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

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KIDINCOM People have different views about the responsibility of adult children toward their elderly parents. What are your views? Please indicate how much responsibility, if any, you believe adult children have to see that their older parents: have adequate income.   1) Great   2) Some   3) A little   4) None   5) Not sure

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Great	410	49.5%	49.5%	-.82
Some	326	39.3%	88.8%	.42
A little	65	7.8%	96.6%	1.65
None	18	2.2%	98.8%	2.89
Not sure	10	1.2%	100%	4.12

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Great	54.4% 224	44.3% 184	49.3% 408
Some	34.2% 141	44.6% 185	39.4% 326
A little	8.0% 33	7.7% 32	7.9% 65
None	1.9% 8	2.4% 10	2.2% 18
Not sure	1.5% 6	1.0% 4	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 415	827

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Great	48.7% 346	53.2% 58	49.3% 404
Some	39.6% 281	37.6% 41	39.3% 322
A little	8.2% 58	6.4% 7	7.9% 65
None	2.4% 17	0.9% 1	2.2% 18
Not sure	1.1% 8	1.8% 2	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 710	100.0% 109	819

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Great	45.1% 64	42.2% 108	54.7% 168	56.1% 69	49.4% 409
Some	43.0% 61	44.5% 114	35.8% 110	33.3% 41	39.4% 326
A little	4.2% 6	10.5% 27	7.5% 23	7.3% 9	7.9% 65
None	5.6% 8	2.3% 6	1.0% 3	0.8% 1	2.2% 18
Not sure	2.1% 3	0.4% 1	1.0% 3	2.4% 3	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 256	100.0% 307	100.0% 123	828

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Great	49.3% 100	46.0% 63	50.2% 233	46.7% 7	49.2% 403
Some	43.3% 88	38.0% 52	38.4% 178	40.0% 6	39.6% 324
A little	3.9% 8	12.4% 17	8.2% 38	13.3% 2	7.9% 65
None	1.5% 3	0.7% 1	2.8% 13	0.0% 0	2.1% 17
Not sure	2.0% 4	2.9% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 137	100.0% 464	100.0% 15	819

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Great	47.1% 16	42.6% 101	53.3% 171	52.0% 102	49.5% 390
Some	35.3% 12	42.6% 101	37.4% 120	37.8% 74	39.0% 307
A little	14.7% 5	9.3% 22	6.9% 22	7.7% 15	8.1% 64
None	2.9% 1	3.4% 8	1.2% 4	2.0% 4	2.2% 17
Not sure	0.0% 0	2.1% 5	1.2% 4	0.5% 1	1.3% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 237	100.0% 321	100.0% 196	788

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Great	58.0% 47	53.1% 93	54.5% 163	38.7% 103	49.5% 406
Some	34.6% 28	38.3% 67	35.5% 106	45.5% 121	39.2% 322
A little	7.4% 6	5.7% 10	6.4% 19	11.3% 30	7.9% 65
None	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	2.3% 7	3.0% 8	2.2% 18
Not sure	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.3% 4	1.5% 4	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 299	100.0% 266	821

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Great	49.6% 402	0.0% 0	50.0% 5	49.4% 407
Some	39.3% 318	75.0% 3	40.0% 4	39.4% 325
A little	7.8% 63	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	7.9% 65
None	2.1% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 17
Not sure	1.2% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	824