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

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OLDEDUC

Please think about older adults overall, as a broad category of persons. When you think generally of older adults, to what extent does the following term describe them? - poorly educated

	1) Descriptive of most
	2) Descriptive of many
	3) Descriptive of some
	4) Descriptive of a few
	5) Not descriptive of any

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Descriptive of most	2	.2%	.2%	-4.17
Descriptive of many	16	1.9%	2.2%	-2.59
Descriptive of some	305	37%	39.2%	-1.02
Descriptive of a few	453	54.9%	94.1%	.56
Not descriptive of any	49	5.9%	100%	2.14

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
Descriptive of many	2.4% 10	1.4% 6	1.9% 16
Descriptive of some	39.0% 160	34.8% 144	36.9% 304
Descriptive of a few	53.4% 219	56.5% 234	55.0% 453
Not descriptive of any	4.9% 20	7.0% 29	5.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 414	824

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Descriptive of many	1.8% 13	2.7% 3	2.0% 16
Descriptive of some	37.3% 263	33.3% 37	36.8% 300
Descriptive of a few	55.2% 389	55.9% 62	55.3% 451
Not descriptive of any	5.5% 39	8.1% 9	5.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 111	816

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Descriptive of many	4.3% 6	0.4% 1	1.3% 4	3.2% 4	1.8% 15
Descriptive of some	39.0% 55	34.4% 88	39.4% 119	34.4% 43	37.0% 305
Descriptive of a few	46.1% 65	58.6% 150	54.3% 164	59.2% 74	55.0% 453
Not descriptive of any	10.6% 15	6.3% 16	4.6% 14	3.2% 4	5.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 256	100.0% 302	100.0% 125	824

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Descriptive of many	1.5% 3	2.9% 4	1.9% 9	0.0% 0	2.0% 16
Descriptive of some	46.0% 92	34.8% 48	34.6% 160	20.0% 3	37.2% 303
Descriptive of a few	49.0% 98	59.4% 82	55.0% 254	73.3% 11	54.6% 445
Not descriptive of any	2.5% 5	2.9% 4	8.4% 39	6.7% 1	6.0% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 138	100.0% 462	100.0% 15	815

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
Descriptive of many	5.7% 2	2.5% 6	0.6% 2	2.6% 5	1.9% 15
Descriptive of some	8.6% 3	33.5% 79	39.3% 125	39.0% 76	36.1% 283
Descriptive of a few	77.1% 27	54.7% 129	56.0% 178	52.8% 103	55.7% 437
Not descriptive of any	8.6% 3	9.3% 22	3.8% 12	5.1% 10	6.0% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 236	100.0% 318	100.0% 195	784

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Descriptive of many	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.0% 3	4.5% 12	2.0% 16
Descriptive of some	28.4% 23	44.5% 77	39.0% 117	32.2% 85	36.9% 302
Descriptive of a few	69.1% 56	50.3% 87	53.7% 161	55.3% 146	55.0% 450
Not descriptive of any	2.5% 2	4.6% 8	5.7% 17	8.0% 21	5.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 300	100.0% 264	818

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Descriptive of many	2.0% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 16
Descriptive of some	36.6% 295	50.0% 2	60.0% 6	37.0% 303
Descriptive of a few	55.2% 445	25.0% 1	40.0% 4	54.9% 450
Not descriptive of any	6.0% 48	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.0% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	820