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

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PARMONEY People have different views about the responsibilities of parents to their grown children. Please indicate how much responsibility, if any, you believe parents have for their children after the children have reached adulthood: leave some money to their children when they die.   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	95	11.5%	11.5%	-1.67
Some	277	33.5%	45%	-.73
A little	197	23.8%	68.8%	.22
None	240	29%	97.8%	1.16
Not sure	18	2.2%	100%	2.11

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Great	10.0% 41	12.7% 53	11.4% 94
Some	31.3% 128	35.8% 149	33.6% 277
A little	23.7% 97	23.8% 99	23.8% 196
None	32.5% 133	25.7% 107	29.1% 240
Not sure	2.4% 10	1.9% 8	2.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 416	825

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Great	10.5% 74	18.3% 20	11.5% 94
Some	33.6% 238	31.2% 34	33.3% 272
A little	24.0% 170	22.9% 25	23.9% 195
None	29.7% 210	25.7% 28	29.1% 238
Not sure	2.3% 16	1.8% 2	2.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 109	817

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Great	14.1% 20	7.5% 19	10.8% 33	18.4% 23	11.5% 95
Some	31.7% 45	38.6% 98	31.5% 96	30.4% 38	33.5% 277
A little	22.5% 32	21.7% 55	25.2% 77	26.4% 33	23.8% 197
None	28.2% 40	31.1% 79	30.2% 92	22.4% 28	28.9% 239
Not sure	3.5% 5	1.2% 3	2.3% 7	2.4% 3	2.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 254	100.0% 305	100.0% 125	826

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Great	12.4% 25	5.1% 7	13.1% 61	0.0% 0	11.4% 93
Some	28.7% 58	33.1% 45	35.3% 164	40.0% 6	33.4% 273
A little	27.7% 56	22.8% 31	22.2% 103	33.3% 5	23.9% 195
None	27.7% 56	36.8% 50	27.6% 128	26.7% 4	29.1% 238
Not sure	3.5% 7	2.2% 3	1.7% 8	0.0% 0	2.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 136	100.0% 464	100.0% 15	817

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Great	17.6% 6	9.3% 22	9.1% 29	15.9% 31	11.2% 88
Some	41.2% 14	40.1% 95	28.4% 91	34.4% 67	34.0% 267
A little	17.6% 6	20.3% 48	29.7% 95	20.0% 39	23.9% 188
None	23.5% 8	27.4% 65	30.3% 97	28.2% 55	28.6% 225
Not sure	0.0% 0	3.0% 7	2.5% 8	1.5% 3	2.3% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 237	100.0% 320	100.0% 195	786

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Great	3.7% 3	6.3% 11	13.8% 41	14.0% 37	11.2% 92
Some	23.5% 19	28.0% 49	31.2% 93	43.4% 115	33.7% 276
A little	19.8% 16	22.9% 40	26.5% 79	22.3% 59	23.7% 194
None	50.6% 41	40.6% 71	26.8% 80	18.1% 48	29.3% 240
Not sure	2.5% 2	2.3% 4	1.7% 5	2.3% 6	2.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 298	100.0% 265	819

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Great	11.5% 93	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.3% 93
Some	33.5% 271	50.0% 2	30.0% 3	33.6% 276
A little	24.1% 195	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	23.8% 196
None	28.6% 231	25.0% 1	70.0% 7	29.1% 239
Not sure	2.2% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 808	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	822