Presbyterian Panel Study, Feb 1999 - Language and God, Member

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ACTTOGT

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: lives together in a heterosexual relationship outside of marriage.
  1) Admire
  2) Think is all right
  3) Mildly disapprove
  4) Highly disapprove

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Admire 4 .6% .6% -3.09
Think is all right 94 15.2% 15.9% -1.73
Mildly disapprove 248 40.1% 56% -.37
Highly disapprove 272 44% 100% .98

Variable Comparisons


Gender (I-GENDER)

Female Male TOTAL
Admire 0.8%
3
0.4%
1
0.6%
4
Think is all right 16.4%
63
13.4%
31
15.2%
94
Mildly disapprove 38.2%
147
43.1%
100
40.0%
247
Highly disapprove 44.7%
172
43.1%
100
44.1%
272
TOTAL 100.0%
385
100.0%
232

617


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
Admire 0.6%
3
0.9%
1
0.7%
4
Think is all right 14.4%
70
19.8%
23
15.5%
93
Mildly disapprove 42.1%
204
34.5%
40
40.6%
244
Highly disapprove 42.9%
208
44.8%
52
43.3%
260
TOTAL 100.0%
485
100.0%
116

601


Region (I-REGION)

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Admire 0.0%
0
1.4%
3
0.0%
0
1.0%
1
0.6%
4
Think is all right 17.2%
16
19.6%
42
13.3%
28
8.0%
8
15.2%
94
Mildly disapprove 43.0%
40
42.5%
91
33.2%
70
47.0%
47
40.1%
248
Highly disapprove 39.8%
37
36.4%
78
53.6%
113
44.0%
44
44.0%
272
TOTAL 100.0%
93
100.0%
214
100.0%
211
100.0%
100

618


Political party (I-POLITAFF)

Democrat Independent Republican Other TOTAL
Admire 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.6%
2
5.9%
1
0.5%
3
Think is all right 30.7%
42
15.7%
17
9.5%
33
5.9%
1
15.3%
93
Mildly disapprove 36.5%
50
50.9%
55
37.9%
131
52.9%
9
40.3%
245
Highly disapprove 32.8%
45
33.3%
36
52.0%
180
35.3%
6
43.9%
267
TOTAL 100.0%
137
100.0%
108
100.0%
346
100.0%
17

608


Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

<20K 20K-49,999 50K-99,999 100K+ TOTAL
Admire 1.7%
1
1.0%
2
0.4%
1
0.0%
0
0.7%
4
Think is all right 6.8%
4
14.1%
27
18.5%
42
17.4%
19
15.7%
92
Mildly disapprove 28.8%
17
35.9%
69
40.5%
92
52.3%
57
40.0%
235
Highly disapprove 62.7%
37
49.0%
94
40.5%
92
30.3%
33
43.6%
256
TOTAL 100.0%
59
100.0%
192
100.0%
227
100.0%
109

587


Race (I-RACE1)

White Black Other TOTAL
Admire 0.7%
4
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
0.7%
4
Think is all right 15.0%
85
25.0%
1
33.3%
1
15.2%
87
Mildly disapprove 40.2%
227
50.0%
2
33.3%
1
40.2%
230
Highly disapprove 44.1%
249
25.0%
1
33.3%
1
43.9%
251
TOTAL 100.0%
565
100.0%
4
100.0%
3

572


Age (I-AGE)

<40 40-49 50-64 65+ TOTAL
Admire 0.0%
0
0.0%
0
1.8%
3
0.4%
1
0.7%
4
Think is all right 38.2%
42
20.0%
19
13.8%
23
3.8%
9
15.2%
93
Mildly disapprove 31.8%
35
44.2%
42
49.1%
82
35.7%
85
40.0%
244
Highly disapprove 30.0%
33
35.8%
34
35.3%
59
60.1%
143
44.1%
269
TOTAL 100.0%
110
100.0%
95
100.0%
167
100.0%
238

610