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

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EXTMEAL (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 PROGMEAL.) To what extent did older-adult members (as volunteers) provide or lead the hot meals in the home 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	105	32.9%	32.9%	-1.03
Some extent	154	48.3%	81.2%	.01
Not at all	17	5.3%	86.5%	1.05
Don't know	43	13.5%	100%	2.09

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	30.1% 49	35.5% 55	32.7% 104
Some extent	50.9% 83	45.8% 71	48.4% 154
Not at all	4.9% 8	5.8% 9	5.3% 17
Don't know	14.1% 23	12.9% 20	13.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 155	318

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	32.3% 87	34.0% 16	32.6% 103
Some extent	47.2% 127	57.4% 27	48.7% 154
Not at all	5.6% 15	4.3% 2	5.4% 17
Don't know	14.9% 40	4.3% 2	13.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 47	316

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	30.4% 17	27.1% 23	38.1% 51	32.6% 14	33.0% 105
Some extent	44.6% 25	50.6% 43	44.8% 60	58.1% 25	48.1% 153
Not at all	5.4% 3	7.1% 6	6.0% 8	0.0% 0	5.3% 17
Don't know	19.6% 11	15.3% 13	11.2% 15	9.3% 4	13.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 85	100.0% 134	100.0% 43	318

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	39.2% 29	29.2% 14	30.1% 56	71.4% 5	33.0% 104
Some extent	39.2% 29	60.4% 29	50.0% 93	14.3% 1	48.3% 152
Not at all	6.8% 5	2.1% 1	5.4% 10	0.0% 0	5.1% 16
Don't know	14.9% 11	8.3% 4	14.5% 27	14.3% 1	13.7% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 48	100.0% 186	100.0% 7	315

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	23.5% 4	39.6% 38	28.7% 35	33.3% 23	32.9% 100
Some extent	52.9% 9	40.6% 39	57.4% 70	46.4% 32	49.3% 150
Not at all	5.9% 1	6.3% 6	3.3% 4	4.3% 3	4.6% 14
Don't know	17.6% 3	13.5% 13	10.7% 13	15.9% 11	13.2% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 96	100.0% 122	100.0% 69	304

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	19.2% 5	33.9% 20	30.5% 36	37.5% 42	32.7% 103
Some extent	57.7% 15	50.8% 30	50.8% 60	43.8% 49	48.9% 154
Not at all	7.7% 2	1.7% 1	7.6% 9	3.6% 4	5.1% 16
Don't know	15.4% 4	13.6% 8	11.0% 13	15.2% 17	13.3% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 59	100.0% 118	100.0% 112	315

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	33.1% 103	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	32.8% 104
Some extent	48.6% 151	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	48.3% 153
Not at all	5.5% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 17
Don't know	12.9% 40	100.0% 2	25.0% 1	13.6% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 311	100.0% 2	100.0% 4	317