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

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DISUTILZ Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement. Older adult members in my congregation are: currently under-utilized by the church.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	105	12.7%	12.7%	-1.67
Agree	243	29.5%	42.2%	-.78
Not sure	148	18%	60.2%	.11
Disagree	306	37.1%	97.3%	1
Strongly disagree	22	2.7%	100%	1.89

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.1% 54	12.0% 49	12.5% 103
Agree	29.1% 120	30.0% 123	29.6% 243
Not sure	15.0% 62	21.0% 86	18.0% 148
Disagree	39.3% 162	35.1% 144	37.2% 306
Strongly disagree	3.4% 14	2.0% 8	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 410	822

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.6% 96	7.3% 8	12.8% 104
Agree	29.7% 209	30.0% 33	29.7% 242
Not sure	17.6% 124	17.3% 19	17.6% 143
Disagree	36.4% 256	43.6% 48	37.3% 304
Strongly disagree	2.7% 19	1.8% 2	2.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 704	100.0% 110	814

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 12	13.4% 34	12.9% 39	16.0% 20	12.8% 105
Agree	27.5% 39	31.1% 79	29.1% 88	29.6% 37	29.5% 243
Not sure	23.2% 33	17.7% 45	17.5% 53	12.8% 16	17.9% 147
Disagree	39.4% 56	35.4% 90	38.4% 116	35.2% 44	37.2% 306
Strongly disagree	1.4% 2	2.4% 6	2.0% 6	6.4% 8	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 254	100.0% 302	100.0% 125	823

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.5% 27	12.5% 17	12.5% 58	15.4% 2	12.8% 104
Agree	33.5% 67	26.5% 36	28.8% 134	23.1% 3	29.5% 240
Not sure	14.5% 29	17.6% 24	18.3% 85	46.2% 6	17.7% 144
Disagree	34.5% 69	40.4% 55	38.3% 178	15.4% 2	37.3% 304
Strongly disagree	4.0% 8	2.9% 4	2.2% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 136	100.0% 465	100.0% 13	814

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.9% 1	11.9% 28	12.9% 41	13.8% 27	12.4% 97
Agree	25.7% 9	28.9% 68	31.8% 101	27.0% 53	29.5% 231
Not sure	28.6% 10	17.9% 42	14.2% 45	20.4% 40	17.5% 137
Disagree	40.0% 14	37.9% 89	38.4% 122	37.2% 73	38.0% 298
Strongly disagree	2.9% 1	3.4% 8	2.8% 9	1.5% 3	2.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 235	100.0% 318	100.0% 196	784

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.3% 10	14.9% 26	15.2% 45	8.3% 22	12.6% 103
Agree	29.6% 24	32.6% 57	29.7% 88	27.3% 72	29.5% 241
Not sure	16.0% 13	13.1% 23	17.6% 52	21.6% 57	17.8% 145
Disagree	38.3% 31	37.1% 65	35.1% 104	39.8% 105	37.4% 305
Strongly disagree	3.7% 3	2.3% 4	2.4% 7	3.0% 8	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 296	100.0% 264	816

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.7% 102	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	12.6% 103
Agree	29.7% 239	25.0% 1	30.0% 3	29.7% 243
Not sure	17.8% 143	25.0% 1	20.0% 2	17.8% 146
Disagree	37.1% 299	50.0% 2	40.0% 4	37.2% 305
Strongly disagree	2.7% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	819