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

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INFROOTS

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? - direct advocacy by grass-roots Presbyterians with their congressional representatives

	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	21	4.7%	4.7%	-1.69
A fair amount	95	21.4%	26.1%	-1.12
A small amount	112	25.2%	51.4%	-.55
Hardly any	35	7.9%	59.2%	.01
None	8	1.8%	61%	.58
Don't know	173	39%	100%	1.15

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	5.9% 16	2.9% 5	4.7% 21
A fair amount	22.0% 60	20.6% 35	21.4% 95
A small amount	20.9% 57	32.4% 55	25.3% 112
Hardly any	5.9% 16	11.2% 19	7.9% 35
None	1.5% 4	2.4% 4	1.8% 8
Don't know	44.0% 120	30.6% 52	38.8% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 170	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	4.6% 16	5.6% 5	4.8% 21
A fair amount	22.3% 77	20.0% 18	21.8% 95
A small amount	23.8% 82	31.1% 28	25.3% 110
Hardly any	8.1% 28	4.4% 4	7.4% 32
None	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	1.8% 8
Don't know	38.8% 134	38.9% 35	38.9% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 90	435

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	5.1% 3	3.8% 6	6.0% 9	3.9% 3	4.7% 21
A fair amount	20.3% 12	21.3% 34	20.8% 31	23.7% 18	21.4% 95
A small amount	23.7% 14	28.1% 45	24.8% 37	21.1% 16	25.2% 112
Hardly any	1.7% 1	8.8% 14	7.4% 11	11.8% 9	7.9% 35
None	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	1.3% 2	3.9% 3	1.8% 8
Don't know	49.2% 29	36.3% 58	39.6% 59	35.5% 27	39.0% 173
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 160	100.0% 149	100.0% 76	444

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	3.8% 4	3.8% 3	4.2% 10	25.0% 4	4.8% 21
A fair amount	26.0% 27	22.8% 18	19.7% 47	12.5% 2	21.5% 94
A small amount	22.1% 23	26.6% 21	27.2% 65	12.5% 2	25.3% 111
Hardly any	3.8% 4	8.9% 7	9.2% 22	12.5% 2	8.0% 35
None	3.8% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 8
Don't know	40.4% 42	38.0% 30	38.1% 91	37.5% 6	38.6% 169
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 79	100.0% 239	100.0% 16	438

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A large amount	5.6% 4	2.6% 2	6.2% 8	3.8% 6	4.6% 20
A fair amount	11.1% 8	21.8% 17	28.5% 37	20.8% 33	21.6% 95
A small amount	27.8% 20	30.8% 24	20.8% 27	25.2% 40	25.3% 111
Hardly any	6.9% 5	6.4% 5	7.7% 10	8.8% 14	7.7% 34
None	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	3.1% 5	1.8% 8
Don't know	48.6% 35	38.5% 30	34.6% 45	38.4% 61	39.0% 171
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 78	100.0% 130	100.0% 159	439

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A large amount	3.2% 1	2.9% 4	6.8% 12	3.8% 3	4.7% 20
A fair amount	22.6% 7	16.1% 22	22.2% 39	29.5% 23	21.6% 91
A small amount	25.8% 8	27.7% 38	25.6% 45	17.9% 14	24.9% 105
Hardly any	3.2% 1	7.3% 10	10.2% 18	7.7% 6	8.3% 35
None	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	1.1% 2	2.6% 2	1.7% 7
Don't know	45.2% 14	43.8% 60	34.1% 60	38.5% 30	38.9% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 137	100.0% 176	100.0% 78	422

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	5.1% 21	0.0% 0	5.1% 21
A fair amount	22.1% 90	33.3% 1	22.1% 91
A small amount	25.2% 103	0.0% 0	25.1% 103
Hardly any	8.1% 33	0.0% 0	8.0% 33
None	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.7% 7
Don't know	37.7% 154	66.7% 2	38.0% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 3	411