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

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IMPTRAIN In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: provide advocacy training for older adults, (i.e., training in basic advocacy skills, in patient rights, in becoming a better consumer, etc.)?   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	157	19.4%	19.4%	-1.52
Important	380	46.9%	66.2%	-.23
Not very important	246	30.3%	96.5%	1.06
Not at all important	28	3.5%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	23.9% 96	14.5% 59	19.2% 155
Important	49.3% 198	44.7% 182	47.0% 380
Not very important	25.4% 102	35.4% 144	30.4% 246
Not at all important	1.5% 6	5.4% 22	3.5% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 407	809

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	19.4% 135	19.0% 20	19.3% 155
Important	46.6% 325	50.5% 53	47.1% 378
Not very important	30.4% 212	27.6% 29	30.0% 241
Not at all important	3.6% 25	2.9% 3	3.5% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 105	802

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	19.1% 27	18.4% 46	19.7% 59	20.8% 25	19.4% 157
Important	44.7% 63	47.2% 118	46.8% 140	49.2% 59	46.9% 380
Not very important	31.9% 45	31.6% 79	30.4% 91	25.8% 31	30.4% 246
Not at all important	4.3% 6	2.8% 7	3.0% 9	4.2% 5	3.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 250	100.0% 299	100.0% 120	810

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	28.1% 55	16.5% 22	16.6% 76	13.3% 2	19.4% 155
Important	46.9% 92	48.9% 65	46.6% 213	33.3% 5	46.8% 375
Not very important	24.5% 48	32.3% 43	31.9% 146	46.7% 7	30.5% 244
Not at all important	0.5% 1	2.3% 3	4.8% 22	6.7% 1	3.4% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 133	100.0% 457	100.0% 15	801

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	25.0% 8	21.5% 50	18.6% 59	17.7% 34	19.5% 151
Important	43.8% 14	47.6% 111	47.9% 152	45.3% 87	47.0% 364
Not very important	25.0% 8	27.0% 63	31.2% 99	32.8% 63	30.1% 233
Not at all important	6.3% 2	3.9% 9	2.2% 7	4.2% 8	3.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 233	100.0% 317	100.0% 192	774

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	12.3% 10	24.3% 42	22.2% 65	14.5% 37	19.2% 154
Important	38.3% 31	49.1% 85	44.0% 129	50.8% 130	46.7% 375
Not very important	45.7% 37	22.5% 39	31.1% 91	30.9% 79	30.6% 246
Not at all important	3.7% 3	4.0% 7	2.7% 8	3.9% 10	3.5% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 293	100.0% 256	803

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	19.4% 154	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	19.2% 155
Important	47.0% 373	66.7% 2	50.0% 5	47.1% 380
Not very important	30.4% 241	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	30.3% 244
Not at all important	3.2% 25	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	3.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 793	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	806