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

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OAMCORSE

(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: resources to encourage and assist seminaries in providing courses in older-adult ministry.

	1) Very helpful
	2) Helpful
	3) A little helpful
	4) Not at all helpful

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very helpful	21	25.3%	25.3%	-1.34
Helpful	41	49.4%	74.7%	-.03
A little helpful	19	22.9%	97.6%	1.28
Not at all helpful	2	2.4%	100%	2.58

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very helpful	19.5% 8	31.7% 13	25.6% 21
Helpful	56.1% 23	43.9% 18	50.0% 41
A little helpful	24.4% 10	22.0% 9	23.2% 19
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	1.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 41	82

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very helpful	26.8% 19	22.2% 2	26.3% 21
Helpful	47.9% 34	55.6% 5	48.8% 39
A little helpful	23.9% 17	22.2% 2	23.8% 19
Not at all helpful	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 9	80

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very helpful	6.7% 1	25.8% 8	32.0% 8	33.3% 4	25.3% 21
Helpful	46.7% 7	58.1% 18	40.0% 10	50.0% 6	49.4% 41
A little helpful	33.3% 5	16.1% 5	28.0% 7	16.7% 2	22.9% 19
Not at all helpful	13.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 31	100.0% 25	100.0% 12	83

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	13.6% 3	28.6% 4	30.4% 14	0.00% 0	25.6% 21
Helpful	72.7% 16	57.1% 8	37.0% 17	0.00% 0	50.0% 41
A little helpful	13.6% 3	14.3% 2	30.4% 14	0.00% 0	23.2% 19
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.00% 0	1.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 14	100.0% 46	100.0% 0	82

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very helpful	0.0% 0	22.7% 5	38.2% 13	15.8% 3	26.6% 21
Helpful	75.0% 3	63.6% 14	32.4% 11	52.6% 10	48.1% 38
A little helpful	25.0% 1	13.6% 3	26.5% 9	31.6% 6	24.1% 19
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 22	100.0% 34	100.0% 19	79

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very helpful	25.0% 2	35.0% 7	25.0% 8	18.2% 4	25.6% 21
Helpful	50.0% 4	45.0% 9	40.6% 13	68.2% 15	50.0% 41
A little helpful	25.0% 2	20.0% 4	31.3% 10	13.6% 3	23.2% 19
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 20	100.0% 32	100.0% 22	82

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	26.6% 21	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.6% 21
Helpful	49.4% 39	100.0% 2	0.0% 0	50.0% 41
A little helpful	22.8% 18	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	23.2% 19
Not at all helpful	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	82