NI Life and Times Survey - 2002: PCHAR1

Year: 2002
Module:Women in Politics
Variable:PCHAR1 - PCHAR19

Please look at ths list and tell me what characteristics you would like politicians in Northern Ireland to have.

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

	%
Ambitious	17
Able to compromise	51
Aggressive	3
Honest	69
Ruthless	2
Crafty	1
Practical	33
Tough	10
Hard working	46
A strong leader	37
Approachable	45
Cynical	1
Confident	26
Effective	33
Level-headed	39
Believes in equality between sexes	24
Strong religious faith	5
Other	2
(Don't know)	5

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	20	14
Able to compromise	49	52
Aggressive	4	3
Honest	67	69
Ruthless	3	1
Crafty	2	1
Practical	34	32
Tough	12	8
Hard working	48	45
A strong leader	35	38
Approachable	41	48
Cynical	1	1
Confident	24	28
Effective	34	32
Level-headed	37	41
Believes in equality between sexes	18	29
Strong religious faith	4	5
Other	1	2
(Don't know)	3	6

Results for people of different ages

%

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

Ambitious 21 21 15 16 15 14
Able to compromise 54 58 55 50 48 42
Aggressive 7 5 2 5 1 2
Honest 68 67 70 72 69 68
Ruthless 2 4 1 2 2 2
Crafty 2 3 1 1 <1 1
Practical 34 35 34 34 29 32
Tough 9 14 11 10 9 7
Hard working 43 47 46 47 46 47
A strong leader 41 40 35 36 36 35
Approachable 54 50 47 47 41 35
Cynical 1 3 <1 2 1 <1
Confident 37 30 24 28 24 22
Effective 41 39 37 33 29 24
Level-headed 35 41 42 43 36 39
Believes in equality between sexes 34 28 27 25 20 14
Strong religious faith 3 7 2 3 4 10
Other 2 3 1 2 2 1
(Don't know) 2 2 4 6 6 7

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ambitious 21 12 20
Able to compromise 58 42 59
Aggressive 4 2 6
Honest 71 68 68
Ruthless 2 2 5
Crafty 1 1 3
Practical 33 31 43
Tough 9 9 15
Hard working 45 47 51
A strong leader 35 38 35
Approachable 46 42 58
Cynical 1 1 2
Confident 30 22 33
Effective 33 30 46
Level-headed 40 38 47
Believes in equality between sexes 24 21 39
Strong religious faith 2 8 3
Other 2 2 1
(Don't know) 3 6 4

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