Role importance for the elderly. In Psychology and Aging (Dec. 2000), University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers studied the roles that elderly people feel are the most important to them in late life. The following table summarizes the most salient roles identified by each respondent in a national sample of 1,102 adults 65 years or older.
Most Salient Role | Number |
Spouse | 424 |
Parent | 269 |
Grandparent | 148 |
Other relative | 59 |
Friend | 73 |
Homemaker | 59 |
Provider | 34 |
Volunteer, club, church member | 36 |
Total | 1,102 |
Source: Krause, N., and Shaw, B. A. “Role-specific feelings of control and mortality,” Psychology and Aging, Vol. 15, No. 4, Dec. 2000 (Table 2).
a. Describe the qualitative variable summarized in the table. Give the categories associated with the variable.
b. Are the numbers in the table frequencies or relative frequencies?
c. Display the information in the table in a bar graph.
d. Which role is identified by the highest percentage of elderly adults? Interpret the relative frequency associated with this role.
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