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

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Please indicate the extent of your agreement or disagreement with the following statement: Older adults need the opportunity to give of their skills to the church as much as they need to receive guidance and opportunities for growth.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	411	49.9%	49.9%	-.96
Agree	404	49%	98.9%	.9
Not sure	6	.7%	99.6%	2.77
Disagree	3	.4%	100%	4.64

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	52.9% 216	46.6% 193	49.8% 409
Agree	46.8% 191	51.4% 213	49.1% 404
Not sure	0.0% 0	1.4% 6	0.7% 6
Disagree	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 414	822

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.2% 354	46.8% 51	49.8% 405
Agree	48.5% 342	53.2% 58	49.1% 400
Not sure	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Disagree	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 109	814

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.7% 61	44.7% 114	53.9% 164	58.7% 71	49.8% 410
Agree	55.9% 80	54.9% 140	44.7% 136	39.7% 48	49.1% 404
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.0% 3	1.7% 2	0.7% 6
Disagree	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 255	100.0% 304	100.0% 121	823

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	56.8% 113	50.4% 68	46.2% 215	53.3% 8	49.6% 404
Agree	43.2% 86	48.9% 66	52.3% 243	46.7% 7	49.4% 402
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 5	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 135	100.0% 465	100.0% 15	814

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	38.9% 14	46.8% 110	52.0% 166	51.0% 99	49.6% 389
Agree	61.1% 22	52.3% 123	46.7% 149	47.9% 93	49.4% 387
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.3% 4	0.5% 1	0.8% 6
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 235	100.0% 319	100.0% 194	784

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	38.8% 31	56.3% 98	54.5% 162	43.4% 115	49.8% 406
Agree	61.3% 49	42.5% 74	44.8% 133	54.7% 145	49.1% 401
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.7% 2	1.1% 3	0.7% 6
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 174	100.0% 297	100.0% 265	816

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.1% 404	33.3% 1	30.0% 3	49.8% 408
Agree	48.9% 394	66.7% 2	70.0% 7	49.2% 403
Not sure	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
Disagree	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	819