Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Member and Elder Background Survey, Fall 1990

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EVERMARR ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY NOT MARRIED: Have you ever been married?   1) No   2) Yes, I was widowed   3) Yes, I was divorced   4) Yes, I was both widowed and divorced

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	173	29.3%	29.3%	-1.29
Yes, I was widowed	267	45.2%	74.5%	.04
Yes, I was divorced	148	25%	99.5%	1.37
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	3	.5%	100%	2.71

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Region Household income Education Age Race Political party Type of respondent

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	22.2% 101	54.2% 71	29.4% 172
Yes, I was widowed	51.6% 235	22.9% 30	45.2% 265
Yes, I was divorced	25.7% 117	22.1% 29	24.9% 146
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.4% 2	0.8% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 455	100.0% 131	586

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
No	0.00% 0	29.3% 173	29.3% 173
Yes, I was widowed	0.00% 0	45.2% 267	45.2% 267
Yes, I was divorced	0.00% 0	25.0% 148	25.0% 148
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.00% 0	0.5% 3	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 591	591

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
No	27.1% 57	30.9% 29	31.8% 42	28.2% 40	29.1% 168
Yes, I was widowed	48.6% 102	45.7% 43	43.9% 58	41.5% 59	45.3% 262
Yes, I was divorced	24.3% 51	23.4% 22	22.7% 30	29.6% 42	25.1% 145
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.7% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 210	100.0% 94	100.0% 132	100.0% 142	578

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
No	23.3% 71	30.6% 53	45.3% 29	60.0% 6	28.8% 159
Yes, I was widowed	54.1% 165	34.7% 60	31.3% 20	20.0% 2	44.7% 247
Yes, I was divorced	22.0% 67	34.7% 60	21.9% 14	20.0% 2	25.9% 143
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 173	100.0% 64	100.0% 10	552

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
No	19.4% 6	23.2% 61	38.0% 68	30.7% 27	28.9% 162
Yes, I was widowed	61.3% 19	55.1% 145	32.4% 58	34.1% 30	44.9% 252
Yes, I was divorced	16.1% 5	21.3% 56	29.1% 52	35.2% 31	25.7% 144
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	3.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 263	100.0% 179	100.0% 88	561

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60-69 yrs	70+ yrs	TOTAL
No	83.9% 125	21.1% 15	14.5% 9	6.8% 8	8.1% 15	29.5% 172
Yes, I was widowed	1.3% 2	8.5% 6	37.1% 23	69.2% 81	82.2% 152	45.2% 264
Yes, I was divorced	14.8% 22	69.0% 49	46.8% 29	23.9% 28	9.2% 17	24.8% 145
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 71	100.0% 62	100.0% 117	100.0% 185	584

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
No	29.8% 159	19.5% 8	29.0% 167
Yes, I was widowed	44.4% 237	51.2% 21	44.9% 258
Yes, I was divorced	25.5% 136	26.8% 11	25.6% 147
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.4% 2	2.4% 1	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 534	100.0% 41	575

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
No	28.7% 48	32.2% 38	28.2% 81	27.3% 3	29.2% 170
Yes, I was widowed	44.9% 75	35.6% 42	48.8% 140	63.6% 7	45.3% 264
Yes, I was divorced	25.1% 42	32.2% 38	22.6% 65	9.1% 1	25.0% 146
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 118	100.0% 287	100.0% 11	583

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Members	Elders	TOTAL
No	30.6% 108	27.3% 65	29.3% 173
Yes, I was widowed	44.5% 157	46.2% 110	45.2% 267
Yes, I was divorced	24.6% 87	25.6% 61	25.0% 148
Yes, I was both widowed and divorced	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 238	591