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

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IMPCONG In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: encourage older adults to be involved in every aspect of congregational life, including leadership roles?   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	454	55.4%	55.4%	-.86
Important	345	42.1%	97.4%	.95
Not very important	20	2.4%	99.9%	2.76
Not at all important	1	.1%	100%	4.57

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	60.4% 246	50.1% 206	55.3% 452
Important	37.6% 153	46.7% 192	42.2% 345
Not very important	1.7% 7	3.2% 13	2.4% 20
Not at all important	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 411	818

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	55.5% 389	55.0% 60	55.4% 449
Important	42.4% 297	40.4% 44	42.1% 341
Not very important	2.1% 15	3.7% 4	2.3% 19
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 701	100.0% 109	810

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	45.8% 65	53.9% 137	57.5% 173	63.9% 78	55.3% 453
Important	50.7% 72	43.3% 110	40.5% 122	33.6% 41	42.1% 345
Not very important	2.8% 4	2.8% 7	2.0% 6	2.5% 3	2.4% 20
Not at all important	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 254	100.0% 301	100.0% 122	819

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	59.8% 119	52.6% 71	54.4% 251	46.7% 7	55.3% 448
Important	38.7% 77	44.4% 60	43.2% 199	40.0% 6	42.2% 342
Not very important	1.5% 3	3.0% 4	2.4% 11	6.7% 1	2.3% 19
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 135	100.0% 461	100.0% 15	810

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	30.6% 11	49.8% 116	59.7% 190	59.1% 114	55.3% 431
Important	58.3% 21	48.5% 113	38.1% 121	38.3% 74	42.2% 329
Not very important	11.1% 4	1.7% 4	1.9% 6	2.6% 5	2.4% 19
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 233	100.0% 318	100.0% 193	780

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	49.4% 40	62.1% 108	61.5% 182	46.0% 120	55.4% 450
Important	49.4% 40	36.2% 63	37.2% 110	49.0% 128	42.0% 341
Not very important	1.2% 1	1.7% 3	1.4% 4	4.6% 12	2.5% 20
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 296	100.0% 261	812

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	55.4% 444	66.7% 2	50.0% 5	55.3% 451
Important	42.3% 339	33.3% 1	40.0% 4	42.2% 344
Not very important	2.2% 18	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	2.3% 19
Not at all important	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 802	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	815