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

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EXTTAPE (FOR CONVENIENCE AND UNIFORMITY, IN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION WE DEFINE THE TERMS OLDER ADULTS AND OLDER MEMBERS AS PERSONS WHO HAVE REACHED AGE 65, I.E., THE USUAL AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICARE AND FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.) (ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS THAT ANSWERED 1-"YES" TO PROGTAPE.) To what extent did older-adult members (as volunteers) provide or lead the distribution of taped copies of worship services service/program?   1) Mostly/entirely   2) Some extent   3) Not at all   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly/entirely	161	29.4%	29.4%	-1.11
Some extent	243	44.3%	73.7%	-.13
Not at all	54	9.9%	83.6%	.85
Don't know	90	16.4%	100%	1.84

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	26.8% 74	31.7% 86	29.3% 160
Some extent	44.6% 123	44.3% 120	44.4% 243
Not at all	11.2% 31	8.5% 23	9.9% 54
Don't know	17.4% 48	15.5% 42	16.5% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 276	100.0% 271	547

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	28.3% 132	33.3% 25	29.0% 157
Some extent	44.3% 207	46.7% 35	44.6% 242
Not at all	10.1% 47	8.0% 6	9.8% 53
Don't know	17.3% 81	12.0% 9	16.6% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 75	542

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	23.5% 20	22.4% 38	35.0% 71	36.0% 32	29.4% 161
Some extent	51.8% 44	48.2% 82	39.4% 80	40.4% 36	44.2% 242
Not at all	4.7% 4	12.9% 22	9.4% 19	10.1% 9	9.9% 54
Don't know	20.0% 17	16.5% 28	16.3% 33	13.5% 12	16.5% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 85	100.0% 170	100.0% 203	100.0% 89	547

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	31.4% 43	24.2% 22	30.3% 93	25.0% 2	29.5% 160
Some extent	41.6% 57	46.2% 42	45.0% 138	37.5% 3	44.2% 240
Not at all	8.0% 11	15.4% 14	9.1% 28	12.5% 1	9.9% 54
Don't know	19.0% 26	14.3% 13	15.6% 48	25.0% 2	16.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 91	100.0% 307	100.0% 8	543

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	33.3% 7	38.5% 60	27.0% 57	22.3% 29	29.5% 153
Some extent	42.9% 9	35.9% 56	48.3% 102	45.4% 59	43.6% 226
Not at all	9.5% 2	12.8% 20	9.0% 19	8.5% 11	10.0% 52
Don't know	14.3% 3	12.8% 20	15.6% 33	23.8% 31	16.8% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 156	100.0% 211	100.0% 130	518

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	18.2% 10	17.4% 21	28.7% 54	39.9% 71	28.8% 156
Some extent	52.7% 29	46.3% 56	45.7% 86	40.4% 72	44.8% 243
Not at all	9.1% 5	17.4% 21	6.9% 13	7.9% 14	9.8% 53
Don't know	20.0% 11	19.0% 23	18.6% 35	11.8% 21	16.6% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 121	100.0% 188	100.0% 178	542

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	29.1% 156	33.3% 1	42.9% 3	29.3% 160
Some extent	44.1% 237	66.7% 2	57.1% 4	44.4% 243
Not at all	10.1% 54	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.9% 54
Don't know	16.8% 90	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.5% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 537	100.0% 3	100.0% 7	547