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

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WOCONG In your opinion, how effective is the Washington Office in providing Presbyterians with timely, accurate information about issues before Congress?   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
Fairly effective	20	4.4%	4.4%	-2.74
Not very effective	67	14.8%	19.2%	-1.63
Not at all effective	44	9.7%	29%	-.52
Don't know	321	71%	100%	.58

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Fairly effective	4.6% 13	4.1% 7	4.4% 20
Not very effective	15.0% 42	14.6% 25	14.9% 67
Not at all effective	8.6% 24	11.7% 20	9.8% 44
Don't know	71.8% 201	69.6% 119	71.0% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 280	100.0% 171	451

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Fairly effective	4.3% 15	5.2% 5	4.5% 20
Not very effective	14.1% 49	16.5% 16	14.6% 65
Not at all effective	10.7% 37	7.2% 7	9.9% 44
Don't know	70.9% 246	71.1% 69	70.9% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 97	444

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Fairly effective	0.0% 0	6.7% 11	4.0% 6	3.9% 3	4.4% 20
Not very effective	14.8% 9	18.9% 31	12.7% 19	10.4% 8	14.8% 67
Not at all effective	11.5% 7	9.1% 15	7.3% 11	14.3% 11	9.7% 44
Don't know	73.8% 45	65.2% 107	76.0% 114	71.4% 55	71.0% 321
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 164	100.0% 150	100.0% 77	452

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Fairly effective	5.7% 6	3.8% 3	4.5% 11	0.0% 0	4.5% 20
Not very effective	17.0% 18	11.3% 9	15.7% 38	12.5% 2	15.1% 67
Not at all effective	7.5% 8	11.3% 9	9.9% 24	18.8% 3	9.9% 44
Don't know	69.8% 74	73.8% 59	69.8% 169	68.8% 11	70.5% 313
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 80	100.0% 242	100.0% 16	444

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Fairly effective	2.7% 2	6.4% 5	2.2% 3	5.6% 9	4.3% 19
Not very effective	13.3% 10	11.5% 9	12.7% 17	19.4% 31	15.0% 67
Not at all effective	6.7% 5	11.5% 9	12.7% 17	7.5% 12	9.6% 43
Don't know	77.3% 58	70.5% 55	72.4% 97	67.5% 108	71.1% 318
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 78	100.0% 134	100.0% 160	447

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Fairly effective	8.6% 3	2.9% 4	4.5% 8	5.1% 4	4.4% 19
Not very effective	11.4% 4	17.9% 25	17.0% 30	6.4% 5	14.9% 64
Not at all effective	5.7% 2	9.3% 13	11.4% 20	7.7% 6	9.6% 41
Don't know	74.3% 26	70.0% 98	67.0% 118	80.8% 63	71.1% 305
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 140	100.0% 176	100.0% 78	429

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Fairly effective	4.1% 17	0.0% 0	4.1% 17
Not very effective	15.5% 64	0.0% 0	15.3% 64
Not at all effective	8.7% 36	33.3% 1	8.9% 37
Don't know	71.7% 297	66.7% 2	71.7% 299
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 3	417