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

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SKILLMIN (ASKED ONLY OF ORDAINED MINISTERS)Do you believe that you have the skills necessary to minister to older adults?   1) Yes, definitely   2) Yes, probably   3) Not sure   4) No, probably not   5) No, definitely not

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, definitely	32	13.9%	13.9%	-1.57
Yes, probably	79	34.2%	48.1%	-.61
Not sure	69	29.9%	77.9%	.35
No, probably not	44	19%	97%	1.32
No, definitely not	7	3%	100%	2.28

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	18.9% 21	9.2% 11	13.9% 32
Yes, probably	34.2% 38	34.5% 41	34.3% 79
Not sure	26.1% 29	33.6% 40	30.0% 69
No, probably not	17.1% 19	20.2% 24	18.7% 43
No, definitely not	3.6% 4	2.5% 3	3.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 119	230

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	13.8% 27	16.1% 5	14.1% 32
Yes, probably	35.2% 69	32.3% 10	34.8% 79
Not sure	30.6% 60	25.8% 8	30.0% 68
No, probably not	17.9% 35	22.6% 7	18.5% 42
No, definitely not	2.6% 5	3.2% 1	2.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 31	227

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	19.6% 9	9.2% 7	11.4% 8	20.5% 8	13.9% 32
Yes, probably	32.6% 15	27.6% 21	40.0% 28	38.5% 15	34.2% 79
Not sure	17.4% 8	39.5% 30	31.4% 22	23.1% 9	29.9% 69
No, probably not	23.9% 11	21.1% 16	14.3% 10	17.9% 7	19.0% 44
No, definitely not	6.5% 3	2.6% 2	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 76	100.0% 70	100.0% 39	231

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	21.2% 11	14.9% 7	10.5% 13	16.7% 1	14.0% 32
Yes, probably	36.5% 19	34.0% 16	33.9% 42	16.7% 1	34.1% 78
Not sure	28.8% 15	34.0% 16	28.2% 35	50.0% 3	30.1% 69
No, probably not	11.5% 6	8.5% 4	26.6% 33	0.0% 0	18.8% 43
No, definitely not	1.9% 1	8.5% 4	0.8% 1	16.7% 1	3.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 47	100.0% 124	100.0% 6	229

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	15.4% 2	7.4% 5	20.5% 17	8.8% 5	13.1% 29
Yes, probably	30.8% 4	38.2% 26	32.5% 27	35.1% 20	34.8% 77
Not sure	23.1% 3	32.4% 22	30.1% 25	28.1% 16	29.9% 66
No, probably not	23.1% 3	20.6% 14	13.3% 11	24.6% 14	19.0% 42
No, definitely not	7.7% 1	1.5% 1	3.6% 3	3.5% 2	3.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 68	100.0% 83	100.0% 57	221

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	0.0% 0	6.7% 3	19.7% 15	16.0% 13	13.5% 31
Yes, probably	37.0% 10	28.9% 13	30.3% 23	40.7% 33	34.5% 79
Not sure	40.7% 11	35.6% 16	27.6% 21	25.9% 21	30.1% 69
No, probably not	22.2% 6	26.7% 12	17.1% 13	14.8% 12	18.8% 43
No, definitely not	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	5.3% 4	2.5% 2	3.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 45	100.0% 76	100.0% 81	229

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	13.6% 30	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	13.6% 31
Yes, probably	34.4% 76	25.0% 1	33.3% 1	34.2% 78
Not sure	30.8% 68	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	30.3% 69
No, probably not	18.6% 41	0.0% 0	66.7% 2	18.9% 43
No, definitely not	2.7% 6	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 4	100.0% 3	228