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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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TITHTERM (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now we would like to know how much money you (and your spouse) gave to the Church in 1994. Please include all contributions made to your diocese, your parish, Catholic schools and other religious groups you support. Is it easiest for you to answer this question on a weekly, monthly or annual basis?

	1) Weekly
	2) Monthly
	3) Annual
	4) Did not contribute in 1994
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Weekly	416	15.8%	15.8%
Monthly	204	7.7%	23.5%
Annual	1210	45.8%	69.3%
Did not contribute in 1994	367	13.9%	83.2%
Don't know	444	16.8%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	16.4% 29	15.7% 116	20.0% 123	10.7% 46	11.4% 21	81	15.6% 335
Monthly	6.2% 11	9.4% 70	8.9% 55	5.6% 24	2.7% 5	39	7.7% 165
Annual	26.0% 46	48.3% 358	43.3% 267	58.2% 251	56.2% 104	184	47.7% 1026
Did not contribute in 1994	22.6% 40	10.7% 79	11.2% 69	12.8% 55	20.0% 37	87	13.0% 280
Don't know	28.8% 51	15.9% 118	16.6% 102	12.8% 55	9.7% 18	100	16.0% 344
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 431	100.0% 185	491	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	16.4% 242	18.4% 34	10.3% 34	16.5% 106	0	15.8% 416
Monthly	6.2% 92	14.1% 26	11.2% 37	7.5% 48	0	7.7% 203
Annual	49.4% 728	40.5% 75	44.7% 147	40.5% 260	0	46.0% 1210
Did not contribute in 1994	10.6% 157	8.6% 16	22.2% 73	18.7% 120	0	13.9% 366
Don't know	17.4% 256	18.4% 34	11.6% 38	16.8% 108	9	16.6% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Weekly	14.3% 149	16.7% 267	15.8% 416
Monthly	5.0% 52	9.4% 151	7.7% 203
Annual	48.8% 508	43.9% 702	45.8% 1210
Did not contribute in 1994	17.6% 183	11.5% 184	13.9% 367
Don't know	14.3% 149	18.4% 295	16.8% 444
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Weekly	17.6% 118	12.3% 125	18.2% 173	15.8% 416
Monthly	8.1% 54	6.9% 70	8.4% 80	7.7% 204
Annual	46.2% 309	52.6% 536	38.4% 366	45.9% 1211
Did not contribute in 1994	9.6% 64	13.2% 134	17.6% 168	13.9% 366
Don't know	18.5% 124	15.1% 154	17.4% 166	16.8% 444
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	15.2% 166	16.5% 105	16.6% 66	9.8% 22	56	15.3% 359
Monthly	5.3% 58	6.9% 44	14.9% 59	10.2% 23	20	7.8% 184
Annual	52.7% 577	48.3% 307	42.6% 169	41.3% 93	65	48.7% 1146
Did not contribute in 1994	13.2% 144	15.1% 96	9.1% 36	26.2% 59	32	14.2% 335
Don't know	13.6% 149	13.1% 83	16.9% 67	12.4% 28	118	13.9% 327
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 635	100.0% 397	100.0% 225	291	2351

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	14.6% 300	22.3% 82	23.5% 16	17.0% 18	0	16.0% 416
Monthly	6.6% 135	8.4% 31	23.5% 16	18.9% 20	1	7.8% 202
Annual	49.6% 1018	36.4% 134	17.6% 12	24.5% 26	20	45.9% 1190
Did not contribute in 1994	14.4% 296	12.2% 45	14.7% 10	15.1% 16	0	14.1% 367
Don't know	14.8% 304	20.7% 76	20.6% 14	24.5% 26	24	16.2% 420
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 368	100.0% 68	100.0% 106	45	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	16.0% 385	13.7% 31	0	15.8% 416
Monthly	7.1% 170	15.0% 34	0	7.7% 204
Annual	45.3% 1092	52.2% 118	0	45.9% 1210
Did not contribute in 1994	14.6% 351	4.9% 11	4	13.7% 362
Don't know	17.1% 411	14.2% 32	1	16.8% 443
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	5	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Weekly	21.0% 47	13.9% 70	21.3% 150	12.2% 65	12.3% 46	38	16.2% 378
Monthly	16.5% 37	8.7% 44	9.6% 68	5.8% 31	3.5% 13	11	8.3% 193
Annual	37.9% 85	39.6% 200	48.8% 344	55.9% 297	57.8% 216	68	48.8% 1142
Did not contribute in 1994	12.5% 28	15.4% 78	8.1% 57	17.3% 92	20.6% 77	35	14.2% 332
Don't know	12.1% 27	22.4% 113	12.2% 86	8.7% 46	5.9% 22	151	12.6% 294
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 705	100.0% 531	100.0% 374	303	2339