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Presbyterian Panel Survey, November 1997 - Older Adult Ministries, Elders

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Please think about older adults overall, as a broad category of persons. When you think generally of older adults, to what extent does the following term describe them? - economically better off

	1) Descriptive of most
	2) Descriptive of many
	3) Descriptive of some
	4) Descriptive of a few
	5) Not descriptive of any

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Descriptive of most	11	1.3%	1.3%	-2.58
Descriptive of many	236	28.5%	29.9%	-1.2
Descriptive of some	432	52.2%	82.1%	.17
Descriptive of a few	141	17%	99.2%	1.55
Not descriptive of any	7	.8%	100%	2.92

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.2% 5	1.4% 6	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	23.5% 96	33.3% 139	28.5% 235
Descriptive of some	54.8% 224	49.9% 208	52.3% 432
Descriptive of a few	19.3% 79	14.9% 62	17.1% 141
Not descriptive of any	1.2% 5	0.5% 2	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 417	826

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.4% 10	0.9% 1	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	28.8% 204	24.5% 27	28.2% 231
Descriptive of some	51.1% 362	61.8% 68	52.6% 430
Descriptive of a few	17.8% 126	12.7% 14	17.1% 140
Not descriptive of any	0.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 110	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.4% 2	1.6% 4	1.3% 4	0.8% 1	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	19.9% 28	30.1% 77	29.7% 90	32.5% 41	28.6% 236
Descriptive of some	56.7% 80	53.1% 136	48.8% 148	53.2% 67	52.2% 431
Descriptive of a few	21.3% 30	14.1% 36	19.8% 60	11.9% 15	17.1% 141
Not descriptive of any	0.7% 1	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	1.6% 2	0.8% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 256	100.0% 303	100.0% 126	826

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.5% 3	1.5% 2	1.3% 6	0.0% 0	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	30.3% 61	27.0% 37	28.2% 131	33.3% 5	28.6% 234
Descriptive of some	50.2% 101	56.9% 78	51.7% 240	53.3% 8	52.3% 427
Descriptive of a few	17.9% 36	14.6% 20	17.5% 81	6.7% 1	16.9% 138
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 6	6.7% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 137	100.0% 464	100.0% 15	817

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.0% 0	2.1% 5	1.6% 5	0.5% 1	1.4% 11
Descriptive of many	31.4% 11	27.4% 65	29.5% 94	28.7% 56	28.8% 226
Descriptive of some	51.4% 18	53.2% 126	51.7% 165	54.9% 107	52.9% 416
Descriptive of a few	11.4% 4	16.0% 38	16.6% 53	15.9% 31	16.0% 126
Not descriptive of any	5.7% 2	1.3% 3	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 237	100.0% 319	100.0% 195	786

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	1.9% 5	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	21.3% 17	28.9% 50	27.7% 83	31.1% 83	28.4% 233
Descriptive of some	60.0% 48	53.8% 93	53.7% 161	47.6% 127	52.3% 429
Descriptive of a few	13.8% 11	17.3% 30	17.3% 52	17.6% 47	17.1% 140
Not descriptive of any	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.9% 5	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 173	100.0% 300	100.0% 267	820

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.4% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 11
Descriptive of many	28.5% 230	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	28.3% 233
Descriptive of some	52.4% 423	50.0% 2	60.0% 6	52.4% 431
Descriptive of a few	17.1% 138	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	17.0% 140
Not descriptive of any	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 808	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	822