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

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LIFEOTHR When you think about the qualities of a good Christian life, how important is the following to you? - Seeking to bring others to faith in Christ   1) Essential   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	75	16.6%	16.6%	-1.59
Very important	191	42.2%	58.7%	-.38
Somewhat important	155	34.2%	92.9%	.82
Not at all important	32	7.1%	100%	2.02

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	15.8% 44	17.2% 30	16.4% 74
Very important	42.1% 117	42.5% 74	42.3% 191
Somewhat important	34.2% 95	34.5% 60	34.3% 155
Not at all important	7.9% 22	5.7% 10	7.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 174	452

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	15.2% 53	19.8% 19	16.2% 72
Very important	44.0% 153	36.5% 35	42.3% 188
Somewhat important	34.5% 120	33.3% 32	34.2% 152
Not at all important	6.3% 22	10.4% 10	7.2% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 96	444

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	9.7% 6	13.5% 22	22.4% 34	17.1% 13	16.6% 75
Very important	37.1% 23	43.6% 71	41.4% 63	44.7% 34	42.2% 191
Somewhat important	45.2% 28	35.0% 57	30.3% 46	31.6% 24	34.2% 155
Not at all important	8.1% 5	8.0% 13	5.9% 9	6.6% 5	7.1% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 163	100.0% 152	100.0% 76	453

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	15.4% 16	11.1% 9	18.0% 44	33.3% 5	16.6% 74
Very important	33.7% 35	35.8% 29	48.6% 119	20.0% 3	41.8% 186
Somewhat important	37.5% 39	44.4% 36	29.4% 72	46.7% 7	34.6% 154
Not at all important	13.5% 14	8.6% 7	4.1% 10	0.0% 0	7.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 81	100.0% 245	100.0% 15	445

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	13.3% 10	11.7% 9	16.2% 22	20.6% 33	16.5% 74
Very important	30.7% 23	37.7% 29	35.3% 48	56.3% 90	42.4% 190
Somewhat important	41.3% 31	46.8% 36	36.8% 50	22.5% 36	34.2% 153
Not at all important	14.7% 11	3.9% 3	11.8% 16	0.6% 1	6.9% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 136	100.0% 160	448

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	19.4% 6	22.1% 31	14.0% 25	9.9% 8	16.2% 70
Very important	54.8% 17	45.7% 64	43.0% 77	28.4% 23	42.0% 181
Somewhat important	19.4% 6	26.4% 37	33.5% 60	55.6% 45	34.3% 148
Not at all important	6.5% 2	5.7% 8	9.5% 17	6.2% 5	7.4% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 140	100.0% 179	100.0% 81	431

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Essential	16.1% 67	33.3% 1	16.2% 68
Very important	43.0% 179	33.3% 1	43.0% 180
Somewhat important	33.4% 139	33.3% 1	33.4% 140
Not at all important	7.5% 31	0.0% 0	7.4% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 3	419