Presbyterian Panel Survey, August 1999 -- Public Role of Presbyterians, Member

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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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Admire	2	.4%	.4%	-2.98
Think is all right	84	18.2%	18.6%	-1.7
Mildly disapprove	134	29%	47.6%	-.43
Highly disapprove	242	52.4%	100%	.85

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Age Family income Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.4% 2
Think is all right	21.3% 61	13.1% 23	18.2% 84
Mildly disapprove	28.7% 82	29.7% 52	29.1% 134
Highly disapprove	50.0% 143	56.0% 98	52.3% 241
TOTAL	100.0% 286	100.0% 175	461

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	0.4% 2
Think is all right	16.1% 57	27.6% 27	18.6% 84
Mildly disapprove	29.5% 104	29.6% 29	29.5% 133
Highly disapprove	54.4% 192	40.8% 40	51.4% 232
TOTAL	100.0% 353	100.0% 98	451

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Think is all right	19.4% 12	21.8% 36	13.4% 21	19.2% 15	18.2% 84
Mildly disapprove	37.1% 23	29.1% 48	22.3% 35	35.9% 28	29.0% 134
Highly disapprove	43.5% 27	47.9% 79	64.3% 101	44.9% 35	52.4% 242
TOTAL	100.0% 62	100.0% 165	100.0% 157	100.0% 78	462

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Admire	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Think is all right	33.3% 36	23.5% 19	9.7% 24	31.3% 5	18.5% 84
Mildly disapprove	32.4% 35	37.0% 30	25.8% 64	12.5% 2	28.9% 131
Highly disapprove	32.4% 35	39.5% 32	64.5% 160	56.3% 9	52.1% 236
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 81	100.0% 248	100.0% 16	453

Age (I-AGE)

	<39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Admire	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Think is all right	34.2% 26	22.8% 18	19.3% 26	7.8% 13	18.2% 83
Mildly disapprove	32.9% 25	30.4% 24	31.1% 42	24.6% 41	28.9% 132
Highly disapprove	30.3% 23	46.8% 37	49.6% 67	67.7% 113	52.5% 240
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 79	100.0% 135	100.0% 167	457

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Admire	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Think is all right	20.5% 8	12.3% 17	20.4% 37	23.2% 19	18.4% 81
Mildly disapprove	23.1% 9	29.0% 40	29.8% 54	31.7% 26	29.3% 129
Highly disapprove	56.4% 22	58.0% 80	49.2% 89	45.1% 37	51.8% 228
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 138	100.0% 181	100.0% 82	440

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Admire	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
Think is all right	18.0% 76	33.3% 1	18.1% 77
Mildly disapprove	28.7% 121	0.0% 0	28.5% 121
Highly disapprove	52.8% 223	66.7% 2	52.9% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 3	425