NI Life and Times Survey - 2002: FCHAR1

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:FCHAR1 - FCHAR19

Of the characteristics on this list that a politician might possess, are there any that you would consider to be characteristic of a female politician rather than a male politician?

This table shows the show the percentage of respondents identifying with each characteristic.

	%
Ambitious	16
Able to compromise	36
Aggressive	4
Honest	31
Ruthless	3
Crafty	6
Practical	24
Tough	4
Hard working	23
A strong leader	6
Approachable	37
Cynical	2
Confident	12
Effective	9
Level-headed	27
Believes in equality between sexes	24
Strong religious faith	2
Other	2
(Don't know)	10

Go to results for men and women, people of different ages and people of different religions.
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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Ambitious	17	15
Able to compromise	32	40
Aggressive	6	2
Honest	33	29
Ruthless	4	3
Crafty	8	4
Practical	20	28
Tough	4	4
Hard working	23	23
A strong leader	4	8
Approachable	33	39
Cynical	3	1
Confident	9	15
Effective	7	10
Level-headed	25	28
Believes in equality between sexes	22	25
Strong religious faith	2	3
Other	3	2
(Don't know)	10	10

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Ambitious 23 20 18 14 12 11
Able to compromise 34 35 38 41 37 31
Aggressive 6 3 3 5 3 3
Honest 29 26 31 35 33 29
Ruthless 3 5 3 5 1 3
Crafty 9 8 8 5 4 5
Practical 20 21 28 29 20 24
Tough 5 4 3 4 4 3
Hard working 19 21 27 28 21 21
A strong leader 9 4 6 7 6 5
Approachable 41 38 37 41 35 30
Cynical 2 <1 1 4 1 2
Confident 7 8 14 16 13 12
Effective 10 7 8 10 8 8
Level-headed 24 28 28 28 32 21
Believes in equality between sexes 31 32 28 24 19 13
Strong religious faith 3 2 3 2 1 4
Other 2 1 1 3 2 2
(Don't know) 12 8 6 7 11 15

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ambitious 20 12 16
Able to compromise 43 29 42
Aggressive 4 4 2
Honest 34 28 32
Ruthless 3 3 4
Crafty 5 7 7
Practical 26 22 23
Tough 4 4 3
Hard working 24 22 24
A strong leader 8 5 5
Approachable 43 30 45
Cynical 1 3 2
Confident 16 10 11
Effective 10 7 9
Level-headed 29 24 32
Believes in equality between sexes 20 23 42
Strong religious faith 2 3 3
Other 2 2 3
(Don't know) 7 12 9

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