Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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GOCONFES (Weighted by WEIGHT) Now, I have a few other religious practices that I'd like you to think about. About how often, if ever, do you go to private confession with a priest?   1) Regularly   2) Sometimes   3) Rarely   4) Never   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Regularly	214	8.1%	8.1%
Sometimes	289	10.9%	19%
Rarely	630	23.9%	42.9%
Never	1497	56.7%	99.6%
Don't know	11	.4%	100%

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
Regularly	3.4% 6	11.6% 86	6.2% 38	3.0% 13	10.9% 20	51	7.6% 163
Sometimes	12.9% 23	11.5% 85	12.0% 74	7.2% 31	20.7% 38	38	11.7% 251
Rarely	23.0% 41	19.0% 141	28.4% 175	31.6% 136	7.1% 13	124	23.5% 506
Never	60.7% 108	57.8% 428	51.9% 320	58.1% 250	61.4% 113	278	56.7% 1219
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	1.6% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 617	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	491	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Regularly	7.3% 107	8.1% 15	5.2% 17	11.5% 74	1	8.1% 213
Sometimes	11.4% 168	15.7% 29	9.4% 31	9.5% 61	0	11.0% 289
Rarely	24.8% 366	35.1% 65	15.2% 50	23.2% 149	0	23.9% 630
Never	56.1% 827	39.5% 73	70.3% 232	55.5% 356	8	56.6% 1488
Don't know	0.5% 7	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 330	100.0% 641	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Regularly	7.3% 76	8.6% 138	8.1% 214
Sometimes	10.7% 111	11.1% 178	10.9% 289
Rarely	24.1% 251	23.8% 380	23.9% 631
Never	57.6% 600	56.0% 896	56.6% 1496
Don't know	0.4% 4	0.4% 7	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Regularly	11.2% 75	5.6% 57	8.6% 82	8.1% 214
Sometimes	16.7% 112	8.4% 86	9.6% 91	10.9% 289
Rarely	24.5% 164	22.8% 232	24.7% 235	23.9% 631
Never	46.1% 309	63.2% 644	57.0% 543	56.6% 1496
Don't know	1.5% 10	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 1019	100.0% 952	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Regularly	6.9% 75	10.3% 65	12.3% 49	3.5% 8	18	8.4% 197
Sometimes	13.4% 147	7.6% 48	13.4% 53	6.2% 14	27	11.1% 262
Rarely	20.0% 219	25.1% 159	23.7% 94	39.8% 90	69	23.9% 562
Never	59.3% 649	57.1% 362	50.6% 201	50.4% 114	170	56.4% 1326
Don't know	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 634	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	291	2351

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Regularly	7.2% 147	13.1% 48	5.9% 4	14.0% 15	0	8.2% 214
Sometimes	11.1% 228	13.4% 49	1.5% 1	7.5% 8	2	11.0% 286
Rarely	23.3% 479	27.8% 102	22.1% 15	24.3% 26	8	24.0% 622
Never	58.2% 1195	45.8% 168	70.6% 48	47.7% 51	34	56.3% 1462
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 7	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	44	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Regularly	8.6% 206	3.5% 8	0	8.1% 214
Sometimes	10.8% 259	13.3% 30	0	11.0% 289
Rarely	23.4% 563	29.6% 67	0	23.9% 630
Never	57.2% 1377	50.4% 114	6	56.6% 1491
Don't know	0.2% 4	3.1% 7	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	6	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Regularly	10.7% 24	9.9% 50	7.2% 51	4.9% 26	2.7% 10	54	6.9% 161
Sometimes	15.2% 34	12.5% 63	12.5% 88	6.2% 33	9.4% 35	35	10.8% 253
Rarely	17.9% 40	29.3% 148	21.0% 148	23.6% 125	28.9% 108	62	24.3% 569
Never	56.3% 126	48.3% 244	59.1% 417	63.9% 338	59.1% 221	150	57.6% 1346
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	1.3% 7	0.0% 0	3	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 705	100.0% 529	100.0% 374	304	2337