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

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EXTVOLS (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 PROGVOLS.) To what extent did older-adult members (as volunteers) provide or lead the help matching volunteers with needs in the church or community 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	70	18.1%	18.1%	-1.3
Some extent	236	61.1%	79.3%	-.2
Not at all	18	4.7%	83.9%	.89
Don't know	62	16.1%	100%	1.98

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	17.4% 31	18.8% 39	18.2% 70
Some extent	59.0% 105	62.8% 130	61.0% 235
Not at all	5.1% 9	4.3% 9	4.7% 18
Don't know	18.5% 33	14.0% 29	16.1% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 207	385

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	17.9% 60	19.6% 9	18.1% 69
Some extent	60.4% 203	65.2% 30	61.0% 233
Not at all	5.4% 18	0.0% 0	4.7% 18
Don't know	16.4% 55	15.2% 7	16.2% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 46	382

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	15.3% 9	15.3% 17	19.9% 29	21.7% 15	18.2% 70
Some extent	61.0% 36	66.7% 74	59.6% 87	55.1% 38	61.0% 235
Not at all	5.1% 3	3.6% 4	6.2% 9	2.9% 2	4.7% 18
Don't know	18.6% 11	14.4% 16	14.4% 21	20.3% 14	16.1% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 111	100.0% 146	100.0% 69	385

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	26.9% 25	10.7% 6	16.0% 35	7.7% 1	17.6% 67
Some extent	53.8% 50	73.2% 41	61.2% 134	76.9% 10	61.7% 235
Not at all	5.4% 5	0.0% 0	5.9% 13	0.0% 0	4.7% 18
Don't know	14.0% 13	16.1% 9	16.9% 37	15.4% 2	16.0% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 56	100.0% 219	100.0% 13	381

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	25.0% 4	13.1% 13	20.3% 30	19.0% 20	18.2% 67
Some extent	43.8% 7	61.6% 61	64.9% 96	57.1% 60	60.9% 224
Not at all	0.0% 0	6.1% 6	4.1% 6	5.7% 6	4.9% 18
Don't know	31.3% 5	19.2% 19	10.8% 16	18.1% 19	16.0% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 16	100.0% 99	100.0% 148	100.0% 105	368

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	14.7% 5	14.1% 12	20.6% 26	19.9% 27	18.4% 70
Some extent	55.9% 19	65.9% 56	58.7% 74	60.3% 82	60.6% 231
Not at all	2.9% 1	5.9% 5	5.6% 7	3.7% 5	4.7% 18
Don't know	26.5% 9	14.1% 12	15.1% 19	16.2% 22	16.3% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 85	100.0% 126	100.0% 136	381

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	18.1% 68	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.8% 68
Some extent	60.8% 228	100.0% 3	80.0% 4	61.4% 235
Not at all	4.8% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 18
Don't know	16.3% 61	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	16.2% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 375	100.0% 3	100.0% 5	383