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

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ACTBETR 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: thinks s/he is better than others.   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	1	.1%	.1%	-5.38
Think is all right	3	.4%	.5%	-3.35
Mildly disapprove	281	34%	34.5%	-1.32
Highly disapprove	542	65.5%	100%	.71

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Think is all right	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	31.1% 128	37.0% 153	34.0% 281
Highly disapprove	68.9% 284	62.3% 258	65.6% 542
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 414	826

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Admire	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Think is all right	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	34.5% 244	30.6% 34	33.9% 278
Highly disapprove	65.0% 460	69.4% 77	65.6% 537
TOTAL	100.0% 708	100.0% 111	819

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Think is all right	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.6% 2	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	40.6% 56	34.0% 87	32.6% 100	30.4% 38	34.0% 281
Highly disapprove	59.4% 82	66.0% 169	66.8% 205	68.0% 85	65.5% 541
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 256	100.0% 307	100.0% 125	826

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Think is all right	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	31.0% 63	29.2% 40	37.1% 172	33.3% 5	34.2% 280
Highly disapprove	69.0% 140	70.1% 96	62.2% 288	66.7% 10	65.3% 534
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 137	100.0% 463	100.0% 15	818

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Think is all right	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	25.0% 9	36.4% 86	32.1% 103	34.9% 68	33.8% 266
Highly disapprove	75.0% 27	63.1% 149	67.0% 215	65.1% 127	65.7% 518
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 236	100.0% 321	100.0% 195	788

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Think is all right	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	30.9% 25	35.1% 61	33.3% 100	35.0% 93	34.0% 279
Highly disapprove	69.1% 56	63.8% 111	66.7% 200	64.7% 172	65.7% 539
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 174	100.0% 300	100.0% 266	821

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Admire	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Think is all right	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Mildly disapprove	34.0% 275	0.0% 0	50.0% 5	34.0% 280
Highly disapprove	65.5% 530	100.0% 4	50.0% 5	65.5% 539
TOTAL	100.0% 809	100.0% 4	100.0% 10	823