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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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OTHRTRAD (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 outlook, is or was this person:

	1) Very traditional
	2) Somewhat traditional
	3) Not very traditional
	4) Not traditional at all
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very traditional	994	37.7%	37.7%
Somewhat traditional	960	36.4%	74.1%
Not very traditional	187	7.1%	81.2%
Not traditional at all	152	5.8%	87%
Don't know	347	13.1%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	47.8% 85	42.6% 316	40.1% 247	28.8% 124	34.1% 63	160	38.8% 835
Somewhat traditional	21.9% 39	37.2% 276	33.8% 208	44.7% 192	27.6% 51	194	35.6% 766
Not very traditional	9.6% 17	2.6% 19	5.7% 35	7.9% 34	20.5% 38	44	6.7% 143
Not traditional at all	0.6% 1	3.2% 24	5.5% 34	7.9% 34	5.4% 10	48	4.8% 103
Don't know	20.2% 36	14.3% 106	14.9% 92	10.7% 46	12.4% 23	44	14.1% 303
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 185	490	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	42.1% 621	36.2% 67	33.8% 112	30.2% 194	0	37.8% 994
Somewhat traditional	34.8% 513	33.0% 61	33.2% 110	41.6% 267	9	36.1% 951
Not very traditional	5.8% 86	3.2% 6	10.0% 33	9.8% 63	0	7.1% 188
Not traditional at all	5.8% 86	3.8% 7	1.2% 4	8.7% 56	0	5.8% 153
Don't know	11.5% 169	23.8% 44	21.8% 72	9.7% 62	0	13.2% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 331	100.0% 642	9	2633

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very traditional	30.6% 319	42.2% 675	37.7% 994
Somewhat traditional	37.5% 391	35.6% 569	36.4% 960
Not very traditional	8.4% 88	6.2% 99	7.1% 187
Not traditional at all	8.1% 84	4.3% 68	5.8% 152
Don't know	15.4% 160	11.7% 187	13.1% 347
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1598	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Very traditional	38.6% 258	39.5% 403	34.9% 333	37.7% 994
Somewhat traditional	28.3% 189	33.9% 345	44.7% 426	36.4% 960
Not very traditional	3.9% 26	7.9% 81	8.4% 80	7.1% 187
Not traditional at all	3.7% 25	6.2% 63	6.6% 63	5.7% 151
Don't know	25.4% 170	12.5% 127	5.4% 51	13.2% 348
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	35.6% 389	41.8% 265	38.6% 153	35.4% 80	107	37.8% 887
Somewhat traditional	36.8% 402	38.5% 244	41.9% 166	27.4% 62	86	37.2% 874
Not very traditional	8.4% 92	3.3% 21	7.8% 31	6.2% 14	29	6.7% 158
Not traditional at all	5.2% 57	8.4% 53	3.0% 12	10.2% 23	7	6.2% 145
Don't know	14.0% 153	8.0% 51	8.6% 34	20.8% 47	62	12.1% 285
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 634	100.0% 396	100.0% 226	291	2349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	38.0% 780	37.6% 138	30.9% 21	31.5% 34	22	37.5% 973
Somewhat traditional	36.2% 743	34.3% 126	48.5% 33	42.6% 46	12	36.5% 948
Not very traditional	6.9% 141	7.4% 27	0.0% 0	13.9% 15	3	7.1% 183
Not traditional at all	6.4% 132	2.5% 9	7.4% 5	5.6% 6	0	5.9% 152
Don't know	12.5% 256	18.3% 67	13.2% 9	6.5% 7	8	13.1% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 2052	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 108	45	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	35.9% 865	56.4% 128	2	37.7% 993
Somewhat traditional	37.3% 899	26.4% 60	0	36.4% 959
Not very traditional	7.5% 181	2.6% 6	0	7.1% 187
Not traditional at all	5.7% 138	5.3% 12	2	5.7% 150
Don't know	13.5% 325	9.3% 21	1	13.1% 346
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 227	5	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very traditional	38.6% 86	35.5% 179	38.8% 274	35.8% 190	33.1% 124	141	36.5% 853
Somewhat traditional	37.2% 83	39.1% 197	39.8% 281	35.5% 188	33.6% 126	84	37.4% 875
Not very traditional	0.4% 1	7.5% 38	6.7% 47	10.0% 53	9.9% 37	10	7.5% 176
Not traditional at all	6.7% 15	6.5% 33	3.8% 27	5.1% 27	11.5% 43	8	6.2% 145
Don't know	17.0% 38	11.3% 57	10.9% 77	13.6% 72	12.0% 45	59	12.4% 289
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 504	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 375	302	2338