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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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DIFFSIM (Weighted by WEIGHT)

ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAD CATHOLIC RELIGION TEACHERS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG OR CONVERTED: Now I'm going to ask you several questions about the things your religion teacher taught you. In each case there are only two choices. Which one did your religion teachers stress most? -- Difference and similarity

	1) The Catholic Church is the one true church
	2) Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to
	3) An equal mixture of both
	4) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
The Catholic Church is the one true church	1063	50.5%	50.5%
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	811	38.5%	89%
An equal mixture of both	90	4.3%	93.3%
Don't know	142	6.7%	100%
Missing	534	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	48.0% 59	54.8% 328	52.8% 266	47.4% 163	62.0% 103	144	52.9% 919
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	30.1% 37	35.4% 212	35.7% 180	40.4% 139	22.9% 38	205	34.9% 606
An equal mixture of both	6.5% 8	2.7% 16	4.2% 21	7.3% 25	10.2% 17	3	5.0% 87
Don't know	15.4% 19	7.2% 43	7.3% 37	4.9% 17	4.8% 8	18	7.1% 124
Missing	55	143	112	87	18	0	415
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 599	100.0% 504	100.0% 344	100.0% 166	370	1736

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	54.5% 663	60.6% 80	62.6% 154	33.2% 167	0	50.7% 1064
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	33.4% 406	26.5% 35	22.4% 55	60.8% 306	8	38.2% 802
An equal mixture of both	5.1% 62	0.8% 1	7.3% 18	1.8% 9	0	4.3% 90
Don't know	7.0% 85	12.1% 16	7.7% 19	4.2% 21	0	6.7% 141
Missing	259	53	82	139	0	533
TOTAL	100.0% 1216	100.0% 132	100.0% 246	100.0% 503	8	2097

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	44.6% 352	54.0% 712	50.5% 1064
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	40.9% 323	37.1% 489	38.5% 812
An equal mixture of both	6.5% 51	3.0% 39	4.3% 90
Don't know	8.1% 64	5.9% 78	6.7% 142
Missing	252	282	534
TOTAL	100.0% 790	100.0% 1318	2108

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	63.5% 324	58.1% 492	33.0% 247	50.5% 1063
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	24.5% 125	29.0% 246	58.7% 440	38.5% 811
An equal mixture of both	4.9% 25	4.5% 38	3.6% 27	4.3% 90
Don't know	7.1% 36	8.4% 71	4.7% 35	6.7% 142
Missing	158	173	204	535
TOTAL	100.0% 510	100.0% 847	100.0% 749	2106

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	51.8% 473	49.4% 261	57.6% 167	54.5% 90	73	52.2% 991
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	37.7% 345	39.0% 206	34.5% 100	27.9% 46	115	36.7% 697
An equal mixture of both	4.5% 41	3.4% 18	1.7% 5	6.7% 11	16	4.0% 75
Don't know	6.0% 55	8.1% 43	6.2% 18	10.9% 18	8	7.1% 134
Missing	180	107	108	62	0	457
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 528	100.0% 290	100.0% 165	212	1897

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	52.2% 876	43.0% 111	32.0% 16	53.8% 49	12	50.6% 1052
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	37.1% 623	43.4% 112	60.0% 30	40.7% 37	9	38.6% 802
An equal mixture of both	4.4% 74	5.0% 13	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	2	4.2% 88
Don't know	6.3% 105	8.5% 22	6.0% 3	5.5% 5	6	6.5% 135
Missing	376	109	19	16	0	520
TOTAL	100.0% 1678	100.0% 258	100.0% 50	100.0% 91	29	2077

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	50.6% 1019	45.7% 43	2	50.4% 1062
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	38.7% 779	35.1% 33	0	38.6% 812
An equal mixture of both	4.1% 83	7.4% 7	0	4.3% 90
Don't know	6.5% 131	11.7% 11	0	6.7% 142
Missing	398	133	0	531
TOTAL	100.0% 2012	100.0% 94	2	2106

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
The Catholic Church is the one true church	38.2% 66	50.5% 185	56.1% 327	53.6% 239	45.6% 141	105	51.0% 958
Whether people are good Christians is more important than the denomination they belong to	45.7% 79	42.6% 156	31.9% 186	38.1% 170	41.7% 129	91	38.4% 720
An equal mixture of both	2.9% 5	3.3% 12	5.1% 30	3.8% 17	7.1% 22	4	4.6% 86
Don't know	13.3% 23	3.6% 13	6.9% 40	4.5% 20	5.5% 17	29	6.0% 113
Missing	51	139	122	85	63	0	460
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 366	100.0% 583	100.0% 446	100.0% 309	229	1877