NI Life and Times Survey - 2002: MCHAR1

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:MCHAR1 - MCHAR19

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

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

	%
Ambitious	25
Able to compromise	8
Aggressive	37
Honest	9
Ruthless	27
Crafty	22
Practical	6
Tough	17
Hard working	14
A strong leader	17
Approachable	7
Cynical	13
Confident	15
Effective	5
Level-headed	8
Believes in equality between sexes	2
Strong religious faith	5
Other	3
(Don't know)	11

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	24	26
Able to compromise	9	8
Aggressive	35	39
Honest	10	8
Ruthless	23	30
Crafty	20	23
Practical	6	6
Tough	17	17
Hard working	16	12
A strong leader	18	15
Approachable	9	6
Cynical	13	14
Confident	15	14
Effective	6	4
Level-headed	7	9
Believes in equality between sexes	2	3
Strong religious faith	6	5
Other	3	3
(Don't know)	10	12

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Ambitious 22 24 30 25 27 21
Able to compromise 11 8 8 8 8 8
Aggressive 40 44 41 39 35 27
Honest 8 6 9 9 10 11
Ruthless 28 27 33 32 22 20
Crafty 18 23 24 28 20 17
Practical 7 9 4 6 5 6
Tough 13 20 19 16 18 16
Hard working 13 9 13 13 17 19
A strong leader 19 14 17 14 15 21
Approachable 12 7 5 7 7 9
Cynical 12 12 16 16 15 8
Confident 14 16 19 15 11 13
Effective 9 4 3 6 4 5
Level-headed 7 5 10 8 6 11
Believes in equality between sexes 2 1 2 2 4 3
Strong religious faith 8 7 7 5 4 3
Other 2 2 1 5 4 2
(Don't know) 14 12 7 9 11 17

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ambitious 27 23 29
Able to compromise 12 6 7
Aggressive 40 32 48
Honest 11 8 5
Ruthless 30 24 34
Crafty 23 20 25
Practical 6 6 5
Tough 17 17 18
Hard working 16 13 9
A strong leader 17 16 13
Approachable 10 6 4
Cynical 13 11 24
Confident 17 12 16
Effective 5 5 6
Level-headed 8 9 6
Believes in equality between sexes 2 2 2
Strong religious faith 5 4 14
Other 2 3 5
(Don't know) 9 14 9

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