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

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PRITEPMT When you think about priorities for your congregation's activities in the community, how important is the following to you? - Helping members resist the temptations of the world   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	77	16.9%	16.9%	-1.59
Very important	210	46.1%	62.9%	-.32
Somewhat important	148	32.5%	95.4%	.96
Not at all important	21	4.6%	100%	2.23

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	18.0% 51	15.2% 26	16.9% 77
Very important	45.4% 129	46.8% 80	45.9% 209
Somewhat important	31.7% 90	33.9% 58	32.5% 148
Not at all important	4.9% 14	4.1% 7	4.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 284	100.0% 171	455

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	16.7% 58	17.5% 17	16.9% 75
Very important	46.6% 162	44.3% 43	46.1% 205
Somewhat important	32.8% 114	32.0% 31	32.6% 145
Not at all important	4.0% 14	6.2% 6	4.5% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 97	445

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	9.7% 6	12.7% 21	23.0% 35	19.5% 15	16.9% 77
Very important	51.6% 32	50.3% 83	42.8% 65	39.0% 30	46.1% 210
Somewhat important	32.3% 20	33.3% 55	29.6% 45	36.4% 28	32.5% 148
Not at all important	6.5% 4	3.6% 6	4.6% 7	5.2% 4	4.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 165	100.0% 152	100.0% 77	456

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	16.2% 17	13.4% 11	17.5% 43	14.3% 2	16.3% 73
Very important	41.0% 43	46.3% 38	49.6% 122	35.7% 5	46.5% 208
Somewhat important	38.1% 40	35.4% 29	29.7% 73	35.7% 5	32.9% 147
Not at all important	4.8% 5	4.9% 4	3.3% 8	14.3% 2	4.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 82	100.0% 246	100.0% 14	447

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	14.7% 11	13.0% 10	17.2% 23	19.4% 32	16.9% 76
Very important	41.3% 31	46.8% 36	43.3% 58	51.5% 85	46.6% 210
Somewhat important	37.3% 28	36.4% 28	34.3% 46	25.5% 42	31.9% 144
Not at all important	6.7% 5	3.9% 3	5.2% 7	3.6% 6	4.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 134	100.0% 165	451

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	19.4% 7	18.6% 26	16.9% 30	13.6% 11	17.1% 74
Very important	41.7% 15	51.4% 72	46.3% 82	38.3% 31	46.1% 200
Somewhat important	38.9% 14	24.3% 34	33.9% 60	42.0% 34	32.7% 142
Not at all important	0.0% 0	5.7% 8	2.8% 5	6.2% 5	4.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 140	100.0% 177	100.0% 81	434

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Essential	16.1% 67	33.3% 1	16.2% 68
Very important	47.5% 198	33.3% 1	47.4% 199
Somewhat important	31.9% 133	33.3% 1	31.9% 134
Not at all important	4.6% 19	0.0% 0	4.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 3	420