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

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To what extent, if any, have older-adult members (i.e., as volunteers, not paid staff) provided or led the following activity or program in your congregation?- making telephone calls on behalf of the congregation

	1) Mostly/entirely
	2) Some extent
	3) Not at all
	4) Don't know
	5) Not applicable

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly/entirely	135	16.6%	16.6%	-1.31
Some extent	538	66.3%	82.9%	-.17
Not at all	34	4.2%	87.1%	.97
Don't know	94	11.6%	98.6%	2.11
Not applicable	11	1.4%	100%	3.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	17.1% 69	16.0% 65	16.5% 134
Some extent	67.7% 273	64.9% 264	66.3% 537
Not at all	3.0% 12	5.4% 22	4.2% 34
Don't know	10.9% 44	12.3% 50	11.6% 94
Not applicable	1.2% 5	1.5% 6	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 407	810

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	15.7% 109	22.4% 24	16.6% 133
Some extent	67.3% 468	60.7% 65	66.5% 533
Not at all	4.3% 30	3.7% 4	4.2% 34
Don't know	11.5% 80	11.2% 12	11.5% 92
Not applicable	1.2% 8	1.9% 2	1.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 107	802

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.2% 13	13.9% 35	19.1% 57	25.2% 30	16.6% 135
Some extent	68.8% 97	62.7% 158	67.2% 201	68.1% 81	66.2% 537
Not at all	5.7% 8	6.0% 15	3.7% 11	0.0% 0	4.2% 34
Don't know	14.9% 21	15.5% 39	8.7% 26	6.7% 8	11.6% 94
Not applicable	1.4% 2	2.0% 5	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 252	100.0% 299	100.0% 119	811

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	16.4% 32	15.7% 21	16.8% 77	20.0% 3	16.6% 133
Some extent	68.2% 133	70.1% 94	64.6% 296	53.3% 8	66.2% 531
Not at all	4.6% 9	5.2% 7	3.9% 18	0.0% 0	4.2% 34
Don't know	10.3% 20	9.0% 12	12.4% 57	26.7% 4	11.6% 93
Not applicable	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 10	0.0% 0	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 134	100.0% 458	100.0% 15	802

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	25.7% 9	19.6% 45	16.4% 52	11.5% 22	16.5% 128
Some extent	42.9% 15	63.5% 146	67.6% 215	72.4% 139	66.5% 515
Not at all	5.7% 2	6.1% 14	3.8% 12	2.1% 4	4.1% 32
Don't know	25.7% 9	10.0% 23	10.7% 34	12.0% 23	11.5% 89
Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.6% 5	2.1% 4	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 230	100.0% 318	100.0% 192	775

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	20.0% 16	8.7% 15	13.9% 41	23.5% 60	16.4% 132
Some extent	63.8% 51	68.8% 119	69.6% 206	61.6% 157	66.3% 533
Not at all	3.8% 3	6.4% 11	3.0% 9	4.3% 11	4.2% 34
Don't know	12.5% 10	13.9% 24	12.2% 36	9.4% 24	11.7% 94
Not applicable	0.0% 0	2.3% 4	1.4% 4	1.2% 3	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 173	100.0% 296	100.0% 255	804

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	16.6% 132	33.3% 1	22.2% 2	16.7% 135
Some extent	66.2% 527	33.3% 1	66.7% 6	66.1% 534
Not at all	4.1% 33	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.2% 34
Don't know	11.7% 93	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	11.6% 94
Not applicable	1.4% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 796	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	808