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

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VOLLIBRY

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? - providing library services (i.e., working in the church library)

	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	177	22%	22%	-1.22
Some extent	290	36.1%	58.2%	-.44
Not at all	135	16.8%	75%	.34
Don't know	111	13.8%	88.8%	1.13
Not applicable	90	11.2%	100%	1.91

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	24.4% 96	19.6% 80	22.0% 176
Some extent	32.1% 126	40.2% 164	36.2% 290
Not at all	17.6% 69	16.2% 66	16.9% 135
Don't know	12.7% 50	15.0% 61	13.9% 111
Not applicable	13.2% 52	9.1% 37	11.1% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 408	801

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	22.0% 151	21.7% 23	21.9% 174
Some extent	36.4% 250	36.8% 39	36.4% 289
Not at all	16.9% 116	17.9% 19	17.0% 135
Don't know	14.6% 100	8.5% 9	13.7% 109
Not applicable	10.2% 70	15.1% 16	10.8% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 106	793

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	17.1% 24	16.7% 42	23.1% 68	37.1% 43	22.1% 177
Some extent	40.0% 56	31.5% 79	35.9% 106	41.4% 48	36.0% 289
Not at all	20.0% 28	19.9% 50	16.6% 49	6.9% 8	16.8% 135
Don't know	10.0% 14	18.7% 47	13.6% 40	8.6% 10	13.8% 111
Not applicable	12.9% 18	13.1% 33	10.8% 32	6.0% 7	11.2% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 251	100.0% 295	100.0% 116	802

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	22.4% 44	22.0% 29	22.0% 99	14.3% 2	21.9% 174
Some extent	31.6% 62	36.4% 48	38.4% 173	42.9% 6	36.4% 289
Not at all	18.9% 37	18.2% 24	15.3% 69	7.1% 1	16.5% 131
Don't know	15.3% 30	11.4% 15	14.0% 63	21.4% 3	14.0% 111
Not applicable	11.7% 23	12.1% 16	10.4% 47	14.3% 2	11.1% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 132	100.0% 451	100.0% 14	793

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	17.6% 6	20.5% 47	22.9% 72	22.6% 43	21.9% 168
Some extent	20.6% 7	36.7% 84	35.4% 111	41.1% 78	36.5% 280
Not at all	26.5% 9	17.9% 41	17.5% 55	11.1% 21	16.4% 126
Don't know	17.6% 6	8.7% 20	14.0% 44	18.4% 35	13.7% 105
Not applicable	17.6% 6	16.2% 37	10.2% 32	6.8% 13	11.5% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 229	100.0% 314	100.0% 190	767

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	21.3% 17	12.3% 21	20.6% 60	29.6% 75	21.8% 173
Some extent	30.0% 24	43.3% 74	37.8% 110	31.6% 80	36.2% 288
Not at all	22.5% 18	17.0% 29	16.8% 49	15.0% 38	16.9% 134
Don't know	10.0% 8	18.1% 31	14.1% 41	12.3% 31	14.0% 111
Not applicable	16.3% 13	9.4% 16	10.7% 31	11.5% 29	11.2% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 171	100.0% 291	100.0% 253	795

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Mostly/entirely	21.8% 171	0.0% 0	55.6% 5	22.1% 176
Some extent	36.8% 289	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.2% 289
Not at all	16.5% 130	33.3% 1	22.2% 2	16.7% 133
Don't know	14.0% 110	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	13.9% 111
Not applicable	10.9% 86	66.7% 2	11.1% 1	11.2% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 786	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	798