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Presbyterian Panel Survey, February 1997 - Spirituality and Health, Members

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ACTCPLE

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 as part of a committed couple.

	1) Admire
	2) Think is all right
	3) Mildly disapprove
	4) Highly disapprove

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Admire	15	1.7%	1.7%	-2.82
Think is all right	158	18%	19.7%	-1.61
Mildly disapprove	219	25%	44.7%	-.41
Highly disapprove	484	55.3%	100%	.8

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Admire	2.0% 11	1.2% 4	1.7% 15
Think is all right	20.0% 109	14.9% 49	18.1% 158
Mildly disapprove	25.2% 137	24.6% 81	25.0% 218
Highly disapprove	52.8% 287	59.3% 195	55.2% 482
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 329	873

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Admire	1.1% 7	3.7% 7	1.7% 14
Think is all right	17.5% 115	21.3% 40	18.3% 155
Mildly disapprove	26.5% 174	22.3% 42	25.6% 216
Highly disapprove	54.9% 361	52.7% 99	54.4% 460
TOTAL	100.0% 657	100.0% 188	845

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Admire	2.6% 3	3.2% 10	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 15
Think is all right	15.5% 18	21.2% 66	12.9% 40	24.6% 34	18.0% 158
Mildly disapprove	31.0% 36	25.6% 80	21.3% 66	26.8% 37	25.0% 219
Highly disapprove	50.9% 59	50.0% 156	65.2% 202	48.6% 67	55.3% 484
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 312	100.0% 310	100.0% 138	876

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Admire	3.5% 7	2.2% 3	0.8% 4	3.6% 1	1.7% 15
Think is all right	33.5% 67	19.3% 26	11.8% 59	21.4% 6	18.3% 158
Mildly disapprove	23.0% 46	29.6% 40	24.6% 123	25.0% 7	25.0% 216
Highly disapprove	40.0% 80	48.9% 66	62.8% 314	50.0% 14	54.9% 474
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 135	100.0% 500	100.0% 28	863

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Admire	2.1% 2	1.9% 5	1.7% 5	1.3% 2	1.7% 14
Think is all right	12.6% 12	10.8% 29	21.9% 66	27.2% 41	18.2% 148
Mildly disapprove	17.9% 17	23.5% 63	26.9% 81	28.5% 43	25.0% 204
Highly disapprove	67.4% 64	63.8% 171	49.5% 149	43.0% 65	55.1% 449
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 268	100.0% 301	100.0% 151	815

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Admire	4.4% 8	0.6% 1	1.9% 4	0.6% 2	1.7% 15
Think is all right	29.8% 54	16.3% 26	20.0% 42	11.5% 36	18.3% 158
Mildly disapprove	28.2% 51	31.3% 50	28.1% 59	17.0% 53	24.7% 213
Highly disapprove	37.6% 68	51.9% 83	50.0% 105	70.8% 221	55.3% 477
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 160	100.0% 210	100.0% 312	863

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Admire	1.5% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 12
Think is all right	18.0% 144	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	40.0% 2	18.2% 148
Mildly disapprove	25.0% 200	33.3% 1	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	25.0% 203
Highly disapprove	55.4% 443	66.7% 2	33.3% 2	60.0% 3	55.4% 450
TOTAL	100.0% 799	100.0% 3	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	813