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

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IMPPOLCY In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: work toward public policies that promote the rights of older adults?   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	196	24.4%	24.4%	-1.35
Important	358	44.5%	68.9%	-.14
Not very important	214	26.6%	95.5%	1.08
Not at all important	36	4.5%	100%	2.29

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	31.1% 124	17.6% 71	24.3% 195
Important	46.1% 184	43.1% 174	44.6% 358
Not very important	21.1% 84	32.2% 130	26.7% 214
Not at all important	1.8% 7	7.2% 29	4.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 404	803

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	23.5% 162	27.4% 29	24.0% 191
Important	45.0% 310	45.3% 48	45.0% 358
Not very important	27.0% 186	22.6% 24	26.4% 210
Not at all important	4.5% 31	4.7% 5	4.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 106	795

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	23.0% 32	20.8% 52	27.6% 81	25.8% 31	24.4% 196
Important	48.2% 67	46.4% 116	41.8% 123	43.3% 52	44.6% 358
Not very important	25.2% 35	29.6% 74	24.8% 73	26.7% 32	26.7% 214
Not at all important	3.6% 5	3.2% 8	5.8% 17	4.2% 5	4.4% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 250	100.0% 294	100.0% 120	803

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	33.0% 64	22.4% 30	21.1% 95	20.0% 3	24.2% 192
Important	46.9% 91	45.5% 61	42.8% 193	53.3% 8	44.5% 353
Not very important	19.6% 38	29.9% 40	29.7% 134	13.3% 2	27.0% 214
Not at all important	0.5% 1	2.2% 3	6.4% 29	13.3% 2	4.4% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 194	100.0% 134	100.0% 451	100.0% 15	794

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	31.4% 11	30.1% 69	21.2% 66	21.5% 41	24.4% 187
Important	45.7% 16	45.4% 104	44.2% 138	44.5% 85	44.7% 343
Not very important	20.0% 7	22.3% 51	30.4% 95	26.2% 50	26.5% 203
Not at all important	2.9% 1	2.2% 5	4.2% 13	7.9% 15	4.4% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 229	100.0% 312	100.0% 191	767

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	16.3% 13	26.2% 45	25.1% 73	24.0% 61	24.1% 192
Important	35.0% 28	43.6% 75	46.0% 134	46.9% 119	44.7% 356
Not very important	42.5% 34	25.0% 43	25.8% 75	24.0% 61	26.7% 213
Not at all important	6.3% 5	5.2% 9	3.1% 9	5.1% 13	4.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 172	100.0% 291	100.0% 254	797

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	24.3% 191	33.3% 1	20.0% 2	24.3% 194
Important	45.0% 354	66.7% 2	10.0% 1	44.7% 357
Not very important	26.7% 210	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	26.7% 213
Not at all important	3.9% 31	0.0% 0	40.0% 4	4.4% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 786	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	799