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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? - public issue advocacy work performed by the clergy

	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	8	1.8%	1.8%	-1.83
A fair amount	91	20.7%	22.5%	-1.23
A small amount	116	26.4%	48.9%	-.63
Hardly any	46	10.5%	59.3%	-.03
None	14	3.2%	62.5%	.57
Don't know	165	37.5%	100%	1.17

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A large amount	3.0% 8	0.0% 0	1.8% 8
A fair amount	23.0% 62	17.2% 29	20.7% 91
A small amount	22.2% 60	33.1% 56	26.4% 116
Hardly any	8.5% 23	13.6% 23	10.5% 46
None	2.6% 7	4.1% 7	3.2% 14
Don't know	40.7% 110	32.0% 54	37.4% 164
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 169	439

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
A large amount	1.5% 5	3.3% 3	1.9% 8
A fair amount	20.2% 69	22.2% 20	20.6% 89
A small amount	25.8% 88	27.8% 25	26.2% 113
Hardly any	12.3% 42	3.3% 3	10.4% 45
None	3.8% 13	1.1% 1	3.2% 14
Don't know	36.4% 124	42.2% 38	37.6% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 90	431

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A large amount	1.7% 1	0.6% 1	3.4% 5	1.3% 1	1.8% 8
A fair amount	25.4% 15	22.2% 35	19.6% 29	16.0% 12	20.7% 91
A small amount	22.0% 13	29.1% 46	23.6% 35	29.3% 22	26.4% 116
Hardly any	5.1% 3	11.4% 18	10.1% 15	13.3% 10	10.5% 46
None	1.7% 1	3.8% 6	2.7% 4	4.0% 3	3.2% 14
Don't know	44.1% 26	32.9% 52	40.5% 60	36.0% 27	37.5% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 158	100.0% 148	100.0% 75	440

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	3.9% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 8
A fair amount	27.2% 28	20.3% 16	17.8% 42	25.0% 4	20.7% 90
A small amount	21.4% 22	30.4% 24	28.0% 66	25.0% 4	26.7% 116
Hardly any	4.9% 5	10.1% 8	12.7% 30	6.3% 1	10.1% 44
None	2.9% 3	1.3% 1	3.8% 9	6.3% 1	3.2% 14
Don't know	39.8% 41	38.0% 30	36.0% 85	37.5% 6	37.3% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 79	100.0% 236	100.0% 16	434

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
A large amount	4.2% 3	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 4	1.8% 8
A fair amount	15.3% 11	23.7% 18	20.8% 27	21.7% 34	20.7% 90
A small amount	30.6% 22	22.4% 17	25.4% 33	27.4% 43	26.4% 115
Hardly any	4.2% 3	13.2% 10	14.6% 19	8.9% 14	10.6% 46
None	1.4% 1	2.6% 2	3.8% 5	3.8% 6	3.2% 14
Don't know	44.4% 32	36.8% 28	35.4% 46	35.7% 56	37.2% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 76	100.0% 130	100.0% 157	435

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
A large amount	0.0% 0	3.7% 5	1.1% 2	1.3% 1	1.9% 8
A fair amount	25.8% 8	18.5% 25	23.3% 41	16.9% 13	20.8% 87
A small amount	29.0% 9	25.9% 35	26.7% 47	24.7% 19	26.3% 110
Hardly any	0.0% 0	11.1% 15	10.8% 19	14.3% 11	10.7% 45
None	0.0% 0	2.2% 3	5.1% 9	2.6% 2	3.3% 14
Don't know	45.2% 14	38.5% 52	33.0% 58	40.3% 31	37.0% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 135	100.0% 176	100.0% 77	419

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
A large amount	2.0% 8	0.0% 0	2.0% 8
A fair amount	21.0% 85	0.0% 0	20.8% 85
A small amount	26.9% 109	0.0% 0	26.7% 109
Hardly any	10.9% 44	33.3% 1	11.0% 45
None	3.2% 13	0.0% 0	3.2% 13
Don't know	36.0% 146	66.7% 2	36.3% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 3	408