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

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Of the various ways that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) influences public life in the United States, how much of this influence would you say happens through the following? - the efforts of the Washington Office

	1) A large amount
	2) A fair amount
	3) A small amount
	4) Hardly any
	5) None
	6) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A large amount	6	1.4%	1.4%	-2.83
A fair amount	28	6.3%	7.7%	-2.14
A small amount	59	13.4%	21.1%	-1.44
Hardly any	35	7.9%	29%	-.74
None	21	4.8%	33.8%	-.05
Don't know	292	66.2%	100%	.65

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	1.8% 5	0.6% 1	1.4% 6
A fair amount	7.4% 20	4.7% 8	6.4% 28
A small amount	12.9% 35	14.2% 24	13.4% 59
Hardly any	4.8% 13	13.0% 22	8.0% 35
None	4.4% 12	5.3% 9	4.8% 21
Don't know	68.6% 186	62.1% 105	66.1% 291
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 169	440

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	1.2% 4	1.1% 1	1.2% 5
A fair amount	6.2% 21	7.7% 7	6.5% 28
A small amount	12.0% 41	17.6% 16	13.2% 57
Hardly any	7.6% 26	9.9% 9	8.1% 35
None	5.3% 18	3.3% 3	4.9% 21
Don't know	67.7% 231	60.4% 55	66.2% 286
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 91	432

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 6	0.0% 0	1.4% 6
A fair amount	5.1% 3	9.6% 15	5.4% 8	2.6% 2	6.3% 28
A small amount	13.6% 8	17.2% 27	12.1% 18	7.9% 6	13.4% 59
Hardly any	3.4% 2	7.0% 11	8.1% 12	13.2% 10	7.9% 35
None	10.2% 6	2.5% 4	4.7% 7	5.3% 4	4.8% 21
Don't know	67.8% 40	63.7% 100	65.8% 98	71.1% 54	66.2% 292
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 157	100.0% 149	100.0% 76	441

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 6
A fair amount	5.8% 6	7.5% 6	6.4% 15	0.0% 0	6.2% 27
A small amount	17.5% 18	13.8% 11	11.9% 28	12.5% 2	13.6% 59
Hardly any	6.8% 7	5.0% 4	9.7% 23	6.3% 1	8.0% 35
None	4.9% 5	6.3% 5	4.2% 10	6.3% 1	4.8% 21
Don't know	63.1% 65	67.5% 54	66.1% 156	75.0% 12	66.0% 287
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 80	100.0% 236	100.0% 16	435

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A large amount	5.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.6% 1	1.4% 6
A fair amount	6.9% 5	7.7% 6	3.9% 5	7.6% 12	6.4% 28
A small amount	11.1% 8	15.4% 12	10.2% 13	15.8% 25	13.3% 58
Hardly any	2.8% 2	6.4% 5	9.4% 12	10.1% 16	8.0% 35
None	4.2% 3	1.3% 1	8.6% 11	3.8% 6	4.8% 21
Don't know	69.4% 50	69.2% 54	67.2% 86	62.0% 98	66.1% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 78	100.0% 128	100.0% 158	436

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A large amount	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 6
A fair amount	12.9% 4	4.4% 6	7.9% 14	4.0% 3	6.4% 27
A small amount	16.1% 5	15.4% 21	13.6% 24	9.3% 7	13.6% 57
Hardly any	6.5% 2	7.4% 10	7.9% 14	10.7% 8	8.1% 34
None	0.0% 0	2.9% 4	7.3% 13	1.3% 1	4.3% 18
Don't know	64.5% 20	67.6% 92	61.6% 109	74.7% 56	66.1% 277
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 136	100.0% 177	100.0% 75	419

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	1.5% 6
A fair amount	6.9% 28	0.0% 0	6.8% 28
A small amount	13.5% 55	0.0% 0	13.4% 55
Hardly any	7.6% 31	0.0% 0	7.6% 31
None	4.9% 20	0.0% 0	4.9% 20
Don't know	65.5% 266	100.0% 3	65.8% 269
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 3	409