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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? - writing "thank-you" notes 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	78	9.9%	9.9%	-1.69
Some extent	262	33.3%	43.3%	-.82
Not at all	121	15.4%	58.7%	.06
Don't know	282	35.9%	94.5%	.93
Not applicable	43	5.5%	100%	1.81

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.8% 38	9.8% 39	9.8% 77
Some extent	31.2% 121	35.6% 141	33.4% 262
Not at all	17.0% 66	13.9% 55	15.4% 121
Don't know	35.6% 138	36.1% 143	35.8% 281
Not applicable	6.4% 25	4.5% 18	5.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 388	100.0% 396	784

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.9% 66	10.3% 11	9.9% 77
Some extent	33.4% 224	33.6% 36	33.5% 260
Not at all	16.0% 107	13.1% 14	15.6% 121
Don't know	35.4% 237	38.3% 41	35.8% 278
Not applicable	5.4% 36	4.7% 5	5.3% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 107	777

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	5.1% 7	8.5% 21	10.4% 30	17.7% 20	9.9% 78
Some extent	34.3% 47	31.6% 78	35.8% 103	29.2% 33	33.2% 261
Not at all	16.1% 22	15.4% 38	17.7% 51	8.8% 10	15.4% 121
Don't know	39.4% 54	37.2% 92	31.6% 91	39.8% 45	35.9% 282
Not applicable	5.1% 7	7.3% 18	4.5% 13	4.4% 5	5.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 247	100.0% 288	100.0% 113	785

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	14.6% 28	3.9% 5	9.8% 43	13.3% 2	10.0% 78
Some extent	34.9% 67	35.7% 46	32.4% 143	26.7% 4	33.5% 260
Not at all	16.7% 32	15.5% 20	15.6% 69	0.0% 0	15.6% 121
Don't know	30.2% 58	35.7% 46	36.7% 162	60.0% 9	35.4% 275
Not applicable	3.6% 7	9.3% 12	5.4% 24	0.0% 0	5.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 192	100.0% 129	100.0% 441	100.0% 15	777

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	20.6% 7	11.7% 26	7.7% 24	10.3% 19	10.1% 76
Some extent	29.4% 10	38.6% 86	33.9% 105	24.9% 46	32.8% 247
Not at all	20.6% 7	14.3% 32	16.8% 52	14.6% 27	15.7% 118
Don't know	29.4% 10	30.5% 68	35.2% 109	44.9% 83	35.9% 270
Not applicable	0.0% 0	4.9% 11	6.5% 20	5.4% 10	5.5% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 223	100.0% 310	100.0% 185	752

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	11.5% 9	4.1% 7	9.7% 28	12.4% 30	9.5% 74
Some extent	32.1% 25	40.2% 68	28.7% 83	34.7% 84	33.4% 260
Not at all	17.9% 14	15.4% 26	17.3% 50	12.8% 31	15.6% 121
Don't know	35.9% 28	34.3% 58	38.4% 111	34.3% 83	36.0% 280
Not applicable	2.6% 2	5.9% 10	5.9% 17	5.8% 14	5.5% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 169	100.0% 289	100.0% 242	778

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	9.6% 74	0.0% 0	44.4% 4	10.0% 78
Some extent	33.5% 258	0.0% 0	33.3% 3	33.4% 261
Not at all	15.6% 120	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	15.5% 121
Don't know	36.0% 277	50.0% 1	11.1% 1	35.7% 279
Not applicable	5.3% 41	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 770	100.0% 2	100.0% 9	781