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

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OLDALONE

Please think about older adults overall, as a broad category of persons. When you think generally of older adults, to what extent does the following term describe them?- living alone

	1) Descriptive of most
	2) Descriptive of many
	3) Descriptive of some
	4) Descriptive of a few
	5) Not descriptive of any

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Descriptive of most	14	1.7%	1.7%	-2.45
Descriptive of many	319	38.5%	40.2%	-1
Descriptive of some	413	49.8%	90%	.45
Descriptive of a few	78	9.4%	99.4%	1.91
Not descriptive of any	5	.6%	100%	3.36

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.7% 11	0.7% 3	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	50.0% 205	27.1% 113	38.5% 318
Descriptive of some	43.2% 177	56.6% 236	49.9% 413
Descriptive of a few	3.7% 15	14.9% 62	9.3% 77
Not descriptive of any	0.5% 2	0.7% 3	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 417	827

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.8% 13	0.9% 1	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	35.5% 252	56.8% 63	38.4% 315
Descriptive of some	51.8% 367	37.8% 42	49.9% 409
Descriptive of a few	10.3% 73	3.6% 4	9.4% 77
Not descriptive of any	0.6% 4	0.9% 1	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 709	100.0% 111	820

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.8% 4	1.2% 3	2.3% 7	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	37.3% 53	41.0% 105	36.8% 112	38.9% 49	38.5% 319
Descriptive of some	52.1% 74	46.1% 118	51.0% 155	51.6% 65	49.8% 412
Descriptive of a few	7.0% 10	10.9% 28	9.2% 28	9.5% 12	9.4% 78
Not descriptive of any	0.7% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 256	100.0% 304	100.0% 126	828

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.5% 3	0.7% 1	2.1% 10	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	43.3% 87	41.6% 57	36.5% 170	20.0% 3	38.7% 317
Descriptive of some	48.8% 98	46.7% 64	50.6% 236	60.0% 9	49.7% 407
Descriptive of a few	6.5% 13	9.5% 13	10.1% 47	20.0% 3	9.3% 76
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 137	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	819

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.9% 1	2.1% 5	0.3% 1	3.1% 6	1.6% 13
Descriptive of many	54.3% 19	42.0% 100	35.3% 113	36.7% 72	38.5% 304
Descriptive of some	34.3% 12	45.8% 109	54.4% 174	51.0% 100	50.1% 395
Descriptive of a few	8.6% 3	9.7% 23	9.4% 30	8.7% 17	9.3% 73
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 238	100.0% 320	100.0% 196	789

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.5% 2	2.3% 4	0.7% 2	2.2% 6	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	34.6% 28	34.5% 60	41.1% 123	38.6% 103	38.2% 314
Descriptive of some	53.1% 43	56.9% 99	48.8% 146	46.1% 123	50.1% 411
Descriptive of a few	9.9% 8	6.3% 11	8.7% 26	12.0% 32	9.4% 77
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	1.1% 3	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 299	100.0% 267	821

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	1.7% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 14
Descriptive of many	39.0% 316	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	38.7% 319
Descriptive of some	49.9% 404	50.0% 2	40.0% 4	49.8% 410
Descriptive of a few	8.9% 72	25.0% 1	30.0% 3	9.2% 76
Not descriptive of any	0.5% 4	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 810	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	824