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

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OLDWISE

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? - wise in the ways of the world

	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	86	10.3%	10.3%	-1.8
Descriptive of many	454	54.6%	65%	-.41
Descriptive of some	252	30.3%	95.3%	.98
Descriptive of a few	37	4.5%	99.8%	2.36
Not descriptive of any	2	.2%	100%	3.75

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	12.4% 51	8.4% 35	10.4% 86
Descriptive of many	52.6% 216	56.7% 237	54.6% 453
Descriptive of some	29.9% 123	30.6% 128	30.3% 251
Descriptive of a few	4.9% 20	4.1% 17	4.5% 37
Not descriptive of any	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 418	829

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	10.0% 71	13.5% 15	10.5% 86
Descriptive of many	55.0% 391	52.3% 58	54.6% 449
Descriptive of some	31.1% 221	26.1% 29	30.4% 250
Descriptive of a few	3.7% 26	8.1% 9	4.3% 35
Not descriptive of any	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 711	100.0% 111	822

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	10.6% 15	11.3% 29	10.2% 31	8.7% 11	10.4% 86
Descriptive of many	54.2% 77	55.3% 142	55.4% 169	51.6% 65	54.6% 453
Descriptive of some	26.1% 37	30.7% 79	30.2% 92	34.9% 44	30.4% 252
Descriptive of a few	8.5% 12	2.7% 7	3.9% 12	4.8% 6	4.5% 37
Not descriptive of any	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 257	100.0% 305	100.0% 126	830

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	8.4% 17	8.7% 12	11.8% 55	13.3% 2	10.5% 86
Descriptive of many	56.9% 115	50.7% 70	55.2% 257	46.7% 7	54.7% 449
Descriptive of some	30.7% 62	37.0% 51	27.9% 130	33.3% 5	30.2% 248
Descriptive of a few	4.0% 8	3.6% 5	4.7% 22	6.7% 1	4.4% 36
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 138	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	821

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	13.5% 5	11.8% 28	8.8% 28	10.3% 20	10.3% 81
Descriptive of many	54.1% 20	58.0% 138	53.1% 170	54.4% 106	54.9% 434
Descriptive of some	16.2% 6	24.8% 59	35.0% 112	32.8% 64	30.5% 241
Descriptive of a few	10.8% 4	5.5% 13	3.1% 10	2.6% 5	4.1% 32
Not descriptive of any	5.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 238	100.0% 320	100.0% 195	790

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	9.9% 8	16.2% 28	10.6% 32	6.7% 18	10.4% 86
Descriptive of many	59.3% 48	48.0% 83	55.8% 168	56.3% 151	54.7% 450
Descriptive of some	30.9% 25	31.2% 54	30.2% 91	29.5% 79	30.3% 249
Descriptive of a few	0.0% 0	4.6% 8	3.3% 10	6.7% 18	4.4% 36
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 301	100.0% 268	823

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	10.3% 84	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	10.4% 86
Descriptive of many	54.9% 446	50.0% 2	30.0% 3	54.6% 451
Descriptive of some	30.3% 246	0.0% 0	50.0% 5	30.4% 251
Descriptive of a few	4.3% 35	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	4.4% 36
Not descriptive of any	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 812	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	826