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

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IMPVISIT In your opinion, how important is it for congregations to: visit older adults who are moving to the community?   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	296	36.4%	36.4%	-1.21
Important	476	58.5%	94.8%	.54
Not very important	40	4.9%	99.8%	2.29
Not at all important	2	.2%	100%	4.04

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	39.3% 159	33.2% 135	36.2% 294
Important	55.8% 226	61.4% 250	58.6% 476
Not very important	4.7% 19	5.2% 21	4.9% 40
Not at all important	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 407	812

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very important	37.9% 265	26.7% 28	36.4% 293
Important	57.7% 403	64.8% 68	58.6% 471
Not very important	4.3% 30	7.6% 8	4.7% 38
Not at all important	0.1% 1	1.0% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 105	804

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very important	31.0% 44	31.9% 81	40.3% 120	42.0% 50	36.3% 295
Important	66.2% 94	62.6% 159	53.7% 160	52.9% 63	58.5% 476
Not very important	2.8% 4	4.7% 12	6.0% 18	5.0% 6	4.9% 40
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 254	100.0% 298	100.0% 119	813

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very important	37.4% 74	39.1% 52	35.0% 161	33.3% 5	36.2% 292
Important	58.6% 116	56.4% 75	59.1% 272	60.0% 9	58.6% 472
Not very important	4.0% 8	3.8% 5	5.7% 26	6.7% 1	5.0% 40
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 133	100.0% 460	100.0% 15	806

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very important	27.8% 10	38.8% 90	37.3% 118	33.7% 65	36.4% 283
Important	63.9% 23	56.9% 132	56.6% 179	61.7% 119	58.3% 453
Not very important	5.6% 2	4.3% 10	5.7% 18	4.7% 9	5.0% 39
Not at all important	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 232	100.0% 316	100.0% 193	777

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very important	18.8% 15	36.4% 63	39.7% 117	37.2% 96	36.1% 291
Important	71.3% 57	57.8% 100	55.9% 165	58.5% 151	58.7% 473
Not very important	10.0% 8	5.2% 9	4.1% 12	4.3% 11	5.0% 40
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 173	100.0% 295	100.0% 258	806

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very important	36.6% 292	66.7% 2	0.0% 0	36.3% 294
Important	58.2% 464	33.3% 1	88.9% 8	58.5% 473
Not very important	4.9% 39	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	4.9% 40
Not at all important	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	809