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

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EXTPROG (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 PROGSERV.) To what extent did older-adult members (as volunteers) provide or lead the transportation to and from other church programs?   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	123	22.3%	22.3%	-1.32
Some extent	355	64.3%	86.6%	.04
Not at all	40	7.2%	93.8%	1.4
Don't know	34	6.2%	100%	2.75

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	21.9% 61	22.4% 61	22.1% 122
Some extent	64.2% 179	64.7% 176	64.4% 355
Not at all	7.9% 22	6.6% 18	7.3% 40
Don't know	6.1% 17	6.3% 17	6.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 272	551

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	20.9% 98	30.7% 23	22.2% 121
Some extent	65.1% 306	58.7% 44	64.2% 350
Not at all	7.2% 34	8.0% 6	7.3% 40
Don't know	6.8% 32	2.7% 2	6.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 75	545

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	23.3% 21	21.4% 36	24.4% 50	18.2% 16	22.3% 123
Some extent	60.0% 54	68.5% 115	60.0% 123	70.5% 62	64.2% 354
Not at all	4.4% 4	4.2% 7	11.2% 23	6.8% 6	7.3% 40
Don't know	12.2% 11	6.0% 10	4.4% 9	4.5% 4	6.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 168	100.0% 205	100.0% 88	551

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	25.9% 36	22.4% 22	20.3% 61	30.0% 3	22.3% 122
Some extent	65.5% 91	63.3% 62	64.7% 194	60.0% 6	64.5% 353
Not at all	7.2% 10	7.1% 7	7.3% 22	10.0% 1	7.3% 40
Don't know	1.4% 2	7.1% 7	7.7% 23	0.0% 0	5.9% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 98	100.0% 300	100.0% 10	547

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	30.4% 7	25.5% 39	19.1% 43	22.4% 28	22.2% 117
Some extent	65.2% 15	62.7% 96	65.8% 148	62.4% 78	64.1% 337
Not at all	0.0% 0	5.2% 8	10.2% 23	6.4% 8	7.4% 39
Don't know	4.3% 1	6.5% 10	4.9% 11	8.8% 11	6.3% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 153	100.0% 225	100.0% 125	526

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	16.7% 9	11.9% 14	24.1% 48	28.7% 50	22.2% 121
Some extent	61.1% 33	66.1% 78	62.3% 124	66.1% 115	64.2% 350
Not at all	11.1% 6	11.0% 13	9.5% 19	1.1% 2	7.3% 40
Don't know	11.1% 6	11.0% 13	4.0% 8	4.0% 7	6.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 118	100.0% 199	100.0% 174	545

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	22.1% 119	33.3% 1	25.0% 2	22.2% 122
Some extent	64.7% 348	66.7% 2	62.5% 5	64.7% 355
Not at all	7.2% 39	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	7.3% 40
Don't know	5.9% 32	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.8% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 538	100.0% 3	100.0% 8	549