Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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WHOTEACH (Weighted by WEIGHT) ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAD CATHOLIC RELIGION TEACHERS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG OR CONVERTED: Were these religion teachers:   1) Mostly priest and nuns   2) Mostly lay people   3) About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Mostly priest and nuns	1142	54.2%	54.2%
Mostly lay people	278	13.2%	67.4%
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	675	32.1%	99.5%
Don't know	11	.5%	100%
Missing	534	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education Marital status Sex Year of birth Region Race Convert? Household income

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	78.0% 96	65.7% 393	59.1% 298	43.0% 148	66.5% 111	96	60.3% 1046
Mostly lay people	12.2% 15	9.2% 55	10.5% 53	12.2% 42	9.0% 15	99	10.4% 180
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	7.3% 9	24.9% 149	29.0% 146	44.8% 154	24.6% 41	176	28.7% 499
Don't know	2.4% 3	0.2% 1	1.4% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 11
Missing	55	143	112	87	18	0	415
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 598	100.0% 504	100.0% 344	100.0% 167	371	1736

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	58.5% 711	77.3% 102	74.1% 183	28.8% 145	1	54.4% 1141
Mostly lay people	9.4% 114	0.0% 0	13.8% 34	25.8% 130	0	13.3% 278
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	31.3% 380	22.7% 30	12.1% 30	45.3% 228	7	31.8% 668
Don't know	0.9% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
Missing	259	53	82	139	0	533
TOTAL	100.0% 1216	100.0% 132	100.0% 247	100.0% 503	8	2098

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	56.8% 449	52.6% 693	54.2% 1142
Mostly lay people	11.8% 93	14.0% 185	13.2% 278
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	31.0% 245	32.7% 431	32.1% 676
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.6% 8	0.5% 11
Missing	252	282	534
TOTAL	100.0% 790	100.0% 1317	2107

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	87.1% 445	61.2% 518	24.0% 180	54.2% 1143
Mostly lay people	2.3% 12	8.9% 75	25.6% 192	13.2% 279
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	8.6% 44	30.0% 254	50.3% 377	32.0% 675
Don't know	2.0% 10	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.5% 11
Missing	158	173	204	535
TOTAL	100.0% 511	100.0% 847	100.0% 750	2108

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	61.1% 559	52.5% 276	45.2% 131	55.5% 91	85	55.8% 1057
Mostly lay people	10.7% 98	16.2% 85	12.8% 37	18.3% 30	29	13.2% 250
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	28.2% 258	31.2% 164	41.0% 119	26.2% 43	91	30.8% 584
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	7	0.2% 4
Missing	180	107	108	62	0	457
TOTAL	100.0% 915	100.0% 526	100.0% 290	100.0% 164	212	1895

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	57.5% 965	44.7% 115	42.0% 21	33.0% 30	12	54.5% 1131
Mostly lay people	12.3% 207	21.8% 56	0.0% 0	9.9% 9	6	13.1% 272
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	30.0% 503	33.5% 86	58.0% 29	49.5% 45	12	31.9% 663
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 7	0	0.5% 11
Missing	376	109	19	16	0	520
TOTAL	100.0% 1679	100.0% 257	100.0% 50	100.0% 91	30	2077

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	54.4% 1093	50.5% 47	2	54.2% 1140
Mostly lay people	13.6% 273	5.4% 5	0	13.2% 278
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	31.9% 641	36.6% 34	0	32.1% 675
Don't know	0.2% 4	7.5% 7	0	0.5% 11
Missing	398	133	0	531
TOTAL	100.0% 2011	100.0% 93	2	2104

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Mostly priest and nuns	57.6% 99	66.9% 245	48.1% 281	48.8% 217	55.6% 173	127	54.0% 1015
Mostly lay people	7.6% 13	11.5% 42	15.6% 91	13.9% 62	7.4% 23	48	12.3% 231
About an equal mix of lay people and priests and nuns	34.9% 60	21.6% 79	36.1% 211	35.7% 159	37.0% 115	52	33.2% 624
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.6% 7	0.0% 0	3	0.4% 8
Missing	51	139	122	85	63	0	460
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 366	100.0% 584	100.0% 445	100.0% 311	230	1878