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

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DISPROB Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement. Older adult members in my congregation are: a problem this church must deal with.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	33	4%	4%	-2.34
Agree	143	17.5%	21.6%	-1.44
Not sure	101	12.4%	33.9%	-.55
Disagree	371	45.5%	79.4%	.35
Strongly disagree	168	20.6%	100%	1.25

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 18	3.4% 14	3.9% 32
Agree	16.3% 66	18.9% 77	17.6% 143
Not sure	12.8% 52	11.8% 48	12.3% 100
Disagree	45.8% 186	45.3% 185	45.6% 371
Strongly disagree	20.7% 84	20.6% 84	20.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 406	100.0% 408	814

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.7% 26	6.4% 7	4.1% 33
Agree	18.1% 126	13.8% 15	17.5% 141
Not sure	12.1% 84	11.9% 13	12.0% 97
Disagree	45.9% 320	45.0% 49	45.8% 369
Strongly disagree	20.2% 141	22.9% 25	20.6% 166
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 109	806

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.4% 9	2.8% 7	3.7% 11	4.9% 6	4.0% 33
Agree	15.7% 22	18.3% 46	17.9% 54	17.1% 21	17.5% 143
Not sure	20.7% 29	9.6% 24	11.6% 35	10.6% 13	12.4% 101
Disagree	37.9% 53	48.2% 121	46.8% 141	44.7% 55	45.4% 370
Strongly disagree	19.3% 27	21.1% 53	19.9% 60	22.8% 28	20.6% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 251	100.0% 301	100.0% 123	815

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.6% 11	0.7% 1	4.1% 19	0.0% 0	3.8% 31
Agree	19.7% 39	23.7% 32	14.8% 68	26.7% 4	17.7% 143
Not sure	10.1% 20	12.6% 17	13.5% 62	0.0% 0	12.3% 99
Disagree	39.4% 78	48.1% 65	48.0% 221	40.0% 6	45.8% 370
Strongly disagree	25.3% 50	14.8% 20	19.6% 90	33.3% 5	20.4% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 135	100.0% 460	100.0% 15	808

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.8% 4	5.1% 12	2.2% 7	4.1% 8	4.0% 31
Agree	17.6% 6	23.0% 54	15.7% 50	14.0% 27	17.6% 137
Not sure	26.5% 9	13.6% 32	10.7% 34	9.8% 19	12.1% 94
Disagree	23.5% 8	42.1% 99	48.1% 153	51.3% 99	46.0% 359
Strongly disagree	20.6% 7	16.2% 38	23.3% 74	20.7% 40	20.4% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 235	100.0% 318	100.0% 193	780

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 1	2.9% 5	5.8% 17	3.0% 8	3.8% 31
Agree	6.3% 5	13.5% 23	15.6% 46	26.2% 69	17.7% 143
Not sure	8.8% 7	8.2% 14	11.6% 34	16.3% 43	12.1% 98
Disagree	48.8% 39	50.9% 87	44.6% 131	42.6% 112	45.7% 369
Strongly disagree	35.0% 28	24.6% 42	22.4% 66	11.8% 31	20.7% 167
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 171	100.0% 294	100.0% 263	808

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.0% 32	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 32
Agree	17.6% 140	25.0% 1	20.0% 2	17.6% 143
Not sure	11.8% 94	50.0% 2	20.0% 2	12.1% 98
Disagree	45.9% 366	25.0% 1	30.0% 3	45.6% 370
Strongly disagree	20.7% 165	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	20.7% 168
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	811