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

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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? - learning, growing, developing as persons

	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	40	4.8%	4.8%	-2.12
Descriptive of many	285	34.5%	39.4%	-.9
Descriptive of some	354	42.9%	82.3%	.31
Descriptive of a few	140	17%	99.3%	1.53
Not descriptive of any	6	.7%	100%	2.75

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	5.1% 21	4.6% 19	4.9% 40
Descriptive of many	38.7% 158	30.3% 126	34.5% 284
Descriptive of some	42.9% 175	43.0% 179	43.0% 354
Descriptive of a few	13.0% 53	20.9% 87	17.0% 140
Not descriptive of any	0.2% 1	1.2% 5	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 416	824

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	4.8% 34	4.6% 5	4.8% 39
Descriptive of many	34.9% 247	30.3% 33	34.3% 280
Descriptive of some	43.0% 304	45.0% 49	43.3% 353
Descriptive of a few	16.7% 118	18.3% 20	16.9% 138
Not descriptive of any	0.6% 4	1.8% 2	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 109	816

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	4.3% 6	4.3% 11	5.6% 17	4.8% 6	4.9% 40
Descriptive of many	34.0% 48	34.9% 89	33.1% 100	37.3% 47	34.5% 284
Descriptive of some	44.0% 62	40.8% 104	43.0% 130	46.0% 58	43.0% 354
Descriptive of a few	17.7% 25	18.4% 47	17.9% 54	11.1% 14	17.0% 140
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.3% 1	0.8% 1	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 255	100.0% 302	100.0% 126	824

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	5.0% 10	4.3% 6	5.0% 23	6.7% 1	4.9% 40
Descriptive of many	35.5% 71	42.0% 58	31.6% 146	33.3% 5	34.4% 280
Descriptive of some	43.0% 86	37.0% 51	45.0% 208	33.3% 5	42.9% 350
Descriptive of a few	16.0% 32	15.9% 22	17.5% 81	26.7% 4	17.1% 139
Not descriptive of any	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 138	100.0% 462	100.0% 15	815

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	8.6% 3	6.3% 15	5.4% 17	2.1% 4	5.0% 39
Descriptive of many	28.6% 10	31.2% 74	31.9% 101	42.6% 83	34.2% 268
Descriptive of some	48.6% 17	43.5% 103	44.5% 141	39.5% 77	43.1% 338
Descriptive of a few	14.3% 5	17.3% 41	17.7% 56	15.9% 31	17.0% 133
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	1.7% 4	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 237	100.0% 317	100.0% 195	784

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	2.5% 2	8.7% 15	3.7% 11	4.5% 12	4.9% 40
Descriptive of many	29.6% 24	32.4% 56	38.8% 116	32.5% 86	34.5% 282
Descriptive of some	48.1% 39	41.0% 71	38.8% 116	46.8% 124	42.8% 350
Descriptive of a few	19.8% 16	17.3% 30	17.7% 53	15.5% 41	17.1% 140
Not descriptive of any	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	1.0% 3	0.8% 2	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 173	100.0% 299	100.0% 265	818

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Descriptive of most	4.8% 39	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	4.9% 40
Descriptive of many	34.9% 281	50.0% 2	10.0% 1	34.6% 284
Descriptive of some	42.8% 345	0.0% 0	60.0% 6	42.8% 351
Descriptive of a few	16.7% 135	25.0% 1	30.0% 3	17.0% 139
Not descriptive of any	0.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	820