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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?- teaching church (Sunday) school

	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	77	9.5%	9.5%	-1.73
Some extent	637	78.3%	87.7%	-.13
Not at all	63	7.7%	95.5%	1.47
Don't know	30	3.7%	99.1%	3.07
Not applicable	7	.9%	100%	4.67

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	7.0% 28	11.7% 48	9.4% 76
Some extent	77.9% 313	78.8% 323	78.3% 636
Not at all	9.0% 36	6.6% 27	7.8% 63
Don't know	5.2% 21	2.2% 9	3.7% 30
Not applicable	1.0% 4	0.7% 3	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 410	812

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.2% 64	9.3% 10	9.2% 74
Some extent	79.5% 554	73.8% 79	78.7% 633
Not at all	7.5% 52	10.3% 11	7.8% 63
Don't know	3.3% 23	4.7% 5	3.5% 28
Not applicable	0.6% 4	1.9% 2	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 697	100.0% 107	804

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	5.0% 7	7.1% 18	10.0% 30	18.6% 22	9.5% 77
Some extent	73.8% 104	76.5% 195	82.6% 247	76.3% 90	78.2% 636
Not at all	16.3% 23	8.6% 22	5.0% 15	2.5% 3	7.7% 63
Don't know	5.0% 7	6.3% 16	1.3% 4	2.5% 3	3.7% 30
Not applicable	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 255	100.0% 299	100.0% 118	813

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	11.2% 22	8.3% 11	9.1% 42	13.3% 2	9.6% 77
Some extent	77.2% 152	77.3% 102	79.3% 365	60.0% 9	78.1% 628
Not at all	7.6% 15	7.6% 10	7.6% 35	13.3% 2	7.7% 62
Don't know	3.0% 6	6.1% 8	3.0% 14	13.3% 2	3.7% 30
Not applicable	1.0% 2	0.8% 1	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 197	100.0% 132	100.0% 460	100.0% 15	804

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	22.2% 8	10.8% 25	8.2% 26	5.7% 11	9.0% 70
Some extent	55.6% 20	74.5% 172	80.8% 256	84.9% 163	78.7% 611
Not at all	11.1% 4	9.5% 22	7.3% 23	6.3% 12	7.9% 61
Don't know	8.3% 3	3.0% 7	3.5% 11	3.1% 6	3.5% 27
Not applicable	2.8% 1	2.2% 5	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 231	100.0% 317	100.0% 192	776

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	4.9% 4	4.0% 7	6.8% 20	16.0% 41	8.9% 72
Some extent	81.5% 66	84.4% 146	79.3% 234	73.2% 188	78.7% 634
Not at all	11.1% 9	8.1% 14	8.8% 26	5.4% 14	7.8% 63
Don't know	2.5% 2	3.5% 6	3.7% 11	4.3% 11	3.7% 30
Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	1.2% 3	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 295	100.0% 257	806

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.4% 75	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	9.4% 76
Some extent	78.2% 623	100.0% 3	77.8% 7	78.2% 633
Not at all	7.8% 62	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	7.8% 63
Don't know	3.8% 30	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 30
Not applicable	0.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 797	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	809