours	6.3% 26	33.3% 1	6.5% 27
More than twenty hours	3.9% 16	0.0% 0	3.9% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 3	415