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

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PRIWORLD When you think about priorities for your congregation's activities in the community, how important is the following to you? - Preparing people for a world to come, where the cares of this world will be absent   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	64	14%	14%	-1.62
Very important	167	36.5%	50.4%	-.57
Somewhat important	142	31%	81.4%	.48
Not at all important	85	18.6%	100%	1.54

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Essential	14.4% 41	12.8% 22	13.8% 63
Very important	35.4% 101	38.4% 66	36.5% 167
Somewhat important	31.9% 91	29.7% 51	31.1% 142
Not at all important	18.2% 52	19.2% 33	18.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 172	457

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Essential	13.4% 47	13.4% 13	13.4% 60
Very important	39.1% 137	29.9% 29	37.1% 166
Somewhat important	30.6% 107	32.0% 31	30.9% 138
Not at all important	16.9% 59	24.7% 24	18.6% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 97	447

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Essential	8.1% 5	12.7% 21	18.3% 28	12.8% 10	14.0% 64
Very important	35.5% 22	33.3% 55	36.6% 56	43.6% 34	36.5% 167
Somewhat important	35.5% 22	37.6% 62	28.1% 43	19.2% 15	31.0% 142
Not at all important	21.0% 13	16.4% 27	17.0% 26	24.4% 19	18.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 165	100.0% 153	100.0% 78	458

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Essential	14.3% 15	3.7% 3	16.6% 41	20.0% 3	13.8% 62
Very important	33.3% 35	35.4% 29	38.9% 96	26.7% 4	36.5% 164
Somewhat important	30.5% 32	37.8% 31	30.0% 74	6.7% 1	30.7% 138
Not at all important	21.9% 23	23.2% 19	14.6% 36	46.7% 7	18.9% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 82	100.0% 247	100.0% 15	449

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Essential	8.0% 6	10.3% 8	13.2% 18	19.5% 32	14.1% 64
Very important	29.3% 22	29.5% 23	39.7% 54	40.9% 67	36.6% 166
Somewhat important	37.3% 28	38.5% 30	27.2% 37	26.8% 44	30.7% 139
Not at all important	25.3% 19	21.8% 17	19.9% 27	12.8% 21	18.5% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 78	100.0% 136	100.0% 164	453

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Essential	25.0% 9	13.6% 19	14.0% 25	11.0% 9	14.2% 62
Very important	41.7% 15	43.6% 61	35.2% 63	25.6% 21	36.6% 160
Somewhat important	22.2% 8	27.1% 38	35.2% 63	30.5% 25	30.7% 134
Not at all important	11.1% 4	15.7% 22	15.6% 28	32.9% 27	18.5% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 140	100.0% 179	100.0% 82	437

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Essential	13.8% 58	0.0% 0	13.7% 58
Very important	36.5% 153	0.0% 0	36.3% 153
Somewhat important	30.5% 128	66.7% 2	30.8% 130
Not at all important	19.1% 80	33.3% 1	19.2% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 3	422