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

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PRISOCL When you think about priorities for your congregation's activities in the community, how important is the following to you? - Supporting social action groups and ministries   1) Essential   2) Very important   3) Somewhat important   4) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Essential	76	16.6%	16.6%	-1.61
Very important	185	40.5%	57.1%	-.39
Somewhat important	168	36.8%	93.9%	.82
Not at all important	28	6.1%	100%	2.04

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	18.3% 52	13.4% 23	16.4% 75
Very important	42.6% 121	37.2% 64	40.6% 185
Somewhat important	35.9% 102	38.4% 66	36.8% 168
Not at all important	3.2% 9	11.0% 19	6.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 284	100.0% 172	456

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	14.0% 49	25.8% 25	16.6% 74
Very important	40.7% 142	40.2% 39	40.6% 181
Somewhat important	37.8% 132	32.0% 31	36.5% 163
Not at all important	7.4% 26	2.1% 2	6.3% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 97	446

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	12.9% 8	14.5% 24	18.8% 29	19.7% 15	16.6% 76
Very important	48.4% 30	41.8% 69	36.4% 56	39.5% 30	40.5% 185
Somewhat important	32.3% 20	39.4% 65	36.4% 56	35.5% 27	36.8% 168
Not at all important	6.5% 4	4.2% 7	8.4% 13	5.3% 4	6.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 165	100.0% 154	100.0% 76	457

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	19.4% 20	20.7% 17	14.2% 35	18.8% 3	16.7% 75
Very important	49.5% 51	39.0% 32	37.7% 93	37.5% 6	40.6% 182
Somewhat important	30.1% 31	36.6% 30	38.9% 96	37.5% 6	36.4% 163
Not at all important	1.0% 1	3.7% 3	9.3% 23	6.3% 1	6.3% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 82	100.0% 247	100.0% 16	448

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	18.9% 14	9.1% 7	17.4% 24	19.0% 31	16.8% 76
Very important	35.1% 26	41.6% 32	39.1% 54	44.8% 73	40.9% 185
Somewhat important	43.2% 32	37.7% 29	36.2% 50	31.9% 52	36.1% 163
Not at all important	2.7% 2	11.7% 9	7.2% 10	4.3% 7	6.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 77	100.0% 138	100.0% 163	452

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	27.8% 10	12.8% 18	14.8% 26	19.5% 16	16.1% 70
Very important	38.9% 14	46.8% 66	40.9% 72	32.9% 27	41.1% 179
Somewhat important	27.8% 10	36.2% 51	39.2% 69	36.6% 30	36.8% 160
Not at all important	5.6% 2	4.3% 6	5.1% 9	11.0% 9	6.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 141	100.0% 176	100.0% 82	435

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Essential	16.8% 70	0.0% 0	16.7% 70
Very important	39.8% 166	66.7% 2	40.0% 168
Somewhat important	37.2% 155	33.3% 1	37.1% 156
Not at all important	6.2% 26	0.0% 0	6.2% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 3	420