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

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WOPOLICY In your opinion, how effective is the Washington Office in bringing the denomination's position on social issues to the attention of policy makers?   1) Very effective   2) Fairly effective   3) Not very effective   4) Not at all effective   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very effective	1	.2%	.2%	-4.18
Fairly effective	19	4.2%	4.5%	-3.02
Not very effective	48	10.7%	15.2%	-1.86
Not at all effective	25	5.6%	20.8%	-.69
Don't know	355	79.2%	100%	.47

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very effective	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.2% 1
Fairly effective	4.7% 13	3.5% 6	4.3% 19
Not very effective	10.5% 29	11.2% 19	10.7% 48
Not at all effective	6.1% 17	4.7% 8	5.6% 25
Don't know	78.7% 218	80.0% 136	79.2% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 170	447

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very effective	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Fairly effective	4.4% 15	4.1% 4	4.3% 19
Not very effective	9.6% 33	14.4% 14	10.7% 47
Not at all effective	5.8% 20	5.2% 5	5.7% 25
Don't know	79.9% 274	76.3% 74	79.1% 348
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 97	440

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very effective	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Fairly effective	1.6% 1	6.1% 10	4.1% 6	2.6% 2	4.2% 19
Not very effective	6.6% 4	14.7% 24	8.2% 12	10.4% 8	10.7% 48
Not at all effective	3.3% 2	3.7% 6	6.1% 9	10.4% 8	5.6% 25
Don't know	88.5% 54	75.5% 123	81.0% 119	76.6% 59	79.2% 355
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 163	100.0% 147	100.0% 77	448

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very effective	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Fairly effective	3.8% 4	3.8% 3	5.0% 12	0.0% 0	4.3% 19
Not very effective	13.5% 14	10.0% 8	10.4% 25	6.3% 1	10.9% 48
Not at all effective	1.9% 2	8.8% 7	6.3% 15	6.3% 1	5.7% 25
Don't know	79.8% 83	77.5% 62	78.3% 188	87.5% 14	78.9% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 80	100.0% 240	100.0% 16	440

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very effective	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Fairly effective	2.7% 2	6.5% 5	1.5% 2	6.3% 10	4.3% 19
Not very effective	5.3% 4	10.4% 8	10.6% 14	13.8% 22	10.8% 48
Not at all effective	5.3% 4	3.9% 3	7.6% 10	5.0% 8	5.6% 25
Don't know	86.7% 65	79.2% 61	80.3% 106	74.8% 119	79.2% 351
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 132	100.0% 159	443

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very effective	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.2% 1
Fairly effective	8.6% 3	3.6% 5	5.2% 9	2.6% 2	4.5% 19
Not very effective	11.4% 4	12.2% 17	10.4% 18	6.4% 5	10.4% 44
Not at all effective	2.9% 1	5.8% 8	6.9% 12	3.8% 3	5.6% 24
Don't know	77.1% 27	78.4% 109	77.5% 134	85.9% 67	79.3% 337
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 139	100.0% 173	100.0% 78	425

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Very effective	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Fairly effective	4.4% 18	0.0% 0	4.4% 18
Not very effective	10.7% 44	0.0% 0	10.7% 44
Not at all effective	5.4% 22	33.3% 1	5.6% 23
Don't know	79.5% 326	66.7% 2	79.4% 328
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 3	413