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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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FAITHACT (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? -- Faith and actions

	1) Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches
	2) Being a good Christian
	3) An equal mixture of both
	4) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	964	45.8%	45.8%
Being a good Christian	807	38.3%	84.1%
An equal mixture of both	279	13.3%	97.4%
Don't know	55	2.6%	100%
Missing	534	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	44.7% 55	42.5% 254	54.5% 275	47.7% 164	51.5% 86	131	48.0% 834
Being a good Christian	44.7% 55	41.3% 247	30.3% 153	37.8% 130	26.9% 45	178	36.3% 630
An equal mixture of both	9.8% 12	13.5% 81	9.9% 50	12.2% 42	21.6% 36	58	12.7% 221
Don't know	0.8% 1	2.7% 16	5.3% 27	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	3	3.0% 52
Missing	55	143	112	87	18	0	415
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 598	100.0% 505	100.0% 344	100.0% 167	370	1737

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	51.4% 625	42.9% 57	52.6% 130	30.2% 152	0	45.9% 964
Being a good Christian	33.5% 407	34.6% 46	30.4% 75	53.9% 271	8	38.1% 799
An equal mixture of both	12.2% 148	20.3% 27	16.6% 41	12.7% 64	0	13.3% 280
Don't know	2.9% 35	2.3% 3	0.4% 1	3.2% 16	0	2.6% 55
Missing	259	53	82	139	0	533
TOTAL	100.0% 1215	100.0% 133	100.0% 247	100.0% 503	8	2098

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	44.6% 352	46.4% 612	45.7% 964
Being a good Christian	39.4% 311	37.7% 497	38.3% 808
An equal mixture of both	13.8% 109	13.0% 171	13.3% 280
Don't know	2.3% 18	2.9% 38	2.7% 56
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
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	40.5% 207	55.4% 469	38.5% 289	45.8% 965
Being a good Christian	28.2% 144	35.1% 297	48.9% 367	38.3% 808
An equal mixture of both	24.1% 123	9.6% 81	10.0% 75	13.2% 279
Don't know	7.2% 37	0.0% 0	2.5% 19	2.7% 56
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
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	44.9% 410	49.2% 259	43.3% 125	60.7% 99	71	47.2% 893
Being a good Christian	41.0% 375	32.1% 169	40.8% 118	30.1% 49	96	37.6% 711
An equal mixture of both	11.6% 106	15.2% 80	15.9% 46	7.4% 12	34	12.9% 244
Don't know	2.5% 23	3.4% 18	0.0% 0	1.8% 3	10	2.3% 44
Missing	180	107	108	62	0	457
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 526	100.0% 289	100.0% 163	211	1892

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	46.7% 783	41.2% 106	44.0% 22	46.2% 42	11	45.9% 953
Being a good Christian	37.5% 630	44.4% 114	50.0% 25	27.5% 25	13	38.2% 794
An equal mixture of both	13.3% 223	13.2% 34	4.0% 2	16.5% 15	6	13.2% 274
Don't know	2.5% 42	1.2% 3	2.0% 1	9.9% 9	0	2.6% 55
Missing	376	109	19	16	0	520
TOTAL	100.0% 1678	100.0% 257	100.0% 50	100.0% 91	30	2076

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	46.5% 935	29.0% 27	2	45.7% 962
Being a good Christian	38.1% 767	43.0% 40	0	38.4% 807
An equal mixture of both	13.0% 261	20.4% 19	0	13.3% 280
Don't know	2.4% 48	7.5% 7	0	2.6% 55
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
Knowing what the Catholic Church teaches	30.2% 52	40.2% 147	49.2% 288	50.6% 225	58.4% 181	72	47.6% 893
Being a good Christian	52.9% 91	38.5% 141	37.9% 222	35.3% 157	29.4% 91	106	37.4% 702
An equal mixture of both	15.7% 27	18.0% 66	10.8% 63	10.8% 48	11.9% 37	39	12.8% 241
Don't know	1.2% 2	3.3% 12	2.1% 12	3.4% 15	0.3% 1	13	2.2% 42
Missing	51	139	122	85	63	0	460
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 366	100.0% 585	100.0% 445	100.0% 310	230	1878