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

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PERSINF Have you personally done anything through your congregation or presbytery to influence public policy at the level of state government?   1) Yes, through my congregation   2) Yes, through my presbytery   3) Yes, through both   4) No, neither   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, through my congregation	25	5.5%	5.5%	-3.65
Yes, through my presbytery	2	.4%	6%	-2.4
Yes, through both	9	2%	8%	-1.14
No, neither	366	81.2%	89.1%	.11
Don't know	49	10.9%	100%	1.36

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	6.8% 19	3.5% 6	5.6% 25
Yes, through my presbytery	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Yes, through both	1.4% 4	2.9% 5	2.0% 9
No, neither	79.1% 220	84.3% 145	81.1% 365
Don't know	11.9% 33	9.3% 16	10.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 172	450

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	6.1% 21	4.0% 4	5.6% 25
Yes, through my presbytery	0.3% 1	1.0% 1	0.5% 2
Yes, through both	1.5% 5	3.0% 3	1.8% 8
No, neither	82.6% 284	76.8% 76	81.3% 360
Don't know	9.6% 33	15.2% 15	10.8% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 99	443

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	6.6% 4	7.3% 12	3.3% 5	5.3% 4	5.5% 25
Yes, through my presbytery	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Yes, through both	1.6% 1	1.2% 2	2.0% 3	3.9% 3	2.0% 9
No, neither	82.0% 50	79.9% 131	81.3% 122	82.9% 63	81.2% 366
Don't know	9.8% 6	10.4% 17	13.3% 20	7.9% 6	10.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 164	100.0% 150	100.0% 76	451

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	8.5% 9	3.8% 3	5.0% 12	6.3% 1	5.6% 25
Yes, through my presbytery	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Yes, through both	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	2.5% 6	6.3% 1	2.0% 9
No, neither	81.1% 86	81.3% 65	81.4% 197	81.3% 13	81.3% 361
Don't know	9.4% 10	12.5% 10	10.7% 26	6.3% 1	10.6% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 80	100.0% 242	100.0% 16	444

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	5.3% 4	3.8% 3	10.4% 14	2.5% 4	5.6% 25
Yes, through my presbytery	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	0.4% 2
Yes, through both	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.2% 3	3.2% 5	2.0% 9
No, neither	77.6% 59	88.5% 69	79.9% 107	79.7% 126	80.9% 361
Don't know	17.1% 13	6.4% 5	7.5% 10	13.3% 21	11.0% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 78	100.0% 134	100.0% 158	446

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	5.9% 2	5.8% 8	3.4% 6	10.1% 8	5.6% 24
Yes, through my presbytery	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Yes, through both	2.9% 1	2.9% 4	1.7% 3	1.3% 1	2.1% 9
No, neither	70.6% 24	79.0% 109	84.7% 150	84.8% 67	81.8% 350
Don't know	20.6% 7	12.3% 17	9.6% 17	3.8% 3	10.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 138	100.0% 177	100.0% 79	428

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes, through my congregation	5.6% 23	0.0% 0	5.5% 23
Yes, through my presbytery	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Yes, through both	2.2% 9	0.0% 0	2.2% 9
No, neither	80.2% 332	100.0% 3	80.3% 335
Don't know	11.6% 48	0.0% 0	11.5% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 3	417