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

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DISRSPCT

Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement. Older adult members in my congregation are: persons to respect, honor, and cherish in the life of the church.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	488	58.9%	58.9%	-.77
Agree	327	39.5%	98.4%	1.01
Not sure	8	1%	99.4%	2.78
Disagree	3	.4%	99.8%	4.56
Strongly disagree	2	.2%	100%	6.34

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	66.5% 274	51.4% 213	59.0% 487
Agree	32.3% 133	46.6% 193	39.5% 326
Not sure	0.7% 3	1.2% 5	1.0% 8
Disagree	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 414	826

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	59.3% 420	58.2% 64	59.2% 484
Agree	39.3% 278	39.1% 43	39.2% 321
Not sure	0.7% 5	2.7% 3	1.0% 8
Disagree	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 110	818

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.5% 76	58.4% 149	58.5% 179	66.9% 83	58.9% 487
Agree	45.1% 64	40.4% 103	40.2% 123	29.8% 37	39.5% 327
Not sure	0.7% 1	0.4% 1	1.0% 3	2.4% 3	1.0% 8
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 2
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	64.2% 129	48.9% 67	59.9% 279	66.7% 10	59.2% 485
Agree	33.3% 67	48.9% 67	39.5% 184	33.3% 5	39.4% 323
Not sure	1.0% 2	0.7% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Disagree	1.0% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 137	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	819

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	54.3% 19	51.9% 123	60.4% 194	65.1% 127	58.8% 463
Agree	45.7% 16	45.6% 108	38.0% 122	33.8% 66	39.6% 312
Not sure	0.0% 0	2.5% 6	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 8
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 237	100.0% 321	100.0% 195	788

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	55.0% 44	63.4% 111	67.6% 202	47.0% 125	58.8% 482
Agree	43.8% 35	36.0% 63	31.1% 93	50.4% 134	39.6% 325
Not sure	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	2.3% 6	1.0% 8
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 175	100.0% 299	100.0% 266	820

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	59.8% 484	25.0% 1	30.0% 3	59.3% 488
Agree	38.8% 314	75.0% 3	70.0% 7	39.4% 324
Not sure	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
Disagree	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Strongly disagree	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	823