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

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ELDBELTL We hear many different terms used to refer to someone who has lived a long life. The following is one of the more common terms. Please indicate whether or not you consider the following term to be belittling: elderly   1) No   2) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	611	90.9%	90.9%	-.32
Yes	61	9.1%	100%	3.16

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	90.1% 301	91.7% 309	90.9% 610
Yes	9.9% 33	8.3% 28	9.1% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 337	671

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
No	91.1% 521	89.4% 84	90.8% 605
Yes	8.9% 51	10.6% 10	9.2% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 572	100.0% 94	666

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	91.2% 104	92.7% 190	88.3% 219	93.3% 97	90.9% 610
Yes	8.8% 10	7.3% 15	11.7% 29	6.7% 7	9.1% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 205	100.0% 248	100.0% 104	671

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
No	91.4% 149	90.8% 99	91.4% 349	81.8% 9	91.1% 606
Yes	8.6% 14	9.2% 10	8.6% 33	18.2% 2	8.9% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 109	100.0% 382	100.0% 11	665

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
No	100.0% 22	90.6% 163	89.4% 244	92.8% 155	91.0% 584
Yes	0.0% 0	9.4% 17	10.6% 29	7.2% 12	9.0% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 180	100.0% 273	100.0% 167	642

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
No	92.2% 71	92.5% 147	93.3% 236	85.5% 153	90.9% 607
Yes	7.8% 6	7.5% 12	6.7% 17	14.5% 26	9.1% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 159	100.0% 253	100.0% 179	668

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
No	90.9% 598	100.0% 3	100.0% 6	91.0% 607
Yes	9.1% 60	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.0% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 3	100.0% 6	667