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

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IMPCOMM In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: encourage older adults to be involved in every aspect of community life, including leadership roles?   1) Very important   2) Important   3) Not very important   4) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	348	42.4%	42.4%	-1.04
Important	396	48.3%	90.7%	.51
Not very important	73	8.9%	99.6%	2.05
Not at all important	3	.4%	100%	3.59

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	47.3% 192	37.6% 155	42.4% 347
Important	47.5% 193	49.0% 202	48.3% 395
Not very important	4.7% 19	13.1% 54	8.9% 73
Not at all important	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 412	818

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	42.9% 301	40.4% 44	42.5% 345
Important	48.0% 337	49.5% 54	48.2% 391
Not very important	8.8% 62	9.2% 10	8.9% 72
Not at all important	0.3% 2	0.9% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 109	811

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	34.5% 49	43.1% 109	43.7% 132	46.7% 57	42.4% 347
Important	54.2% 77	49.4% 125	46.0% 139	45.1% 55	48.4% 396
Not very important	10.6% 15	7.5% 19	9.9% 30	7.4% 9	8.9% 73
Not at all important	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 253	100.0% 302	100.0% 122	819

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	50.3% 100	38.3% 51	40.2% 186	40.0% 6	42.3% 343
Important	43.2% 86	51.1% 68	50.3% 233	33.3% 5	48.4% 392
Not very important	6.5% 13	9.0% 12	9.5% 44	20.0% 3	8.9% 72
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 133	100.0% 463	100.0% 15	810

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	22.9% 8	40.4% 95	44.8% 142	43.0% 83	42.1% 328
Important	54.3% 19	51.5% 121	45.4% 144	50.3% 97	48.8% 381
Not very important	22.9% 8	8.1% 19	9.1% 29	6.7% 13	8.8% 69
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 235	100.0% 317	100.0% 193	780

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	36.3% 29	49.4% 86	46.3% 137	35.5% 93	42.5% 345
Important	50.0% 40	44.8% 78	46.3% 137	51.9% 136	48.2% 391
Not very important	13.8% 11	5.2% 9	7.4% 22	11.8% 31	9.0% 73
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 174	100.0% 296	100.0% 262	812

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	42.5% 341	66.7% 2	33.3% 3	42.5% 346
Important	48.7% 391	33.3% 1	22.2% 2	48.3% 394
Not very important	8.6% 69	0.0% 0	33.3% 3	8.8% 72
Not at all important	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	815