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

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OLDLEISR

Please think about older adults overall, as a broad category of persons. When you think generally of older adults, to what extent does the following term describe them? - spending lots of time on leisure activities

	1) Descriptive of most
	2) Descriptive of many
	3) Descriptive of some
	4) Descriptive of a few

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Descriptive of most	27	3.3%	3.3%	-2.35
Descriptive of many	351	42.3%	45.6%	-.87
Descriptive of some	390	47%	92.6%	.61
Descriptive of a few	61	7.4%	100%	2.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	3.9% 16	2.6% 11	3.3% 27
Descriptive of many	40.6% 167	43.9% 183	42.3% 350
Descriptive of some	48.4% 199	45.8% 191	47.1% 390
Descriptive of a few	7.1% 29	7.7% 32	7.4% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 411	100.0% 417	828

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	3.2% 23	2.7% 3	3.2% 26
Descriptive of many	42.3% 300	43.6% 48	42.5% 348
Descriptive of some	47.1% 334	46.4% 51	47.0% 385
Descriptive of a few	7.3% 52	7.3% 8	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 709	100.0% 110	819

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.4% 2	3.9% 10	3.6% 11	3.2% 4	3.3% 27
Descriptive of many	49.3% 70	38.5% 99	42.4% 129	42.4% 53	42.4% 351
Descriptive of some	38.0% 54	52.5% 135	45.4% 138	49.6% 62	47.0% 389
Descriptive of a few	11.3% 16	5.1% 13	8.6% 26	4.8% 6	7.4% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 257	100.0% 304	100.0% 125	828

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	5.0% 10	1.4% 2	3.2% 15	0.0% 0	3.3% 27
Descriptive of many	36.0% 72	35.5% 49	46.8% 218	46.7% 7	42.2% 346
Descriptive of some	50.0% 100	53.6% 74	44.2% 206	40.0% 6	47.1% 386
Descriptive of a few	9.0% 18	9.4% 13	5.8% 27	13.3% 2	7.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 138	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	819

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.8% 1	4.2% 10	3.8% 12	2.1% 4	3.4% 27
Descriptive of many	33.3% 12	42.2% 100	40.3% 129	47.7% 93	42.4% 334
Descriptive of some	50.0% 18	47.3% 112	46.6% 149	46.7% 91	47.0% 370
Descriptive of a few	13.9% 5	6.3% 15	9.4% 30	3.6% 7	7.2% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 237	100.0% 320	100.0% 195	788

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	3.7% 3	0.6% 1	3.7% 11	4.5% 12	3.3% 27
Descriptive of many	39.5% 32	43.4% 75	40.7% 122	45.1% 121	42.6% 350
Descriptive of some	53.1% 43	48.6% 84	48.7% 146	42.2% 113	47.0% 386
Descriptive of a few	3.7% 3	7.5% 13	7.0% 21	8.2% 22	7.2% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 300	100.0% 268	822

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	3.2% 26	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	3.3% 27
Descriptive of many	42.5% 344	75.0% 3	10.0% 1	42.2% 348
Descriptive of some	47.0% 381	25.0% 1	60.0% 6	47.1% 388
Descriptive of a few	7.3% 59	0.0% 0	20.0% 2	7.4% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	824