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

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DISBACK

Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement. Older adult members in my congregation are: people who have served well but who need to move back and allow younger persons to take over more of the leadership.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	31	3.7%	3.7%	-2.24
Agree	203	24.5%	28.3%	-1.28
Not sure	114	13.8%	42%	-.32
Disagree	420	50.7%	92.8%	.64
Strongly disagree	60	7.2%	100%	1.6

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 16	3.6% 15	3.8% 31
Agree	22.1% 91	26.6% 110	24.3% 201
Not sure	15.3% 63	12.3% 51	13.8% 114
Disagree	51.0% 210	50.7% 210	50.8% 420
Strongly disagree	7.8% 32	6.8% 28	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 414	826

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 20	9.1% 10	3.7% 30
Agree	23.6% 167	27.3% 30	24.1% 197
Not sure	13.4% 95	16.4% 18	13.8% 113
Disagree	53.1% 376	38.2% 42	51.1% 418
Strongly disagree	7.1% 50	9.1% 10	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 110	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 7	4.7% 12	1.6% 5	5.6% 7	3.7% 31
Agree	33.1% 47	22.0% 56	22.5% 69	25.0% 31	24.5% 203
Not sure	9.9% 14	12.2% 31	16.7% 51	14.5% 18	13.8% 114
Disagree	47.9% 68	52.5% 134	53.6% 164	42.7% 53	50.7% 419
Strongly disagree	4.2% 6	8.6% 22	5.6% 17	12.1% 15	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 255	100.0% 306	100.0% 124	827

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 9	3.6% 5	3.0% 14	6.7% 1	3.5% 29
Agree	24.6% 50	21.9% 30	25.3% 117	20.0% 3	24.4% 200
Not sure	17.2% 35	14.6% 20	12.3% 57	13.3% 2	13.9% 114
Disagree	46.3% 94	55.5% 76	51.8% 240	40.0% 6	50.9% 416
Strongly disagree	7.4% 15	4.4% 6	7.6% 35	20.0% 3	7.2% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 137	100.0% 463	100.0% 15	818

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.8% 3	5.9% 14	2.2% 7	2.0% 4	3.6% 28
Agree	44.1% 15	30.4% 72	22.5% 72	14.8% 29	23.9% 188
Not sure	17.6% 6	15.6% 37	13.1% 42	11.2% 22	13.6% 107
Disagree	26.5% 9	41.8% 99	54.4% 174	63.8% 125	51.7% 407
Strongly disagree	2.9% 1	6.3% 15	7.8% 25	8.2% 16	7.2% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 237	100.0% 320	100.0% 196	787

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 4	1.1% 2	2.7% 8	6.4% 17	3.8% 31
Agree	12.3% 10	12.6% 22	16.1% 48	44.2% 117	24.0% 197
Not sure	3.7% 3	10.9% 19	15.1% 45	17.7% 47	13.9% 114
Disagree	64.2% 52	64.6% 113	57.9% 173	30.2% 80	51.0% 418
Strongly disagree	14.8% 12	10.9% 19	8.4% 25	1.5% 4	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 299	100.0% 265	820

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.5% 28	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	3.6% 30
Agree	24.1% 195	25.0% 1	40.0% 4	24.3% 200
Not sure	13.8% 112	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	13.9% 114
Disagree	51.2% 414	50.0% 2	30.0% 3	50.9% 419
Strongly disagree	7.4% 60	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	823