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

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PRIDOES What priority, in your opinion, does your congregation give to ministry to older adults?   1) High   2) Moderate   3) Low   4) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
High	249	30.3%	30.3%	-1.24
Moderate	442	53.8%	84.1%	.18
Low	116	14.1%	98.2%	1.59
Don't know	15	1.8%	100%	3

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
High	32.2% 131	28.6% 118	30.4% 249
Moderate	53.1% 216	54.2% 224	53.7% 440
Low	12.3% 50	16.0% 66	14.1% 116
Don't know	2.5% 10	1.2% 5	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 407	100.0% 413	820

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
High	30.2% 212	32.1% 35	30.4% 247
Moderate	53.5% 376	54.1% 59	53.6% 435
Low	14.9% 105	10.1% 11	14.3% 116
Don't know	1.4% 10	3.7% 4	1.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 703	100.0% 109	812

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
High	23.2% 33	26.9% 68	33.9% 103	36.1% 44	30.2% 248
Moderate	54.9% 78	58.9% 149	52.0% 158	46.7% 57	53.8% 442
Low	17.6% 25	12.6% 32	13.2% 40	15.6% 19	14.1% 116
Don't know	4.2% 6	1.6% 4	1.0% 3	1.6% 2	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 253	100.0% 304	100.0% 122	821

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
High	32.5% 64	29.6% 40	29.5% 137	26.7% 4	30.2% 245
Moderate	47.7% 94	61.5% 83	54.0% 251	53.3% 8	53.7% 436
Low	17.8% 35	8.1% 11	14.8% 69	6.7% 1	14.3% 116
Don't know	2.0% 4	0.7% 1	1.7% 8	13.3% 2	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 135	100.0% 465	100.0% 15	812

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
High	38.9% 14	30.3% 71	31.1% 99	26.3% 51	30.1% 235
Moderate	52.8% 19	51.3% 120	54.7% 174	55.7% 108	53.8% 421
Low	5.6% 2	15.8% 37	13.2% 42	15.5% 30	14.2% 111
Don't know	2.8% 1	2.6% 6	0.9% 3	2.6% 5	1.9% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 234	100.0% 318	100.0% 194	782

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
High	23.5% 19	28.2% 49	31.1% 92	32.7% 86	30.2% 246
Moderate	56.8% 46	56.9% 99	50.3% 149	54.4% 143	53.7% 437
Low	14.8% 12	13.8% 24	16.9% 50	11.4% 30	14.3% 116
Don't know	4.9% 4	1.1% 2	1.7% 5	1.5% 4	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 296	100.0% 263	814

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
High	30.7% 247	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	30.4% 248
Moderate	53.2% 428	66.7% 2	80.0% 8	53.6% 438
Low	14.3% 115	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	14.2% 116
Don't know	1.7% 14	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 3	100.0% 10	817