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

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IMPPROG In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: encourage older adults to design and conduct programs for their own age group?   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	250	30.7%	30.7%	-1.27
Important	469	57.5%	88.2%	.28
Not very important	90	11%	99.3%	1.84
Not at all important	6	.7%	100%	3.39

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	33.8% 137	27.2% 111	30.5% 248
Important	55.6% 225	59.8% 244	57.7% 469
Not very important	9.9% 40	12.3% 50	11.1% 90
Not at all important	0.7% 3	0.7% 3	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 408	813

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	30.9% 216	28.3% 30	30.6% 246
Important	57.7% 403	58.5% 62	57.8% 465
Not very important	10.9% 76	11.3% 12	10.9% 88
Not at all important	0.6% 4	1.9% 2	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 106	805

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	22.7% 32	29.0% 73	33.1% 99	37.7% 46	30.7% 250
Important	58.2% 82	59.1% 149	57.5% 172	53.3% 65	57.5% 468
Not very important	17.7% 25	10.7% 27	9.4% 28	8.2% 10	11.1% 90
Not at all important	1.4% 2	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 252	100.0% 299	100.0% 122	814

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	33.2% 65	31.1% 42	29.2% 134	33.3% 5	30.6% 246
Important	58.7% 115	56.3% 76	58.2% 267	40.0% 6	57.6% 464
Not very important	8.2% 16	11.1% 15	12.0% 55	20.0% 3	11.1% 89
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.7% 3	6.7% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 135	100.0% 459	100.0% 15	805

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	25.7% 9	27.9% 65	30.7% 97	32.6% 63	30.1% 234
Important	57.1% 20	61.4% 143	57.0% 180	57.5% 111	58.4% 454
Not very important	14.3% 5	10.7% 25	11.7% 37	9.3% 18	10.9% 85
Not at all important	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 233	100.0% 316	100.0% 193	777

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	27.2% 22	35.6% 62	34.1% 100	23.9% 62	30.5% 246
Important	63.0% 51	54.6% 95	55.6% 163	60.2% 156	57.6% 465
Not very important	9.9% 8	8.0% 14	9.6% 28	15.4% 40	11.2% 90
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 293	100.0% 259	807

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	30.6% 244	33.3% 1	20.0% 2	30.5% 247
Important	57.8% 461	66.7% 2	50.0% 5	57.8% 468
Not very important	10.9% 87	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	11.0% 89
Not at all important	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	810