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

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Custom Table
• Results

VOLMNTOR 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?- mentoring children   1) Mostly/entirely   2) Some extent   3) Not at all   4) Don't know   5) Not applicable

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mostly/entirely	36	4.5%	4.5%	-1.66
Some extent	444	56%	60.5%	-.64
Not at all	126	15.9%	76.4%	.39
Don't know	157	19.8%	96.2%	1.41
Not applicable	30	3.8%	100%	2.44

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	3.6% 14	5.5% 22	4.6% 36
Some extent	55.8% 217	56.0% 225	55.9% 442
Not at all	16.5% 64	15.4% 62	15.9% 126
Don't know	19.8% 77	19.9% 80	19.8% 157
Not applicable	4.4% 17	3.2% 13	3.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 389	100.0% 402	791

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	5.0% 34	1.0% 1	4.5% 35
Some extent	56.1% 381	54.8% 57	55.9% 438
Not at all	16.1% 109	16.3% 17	16.1% 126
Don't know	19.1% 130	24.0% 25	19.8% 155
Not applicable	3.7% 25	3.8% 4	3.7% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 104	783

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	0.7% 1	4.0% 10	4.2% 12	11.2% 13	4.5% 36
Some extent	52.9% 73	52.0% 130	59.4% 171	59.5% 69	55.9% 443
Not at all	18.8% 26	16.4% 41	16.0% 46	11.2% 13	15.9% 126
Don't know	24.6% 34	22.8% 57	16.3% 47	16.4% 19	19.8% 157
Not applicable	2.9% 4	4.8% 12	4.2% 12	1.7% 2	3.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 250	100.0% 288	100.0% 116	792

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	4.6% 9	4.6% 6	4.5% 20	6.7% 1	4.6% 36
Some extent	57.9% 113	56.5% 74	55.2% 245	60.0% 9	56.2% 441
Not at all	16.9% 33	10.7% 14	17.3% 77	13.3% 2	16.1% 126
Don't know	15.4% 30	25.2% 33	19.4% 86	20.0% 3	19.4% 152
Not applicable	5.1% 10	3.1% 4	3.6% 16	0.0% 0	3.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 131	100.0% 444	100.0% 15	785

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	8.8% 3	3.1% 7	3.9% 12	4.8% 9	4.1% 31
Some extent	47.1% 16	52.0% 119	60.7% 187	56.4% 106	56.4% 428
Not at all	14.7% 5	19.2% 44	14.0% 43	13.8% 26	15.5% 118
Don't know	20.6% 7	21.8% 50	17.9% 55	21.3% 40	20.0% 152
Not applicable	8.8% 3	3.9% 9	3.6% 11	3.7% 7	4.0% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 229	100.0% 308	100.0% 188	759

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	0.0% 0	2.9% 5	4.9% 14	6.9% 17	4.6% 36
Some extent	60.0% 48	57.3% 98	52.1% 149	57.3% 142	55.7% 437
Not at all	22.5% 18	15.8% 27	16.8% 48	12.9% 32	15.9% 125
Don't know	16.3% 13	17.5% 30	23.4% 67	19.0% 47	20.0% 157
Not applicable	1.3% 1	6.4% 11	2.8% 8	4.0% 10	3.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 171	100.0% 286	100.0% 248	785

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	4.6% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.6% 36
Some extent	56.1% 436	66.7% 2	37.5% 3	56.0% 441
Not at all	15.8% 123	0.0% 0	37.5% 3	16.0% 126
Don't know	19.6% 152	33.3% 1	25.0% 2	19.7% 155
Not applicable	3.9% 30	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 777	100.0% 3	100.0% 8	788