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

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CONGINF As far as you know, does your congregation or presbytery do anything to influence public policy at the level of state government?   1) Yes, my congregation does.   2) Yes, my presbytery does.   3) Yes, both   4) No, neither   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, my congregation does.	20	4.5%	4.5%	-2.87
Yes, my presbytery does.	30	6.7%	11.2%	-2
Yes, both	35	7.8%	19%	-1.12
No, neither	85	19%	38%	-.24
Don't know	277	62%	100%	.64

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	5.1% 14	3.5% 6	4.5% 20
Yes, my presbytery does.	7.6% 21	5.3% 9	6.7% 30
Yes, both	7.3% 20	8.8% 15	7.8% 35
No, neither	18.5% 51	19.9% 34	19.1% 85
Don't know	61.5% 169	62.6% 107	61.9% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 275	100.0% 171	446

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	4.7% 16	4.1% 4	4.6% 20
Yes, my presbytery does.	7.0% 24	6.1% 6	6.8% 30
Yes, both	7.3% 25	10.2% 10	8.0% 35
No, neither	21.1% 72	10.2% 10	18.7% 82
Don't know	59.8% 204	69.4% 68	62.0% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 98	439

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	1.7% 1	5.5% 9	4.8% 7	3.9% 3	4.5% 20
Yes, my presbytery does.	8.3% 5	4.9% 8	6.1% 9	10.5% 8	6.7% 30
Yes, both	10.0% 6	12.2% 20	2.0% 3	7.9% 6	7.8% 35
No, neither	10.0% 6	16.5% 27	23.8% 35	22.4% 17	19.0% 85
Don't know	70.0% 42	61.0% 100	63.3% 93	55.3% 42	62.0% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 164	100.0% 147	100.0% 76	447

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	6.7% 7	1.3% 1	5.0% 12	0.0% 0	4.6% 20
Yes, my presbytery does.	7.6% 8	5.1% 4	6.7% 16	6.7% 1	6.6% 29
Yes, both	6.7% 7	6.3% 5	8.8% 21	6.7% 1	7.7% 34
No, neither	16.2% 17	15.2% 12	21.3% 51	33.3% 5	19.4% 85
Don't know	62.9% 66	72.2% 57	58.3% 140	53.3% 8	61.7% 271
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 79	100.0% 240	100.0% 15	439

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	5.3% 4	1.3% 1	7.5% 10	3.2% 5	4.5% 20
Yes, my presbytery does.	9.3% 7	9.1% 7	4.5% 6	6.4% 10	6.8% 30
Yes, both	4.0% 3	6.5% 5	11.3% 15	6.4% 10	7.5% 33
No, neither	10.7% 8	16.9% 13	24.1% 32	20.4% 32	19.2% 85
Don't know	70.7% 53	66.2% 51	52.6% 70	63.7% 100	62.0% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 77	100.0% 133	100.0% 157	442

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	2.9% 1	6.5% 9	2.9% 5	5.2% 4	4.5% 19
Yes, my presbytery does.	5.7% 2	5.8% 8	8.6% 15	6.5% 5	7.1% 30
Yes, both	14.3% 5	7.2% 10	6.9% 12	9.1% 7	8.0% 34
No, neither	5.7% 2	16.7% 23	21.8% 38	24.7% 19	19.3% 82
Don't know	71.4% 25	63.8% 88	59.8% 104	54.5% 42	61.1% 259
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 138	100.0% 174	100.0% 77	424

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes, my congregation does.	4.4% 18	0.0% 0	4.3% 18
Yes, my presbytery does.	7.1% 29	0.0% 0	7.0% 29
Yes, both	7.8% 32	0.0% 0	7.7% 32
No, neither	19.7% 81	33.3% 1	19.8% 82
Don't know	61.1% 251	66.7% 2	61.1% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 3	414