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

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ACTGAY 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 openly, actively gay or lesbian.   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	3	.4%	.4%	-3.1
Think is all right	134	16.3%	16.7%	-1.79
Mildly disapprove	245	29.8%	46.5%	-.48
Highly disapprove	440	53.5%	100%	.83

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Admire	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 3
Think is all right	21.0% 85	11.8% 49	16.3% 134
Mildly disapprove	31.4% 127	28.4% 118	29.8% 245
Highly disapprove	47.2% 191	59.6% 248	53.5% 439
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 416	821

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Admire	0.3% 2	0.9% 1	0.4% 3
Think is all right	15.3% 108	21.8% 24	16.2% 132
Mildly disapprove	30.0% 211	30.9% 34	30.1% 245
Highly disapprove	54.4% 383	46.4% 51	53.3% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 704	100.0% 110	814

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Admire	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.4% 3
Think is all right	24.1% 34	19.0% 48	10.6% 32	16.0% 20	16.3% 134
Mildly disapprove	31.2% 44	31.0% 78	32.0% 97	20.8% 26	29.8% 245
Highly disapprove	44.0% 62	50.0% 126	57.4% 174	61.6% 77	53.5% 439
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 252	100.0% 303	100.0% 125	821

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Admire	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Think is all right	24.4% 49	27.3% 36	9.9% 46	13.3% 2	16.3% 133
Mildly disapprove	38.3% 77	33.3% 44	25.1% 117	26.7% 4	29.7% 242
Highly disapprove	35.8% 72	39.4% 52	65.0% 303	60.0% 9	53.6% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 132	100.0% 466	100.0% 15	814

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Think is all right	5.6% 2	12.9% 30	17.9% 57	18.9% 37	16.1% 126
Mildly disapprove	25.0% 9	25.8% 60	30.7% 98	35.2% 69	30.1% 236
Highly disapprove	69.4% 25	61.4% 143	50.5% 161	45.9% 90	53.4% 419
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 233	100.0% 319	100.0% 196	784

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	0.4% 3
Think is all right	25.3% 20	21.8% 38	15.9% 47	10.5% 28	16.3% 133
Mildly disapprove	30.4% 24	37.4% 65	28.4% 84	26.6% 71	29.9% 244
Highly disapprove	44.3% 35	40.8% 71	55.7% 165	61.8% 165	53.4% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 174	100.0% 296	100.0% 267	816

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Admire	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
Think is all right	16.5% 133	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.4% 134
Mildly disapprove	29.9% 241	25.0% 1	25.0% 2	29.8% 244
Highly disapprove	53.2% 429	50.0% 2	75.0% 6	53.4% 437
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 4	100.0% 8	818