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

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ACTAMBT People have differing views on how Christians ought to act in their daily lives. Please indicate how much you would admire or disapprove of someone who acted in this way: is very ambitious.   1) Admire   2) Think is all right   3) Mildly disapprove   4) Highly disapprove

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Admire	155	18.8%	18.8%	-1.68
Think is all right	581	70.5%	89.3%	.14
Mildly disapprove	85	10.3%	99.6%	1.97
Highly disapprove	3	.4%	100%	3.79

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Admire	17.1% 70	20.5% 85	18.8% 155
Think is all right	71.1% 291	70.0% 290	70.6% 581
Mildly disapprove	11.5% 47	8.9% 37	10.2% 84
Highly disapprove	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 414	823

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Admire	18.6% 131	22.0% 24	19.0% 155
Think is all right	70.7% 499	67.9% 74	70.3% 573
Mildly disapprove	10.5% 74	9.2% 10	10.3% 84
Highly disapprove	0.3% 2	0.9% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 706	100.0% 109	815

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Admire	19.9% 27	20.3% 52	18.0% 55	16.8% 21	18.8% 155
Think is all right	73.5% 100	69.9% 179	69.3% 212	71.2% 89	70.5% 580
Mildly disapprove	6.6% 9	9.8% 25	11.8% 36	12.0% 15	10.3% 85
Highly disapprove	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 256	100.0% 306	100.0% 125	823

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Admire	17.8% 36	21.9% 30	18.2% 84	26.7% 4	18.9% 154
Think is all right	69.8% 141	67.9% 93	71.9% 332	66.7% 10	70.6% 576
Mildly disapprove	11.9% 24	10.2% 14	9.5% 44	6.7% 1	10.2% 83
Highly disapprove	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 202	100.0% 137	100.0% 462	100.0% 15	816

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Admire	23.5% 8	19.4% 46	19.4% 62	15.4% 30	18.6% 146
Think is all right	73.5% 25	69.2% 164	69.6% 222	71.8% 140	70.2% 551
Mildly disapprove	2.9% 1	10.5% 25	10.7% 34	12.8% 25	10.8% 85
Highly disapprove	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 34	100.0% 237	100.0% 319	100.0% 195	785

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Admire	32.5% 26	11.0% 19	16.1% 48	23.3% 62	19.0% 155
Think is all right	58.8% 47	75.1% 130	73.8% 220	67.3% 179	70.5% 576
Mildly disapprove	8.8% 7	12.7% 22	10.1% 30	9.0% 24	10.2% 83
Highly disapprove	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 80	100.0% 173	100.0% 298	100.0% 266	817

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Admire	19.0% 153	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	18.9% 155
Think is all right	70.7% 570	50.0% 2	60.0% 6	70.5% 578
Mildly disapprove	9.9% 80	0.0% 0	40.0% 4	10.2% 84
Highly disapprove	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	820