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

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AGAUTH Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: In the realm of values, the final authority about good and bad is the individual.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	21	2.6%	2.6%	-2.94
Agree	73	8.9%	11.5%	-1.98
Not sure	75	9.1%	20.6%	-1.03
Disagree	295	36%	56.6%	-.08
Strongly disagree	356	43.4%	100%	.87

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 9	2.7% 11	2.4% 20
Agree	9.1% 37	8.7% 36	8.9% 73
Not sure	8.9% 36	9.4% 39	9.2% 75
Disagree	38.8% 157	33.3% 138	36.0% 295
Strongly disagree	41.0% 166	45.9% 190	43.5% 356
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 414	819

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.6% 18	1.8% 2	2.5% 20
Agree	8.7% 61	10.0% 11	8.9% 72
Not sure	9.7% 68	6.4% 7	9.2% 75
Disagree	35.2% 247	40.0% 44	35.8% 291
Strongly disagree	43.9% 308	41.8% 46	43.6% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 702	100.0% 110	812

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 5	2.7% 7	2.3% 7	1.6% 2	2.6% 21
Agree	11.5% 16	9.8% 25	8.0% 24	6.4% 8	8.9% 73
Not sure	9.4% 13	10.2% 26	10.0% 30	4.8% 6	9.2% 75
Disagree	42.4% 59	38.8% 99	34.7% 104	26.4% 33	36.0% 295
Strongly disagree	33.1% 46	38.4% 98	45.0% 135	60.8% 76	43.3% 355
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 255	100.0% 300	100.0% 125	819

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 6	3.7% 5	2.2% 10	0.0% 0	2.6% 21
Agree	9.4% 19	8.9% 12	8.3% 38	6.7% 1	8.6% 70
Not sure	8.9% 18	8.1% 11	9.8% 45	6.7% 1	9.2% 75
Disagree	37.6% 76	43.7% 59	33.5% 154	26.7% 4	36.1% 293
Strongly disagree	41.1% 83	35.6% 48	46.3% 213	60.0% 9	43.5% 353
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 135	100.0% 460	100.0% 15	812

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	3.4% 8	2.8% 9	2.1% 4	2.7% 21
Agree	27.8% 10	8.6% 20	7.8% 25	7.2% 14	8.8% 69
Not sure	8.3% 3	10.7% 25	9.4% 30	6.7% 13	9.1% 71
Disagree	27.8% 10	41.2% 96	32.8% 105	36.6% 71	36.0% 282
Strongly disagree	36.1% 13	36.1% 84	47.2% 151	47.4% 92	43.4% 340
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 233	100.0% 320	100.0% 194	783

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 1	1.7% 3	3.0% 9	2.7% 7	2.5% 20
Agree	6.2% 5	5.7% 10	8.4% 25	12.5% 33	9.0% 73
Not sure	11.1% 9	6.3% 11	8.4% 25	11.4% 30	9.2% 75
Disagree	33.3% 27	41.4% 72	34.7% 103	34.6% 91	36.0% 293
Strongly disagree	48.1% 39	44.8% 78	45.5% 135	38.8% 102	43.4% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 297	100.0% 263	815

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 19	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 21
Agree	8.7% 70	25.0% 1	10.0% 1	8.8% 72
Not sure	9.4% 75	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.2% 75
Disagree	36.0% 289	25.0% 1	40.0% 4	36.0% 294
Strongly disagree	43.5% 349	0.0% 0	50.0% 5	43.4% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 802	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	816