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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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OTHRPART (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Next, I would like you to think about an adult, other than your parents, who has been very important in your life. Think of someone who you have admired or wanted to be like. This person may be currently living or may have died, but is still important to you. In terms of religious participation, is or was this person:

	1) Very active
	2) Fairly active
	3) Somewhat active
	4) Not very active
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very active	1082	41%	41%
Fairly active	591	22.4%	63.4%
Somewhat active	309	11.7%	75.1%
Not very active	300	11.4%	86.5%
Don't know	360	13.6%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	37.6% 67	38.1% 283	37.6% 232	46.6% 201	40.2% 74	225	39.8% 857
Fairly active	15.7% 28	26.8% 199	25.0% 154	20.0% 86	20.1% 37	89	23.4% 504
Somewhat active	14.6% 26	14.2% 105	8.1% 50	11.4% 49	4.9% 9	70	11.1% 239
Not very active	14.6% 26	7.5% 56	12.0% 74	10.7% 46	21.7% 40	57	11.2% 242
Don't know	17.4% 31	13.3% 99	17.3% 107	11.4% 49	13.0% 24	50	14.4% 310
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 617	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	491	2152

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	43.5% 642	37.1% 69	33.2% 110	40.3% 259	2	41.0% 1080
Fairly active	23.8% 351	17.2% 32	19.3% 64	21.3% 137	7	22.2% 584
Somewhat active	10.4% 153	12.9% 24	16.3% 54	12.3% 79	0	11.8% 310
Not very active	10.2% 150	8.6% 16	10.3% 34	15.6% 100	0	11.4% 300
Don't know	12.1% 179	24.2% 45	20.8% 69	10.4% 67	0	13.7% 360
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 186	100.0% 331	100.0% 642	9	2634

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very active	35.5% 370	44.5% 712	41.0% 1082
Fairly active	22.4% 233	22.4% 358	22.4% 591
Somewhat active	12.2% 127	11.4% 182	11.7% 309
Not very active	14.4% 150	9.4% 150	11.4% 300
Don't know	15.5% 162	12.4% 198	13.6% 360
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1600	2642

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Very active	36.1% 241	39.4% 401	46.1% 439	40.9% 1081
Fairly active	20.7% 138	22.1% 225	24.0% 229	22.4% 592
Somewhat active	7.6% 51	16.6% 169	9.2% 88	11.7% 308
Not very active	10.0% 67	9.8% 100	13.9% 132	11.3% 299
Don't know	25.6% 171	12.2% 124	6.8% 65	13.6% 360
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	39.0% 427	44.3% 280	50.6% 201	33.0% 75	98	41.8% 983
Fairly active	22.9% 250	22.3% 141	21.2% 84	24.7% 56	60	22.6% 531
Somewhat active	9.7% 106	13.6% 86	11.8% 47	14.5% 33	38	11.6% 272
Not very active	13.2% 144	11.4% 72	7.1% 28	7.0% 16	39	11.1% 260
Don't know	15.3% 167	8.4% 53	9.3% 37	20.7% 47	56	12.9% 304
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 632	100.0% 397	100.0% 227	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	41.4% 851	35.6% 131	54.4% 37	40.7% 44	19	40.9% 1063
Fairly active	23.6% 485	18.8% 69	5.9% 4	22.2% 24	9	22.4% 582
Somewhat active	10.2% 209	16.3% 60	23.5% 16	15.7% 17	7	11.6% 302
Not very active	11.8% 242	11.7% 43	4.4% 3	10.2% 11	1	11.5% 299
Don't know	13.0% 267	17.7% 65	11.8% 8	11.1% 12	8	13.5% 352
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 368	100.0% 68	100.0% 108	44	2598

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	40.5% 977	45.6% 103	2	41.0% 1080
Fairly active	22.9% 551	17.7% 40	0	22.4% 591
Somewhat active	11.7% 282	11.9% 27	0	11.7% 309
Not very active	11.0% 265	14.6% 33	2	11.3% 298
Don't know	13.9% 335	10.2% 23	1	13.6% 358
TOTAL	100.0% 2410	100.0% 226	5	2636

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very active	42.4% 95	37.2% 188	46.0% 324	35.7% 189	42.2% 158	128	40.8% 954
Fairly active	26.8% 60	28.1% 142	21.7% 153	21.9% 116	20.1% 75	45	23.4% 546
Somewhat active	8.0% 18	10.5% 53	13.3% 94	13.0% 69	8.8% 33	42	11.4% 267
Not very active	7.1% 16	11.3% 57	7.8% 55	15.8% 84	16.6% 62	25	11.7% 274
Don't know	15.6% 35	12.9% 65	11.2% 79	13.6% 72	12.3% 46	63	12.7% 297
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 705	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	303	2338