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

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CALLMAJ (ASKED ONLY OF ORDAINED MINISTERS) If you had a call to a(nother) congregation, would you be likely to accept the call if a majority of the membership consisted of older adults? (Assume that all other factors meet or exceed your criteria.)   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	15	10.2%	10.2%	-1.66
Yes, probably	55	37.4%	47.6%	-.67
Not sure	44	29.9%	77.6%	.31
No, probably not	27	18.4%	95.9%	1.29
No, definitely not	6	4.1%	100%	2.27

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	10.4% 8	10.1% 7	10.3% 15
Yes, probably	41.6% 32	31.9% 22	37.0% 54
Not sure	28.6% 22	31.9% 22	30.1% 44
No, probably not	14.3% 11	23.2% 16	18.5% 27
No, definitely not	5.2% 4	2.9% 2	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 69	146

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	11.9% 15	0.0% 0	10.5% 15
Yes, probably	36.5% 46	35.3% 6	36.4% 52
Not sure	29.4% 37	35.3% 6	30.1% 43
No, probably not	19.8% 25	11.8% 2	18.9% 27
No, definitely not	2.4% 3	17.6% 3	4.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 17	143

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	0.0% 0	10.0% 5	15.2% 7	14.3% 3	10.2% 15
Yes, probably	30.0% 9	36.0% 18	45.7% 21	33.3% 7	37.4% 55
Not sure	36.7% 11	32.0% 16	23.9% 11	28.6% 6	29.9% 44
No, probably not	30.0% 9	18.0% 9	15.2% 7	9.5% 2	18.4% 27
No, definitely not	3.3% 1	4.0% 2	0.0% 0	14.3% 3	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 50	100.0% 46	100.0% 21	147

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	14.3% 5	17.9% 5	6.6% 5	0.0% 0	10.3% 15
Yes, probably	31.4% 11	28.6% 8	42.1% 32	50.0% 3	37.2% 54
Not sure	28.6% 10	28.6% 8	30.3% 23	33.3% 2	29.7% 43
No, probably not	22.9% 8	17.9% 5	17.1% 13	16.7% 1	18.6% 27
No, definitely not	2.9% 1	7.1% 2	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 28	100.0% 76	100.0% 6	145

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	0.0% 0	7.0% 3	12.3% 7	12.5% 4	10.0% 14
Yes, probably	50.0% 4	34.9% 15	40.4% 23	31.3% 10	37.1% 52
Not sure	25.0% 2	37.2% 16	26.3% 15	28.1% 9	30.0% 42
No, probably not	12.5% 1	14.0% 6	19.3% 11	25.0% 8	18.6% 26
No, definitely not	12.5% 1	7.0% 3	1.8% 1	3.1% 1	4.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 43	100.0% 57	100.0% 32	140

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	17.6% 3	8.8% 3	13.0% 6	6.3% 3	10.3% 15
Yes, probably	23.5% 4	47.1% 16	28.3% 13	41.7% 20	36.6% 53
Not sure	41.2% 7	20.6% 7	32.6% 15	31.3% 15	30.3% 44
No, probably not	11.8% 2	20.6% 7	23.9% 11	14.6% 7	18.6% 27
No, definitely not	5.9% 1	2.9% 1	2.2% 1	6.3% 3	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 34	100.0% 46	100.0% 48	145

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Yes, definitely	9.9% 14	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	10.3% 15
Yes, probably	37.6% 53	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	37.2% 54
Not sure	29.1% 41	100.0% 2	0.0% 0	29.7% 43
No, probably not	19.1% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.6% 27
No, definitely not	4.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 2	100.0% 2	145