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

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OAMRETIR

(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 help members plan for retirement and redirection of their lives in retirement.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very helpful	26	29.5%	29.5%	-1.19
Helpful	44	50%	79.5%	.06
A little helpful	14	15.9%	95.5%	1.3
Not at all helpful	4	4.5%	100%	2.55

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very helpful	28.3% 13	29.3% 12	28.7% 25
Helpful	52.2% 24	48.8% 20	50.6% 44
A little helpful	15.2% 7	17.1% 7	16.1% 14
Not at all helpful	4.3% 2	4.9% 2	4.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 41	87

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very helpful	28.0% 21	40.0% 4	29.4% 25
Helpful	49.3% 37	50.0% 5	49.4% 42
A little helpful	17.3% 13	10.0% 1	16.5% 14
Not at all helpful	5.3% 4	0.0% 0	4.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 10	85

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very helpful	23.5% 4	28.1% 9	37.0% 10	25.0% 3	29.5% 26
Helpful	52.9% 9	59.4% 19	33.3% 9	58.3% 7	50.0% 44
A little helpful	11.8% 2	9.4% 3	25.9% 7	16.7% 2	15.9% 14
Not at all helpful	11.8% 2	3.1% 1	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 12	88

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	17.4% 4	33.3% 5	31.3% 15	100.0% 1	28.7% 25
Helpful	73.9% 17	40.0% 6	43.8% 21	0.0% 0	50.6% 44
A little helpful	8.7% 2	20.0% 3	18.8% 9	0.0% 0	16.1% 14
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	4.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 15	100.0% 48	100.0% 1	87

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Very helpful	0.0% 0	29.2% 7	36.1% 13	15.8% 3	27.4% 23
Helpful	80.0% 4	58.3% 14	38.9% 14	57.9% 11	51.2% 43
A little helpful	0.0% 0	4.2% 1	22.2% 8	26.3% 5	16.7% 14
Not at all helpful	20.0% 1	8.3% 2	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 24	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	84

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very helpful	33.3% 3	27.3% 6	24.2% 8	34.8% 8	28.7% 25
Helpful	55.6% 5	63.6% 14	42.4% 14	47.8% 11	50.6% 44
A little helpful	11.1% 1	9.1% 2	27.3% 9	8.7% 2	16.1% 14
Not at all helpful	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	8.7% 2	4.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 22	100.0% 33	100.0% 23	87

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Very helpful	28.6% 24	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	28.7% 25
Helpful	51.2% 43	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	50.6% 44
A little helpful	16.7% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.1% 14
Not at all helpful	3.6% 3	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	4.6% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	87