Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 2004 - Current Issues in Church and Society, Elders

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POL_PART Do you think it is appropriate for pastors to use the pulpit to …discuss political issues in a partisan way?   1) Yes, always   2) Yes, occasionally   3) Yes, rarely   4) No, never   5) No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, always	11	1.9%	1.9%	-3.97
Yes, occasionally	35	6%	7.8%	-2.52
Yes, rarely	64	10.9%	18.7%	-1.08
No, never	462	78.6%	97.3%	.37
No opinion	16	2.7%	100%	1.82

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Education Household income Race Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, always	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 5	1.7% 3	1.9% 11
Yes, occasionally	0.0% 0	7.2% 8	8.3% 22	2.8% 5	6.0% 35
Yes, rarely	12.9% 4	13.5% 15	10.2% 27	10.2% 18	11.0% 64
No, never	74.2% 23	77.5% 86	77.7% 205	81.9% 145	78.7% 459
No opinion	3.2% 1	1.8% 2	1.9% 5	3.4% 6	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 111	100.0% 264	100.0% 177	583

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, always	1.5% 4	2.2% 7	1.9% 11
Yes, occasionally	4.0% 11	7.7% 24	6.0% 35
Yes, rarely	9.9% 27	11.9% 37	11.0% 64
No, never	80.9% 220	76.6% 239	78.6% 459
No opinion	3.7% 10	1.6% 5	2.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 312	584

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school diploma	Some college	Graduated from college	Some graduate work	Graduate degree	TOTAL
Yes, always	0.0% 0	3.5% 3	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 5	1.9% 10
Yes, occasionally	4.5% 2	4.7% 4	5.9% 8	5.0% 4	6.1% 11	5.5% 29
Yes, rarely	6.8% 3	10.6% 9	8.8% 12	7.5% 6	12.2% 22	9.9% 52
No, never	77.3% 34	77.6% 66	83.1% 113	85.0% 68	77.9% 141	80.2% 422
No opinion	11.4% 5	3.5% 3	0.7% 1	2.5% 2	1.1% 2	2.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 85	100.0% 136	100.0% 80	100.0% 181	526

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20K	$20K - $49,999	$50K - $99,999	$100K +	TOTAL
Yes, always	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	1.7% 4	2.4% 5	1.8% 10
Yes, occasionally	0.0% 0	3.0% 3	7.3% 17	4.3% 9	5.2% 29
Yes, rarely	0.0% 0	11.0% 11	9.5% 22	12.6% 26	10.6% 59
No, never	93.3% 14	80.0% 80	78.9% 183	78.7% 163	79.4% 440
No opinion	6.7% 1	5.0% 5	2.6% 6	1.9% 4	2.9% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 100	100.0% 232	100.0% 207	554

Race (I-RACE)

	Not checked	Checked	TOTAL
Yes, always	4.5% 1	1.8% 10	1.9% 11
Yes, occasionally	9.1% 2	5.8% 33	6.0% 35
Yes, rarely	4.5% 1	11.1% 63	10.9% 64
No, never	72.7% 16	78.8% 446	78.6% 462
No opinion	9.1% 2	2.5% 14	2.7% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 566	588

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, always	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 9	0.0% 0	1.9% 11
Yes, occasionally	5.7% 9	4.5% 5	6.5% 20	0.0% 0	5.9% 34
Yes, rarely	14.5% 23	9.0% 10	10.1% 31	0.0% 0	11.0% 64
No, never	77.4% 123	83.8% 93	76.9% 236	100.0% 3	78.4% 455
No opinion	1.3% 2	2.7% 3	3.6% 11	0.0% 0	2.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 111	100.0% 307	100.0% 3	580