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

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DISSPECL Please indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with the following statement. Older adult members in my congregation are: persons for whom special ministry and/or practical assistance is/are needed.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	197	23.8%	23.8%	-1.33
Agree	437	52.8%	76.7%	-.06
Not sure	152	18.4%	95%	1.21
Disagree	41	5%	100%	2.48

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.7% 126	16.7% 69	23.6% 195
Agree	46.7% 192	59.2% 245	53.0% 437
Not sure	18.7% 77	18.1% 75	18.4% 152
Disagree	3.9% 16	6.0% 25	5.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 414	825

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.2% 164	27.9% 31	23.9% 195
Agree	54.1% 382	45.0% 50	52.9% 432
Not sure	18.1% 128	20.7% 23	18.5% 151
Disagree	4.5% 32	6.3% 7	4.8% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 111	817

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.1% 30	22.0% 56	25.3% 77	27.2% 34	23.8% 197
Agree	47.2% 67	54.1% 138	51.6% 157	59.2% 74	52.8% 436
Not sure	23.9% 34	18.8% 48	18.4% 56	11.2% 14	18.4% 152
Disagree	7.7% 11	5.1% 13	4.6% 14	2.4% 3	5.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 255	100.0% 304	100.0% 125	826

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.2% 57	21.5% 29	22.6% 105	20.0% 3	23.7% 194
Agree	53.0% 107	54.1% 73	52.9% 246	53.3% 8	53.1% 434
Not sure	15.8% 32	17.8% 24	19.1% 89	26.7% 4	18.2% 149
Disagree	3.0% 6	6.7% 9	5.4% 25	0.0% 0	4.9% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 135	100.0% 465	100.0% 15	817

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.6% 10	20.8% 49	22.1% 71	27.7% 54	23.4% 184
Agree	48.6% 17	50.4% 119	54.2% 174	54.4% 106	52.9% 416
Not sure	20.0% 7	21.2% 50	19.0% 61	15.4% 30	18.8% 148
Disagree	2.9% 1	7.6% 18	4.7% 15	2.6% 5	5.0% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 236	100.0% 321	100.0% 195	787

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.8% 16	30.3% 53	28.6% 85	14.3% 38	23.4% 192
Agree	50.6% 41	52.0% 91	51.5% 153	56.0% 149	53.0% 434
Not sure	22.2% 18	14.3% 25	17.2% 51	21.8% 58	18.6% 152
Disagree	7.4% 6	3.4% 6	2.7% 8	7.9% 21	5.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 175	100.0% 297	100.0% 266	819

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.1% 195	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	23.8% 196
Agree	52.6% 425	25.0% 1	90.0% 9	52.9% 435
Not sure	18.6% 150	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.2% 150
Disagree	4.7% 38	50.0% 2	10.0% 1	5.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 808	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	822