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

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OAMLEADR (ASKED ONLY OR ORDAINED MINISTERS) The Office of Older Adult Ministry is considering the development of various services and products. Indicate how helpful it would be for you in your ministry as a pastor (or as a chaplain in a retirement home, nursing home, or other setting with older adults) to have: opportunities for developing leaders (ministers and laity) to serve congregations in older-adult ministry.   1) Very helpful   2) Helpful   3) A little helpful   4) Not at all helpful

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very helpful	23	25%	25%	-1.35
Helpful	52	56.5%	81.5%	.06
A little helpful	15	16.3%	97.8%	1.47
Not at all helpful	2	2.2%	100%	2.88

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very helpful	21.7% 10	28.9% 13	25.3% 23
Helpful	63.0% 29	48.9% 22	56.0% 51
A little helpful	13.0% 6	20.0% 9	16.5% 15
Not at all helpful	2.2% 1	2.2% 1	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 45	91

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very helpful	25.6% 20	18.2% 2	24.7% 22
Helpful	53.8% 42	72.7% 8	56.2% 50
A little helpful	17.9% 14	9.1% 1	16.9% 15
Not at all helpful	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 11	89

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very helpful	10.5% 2	28.1% 9	30.8% 8	26.7% 4	25.0% 23
Helpful	52.6% 10	59.4% 19	53.8% 14	60.0% 9	56.5% 52
A little helpful	36.8% 7	9.4% 3	11.5% 3	13.3% 2	16.3% 15
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 32	100.0% 26	100.0% 15	92

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	13.6% 3	16.7% 3	34.0% 17	0.0% 0	25.3% 23
Helpful	72.7% 16	72.2% 13	44.0% 22	0.0% 0	56.0% 51
A little helpful	13.6% 3	5.6% 1	20.0% 10	100.0% 1	16.5% 15
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 18	100.0% 50	100.0% 1	91

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very helpful	0.0% 0	22.2% 6	36.1% 13	16.7% 3	25.3% 22
Helpful	83.3% 5	59.3% 16	44.4% 16	66.7% 12	56.3% 49
A little helpful	16.7% 1	11.1% 3	19.4% 7	16.7% 3	16.1% 14
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 27	100.0% 36	100.0% 18	87

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very helpful	30.0% 3	27.3% 6	35.5% 11	11.1% 3	25.6% 23
Helpful	60.0% 6	59.1% 13	45.2% 14	63.0% 17	55.6% 50
A little helpful	10.0% 1	13.6% 3	16.1% 5	22.2% 6	16.7% 15
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 1	3.7% 1	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 22	100.0% 31	100.0% 27	90

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	25.0% 22	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	25.3% 23
Helpful	58.0% 51	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	56.0% 51
A little helpful	14.8% 13	50.0% 1	100.0% 1	16.5% 15
Not at all helpful	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	91