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

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EXTMED (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 medical facilities?   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	91	22.1%	22.1%	-1.22
Some extent	238	57.9%	80%	-.14
Not at all	19	4.6%	84.7%	.93
Don't know	63	15.3%	100%	2.01

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	23.8% 49	20.1% 41	22.0% 90
Some extent	57.8% 119	58.3% 119	58.0% 238
Not at all	3.4% 7	5.9% 12	4.6% 19
Don't know	15.0% 31	15.7% 32	15.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 206	100.0% 204	410

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	20.9% 73	30.4% 17	22.2% 90
Some extent	57.1% 200	60.7% 34	57.6% 234
Not at all	5.1% 18	1.8% 1	4.7% 19
Don't know	16.9% 59	7.1% 4	15.5% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 350	100.0% 56	406

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	23.9% 17	21.3% 23	22.0% 36	22.4% 15	22.2% 91
Some extent	59.2% 42	54.6% 59	59.8% 98	56.7% 38	57.8% 237
Not at all	1.4% 1	4.6% 5	6.7% 11	3.0% 2	4.6% 19
Don't know	15.5% 11	19.4% 21	11.6% 19	17.9% 12	15.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 108	100.0% 164	100.0% 67	410

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	27.0% 27	22.1% 15	20.8% 48	0.0% 0	22.2% 90
Some extent	59.0% 59	57.4% 39	58.0% 134	66.7% 4	58.3% 236
Not at all	3.0% 3	8.8% 6	4.3% 10	0.0% 0	4.7% 19
Don't know	11.0% 11	11.8% 8	16.9% 39	33.3% 2	14.8% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 68	100.0% 231	100.0% 6	405

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	33.3% 5	25.0% 29	19.0% 32	23.6% 21	22.4% 87
Some extent	53.3% 8	50.9% 59	63.1% 106	55.1% 49	57.2% 222
Not at all	0.0% 0	5.2% 6	4.2% 7	6.7% 6	4.9% 19
Don't know	13.3% 2	19.0% 22	13.7% 23	14.6% 13	15.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 116	100.0% 168	100.0% 89	388

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.7% 3	16.0% 12	22.8% 33	27.3% 42	22.2% 90
Some extent	61.3% 19	61.3% 46	59.3% 86	53.9% 83	57.8% 234
Not at all	6.5% 2	2.7% 2	7.6% 11	2.6% 4	4.7% 19
Don't know	22.6% 7	20.0% 15	10.3% 15	16.2% 25	15.3% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 75	100.0% 145	100.0% 154	405

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	22.4% 90	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.1% 90
Some extent	58.0% 233	50.0% 1	100.0% 4	58.3% 238
Not at all	4.7% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 19
Don't know	14.9% 60	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	15.0% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 2	100.0% 4	408