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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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TRANSUB (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now, I'd like to ask some questions about your religious beliefs and experiences. Not all religious beliefs are equally important to all people. As I read each of the following items, tell me how important it is to you. -- In Mass, the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	1651	62.5%	62.5%
Fairly important	376	14.2%	76.7%
Somewhat important	250	9.5%	86.2%
Not very important	326	12.3%	98.5%
Don't know	37	1.4%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	71.3% 127	70.4% 522	61.5% 379	58.6% 252	47.3% 87	284	63.6% 1367
Fairly important	8.4% 15	11.3% 84	14.9% 92	19.5% 84	14.1% 26	76	14.0% 301
Somewhat important	7.3% 13	9.3% 69	11.7% 72	7.4% 32	7.6% 14	50	9.3% 200
Not very important	6.7% 12	7.7% 57	10.4% 64	14.4% 62	27.2% 50	81	11.4% 245
Don't know	6.2% 11	1.2% 9	1.5% 9	0.0% 0	3.8% 7	0	1.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	491	2149

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	64.9% 958	83.9% 156	56.4% 186	54.4% 350	2	62.6% 1650
Fairly important	13.4% 198	5.4% 10	15.5% 51	18.2% 117	0	14.3% 376
Somewhat important	9.2% 135	5.4% 10	7.9% 26	11.4% 73	7	9.3% 244
Not very important	11.9% 176	3.8% 7	13.9% 46	15.2% 98	0	12.4% 327
Don't know	0.5% 8	1.6% 3	6.4% 21	0.8% 5	0	1.4% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 186	100.0% 330	100.0% 643	9	2634

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	54.8% 570	67.6% 1081	62.5% 1651
Fairly important	14.4% 150	14.1% 226	14.2% 376
Somewhat important	10.8% 112	8.7% 139	9.5% 251
Not very important	18.1% 188	8.6% 138	12.3% 326
Don't know	2.0% 21	0.9% 15	1.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Very important	78.9% 527	57.4% 585	56.6% 539	62.6% 1651
Fairly important	6.4% 43	15.1% 154	18.8% 179	14.2% 376
Somewhat important	5.5% 37	10.9% 111	10.7% 102	9.5% 250
Not very important	6.4% 43	15.1% 154	13.6% 129	12.4% 326
Don't know	2.7% 18	1.5% 15	0.3% 3	1.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 952	2639

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	61.0% 667	58.5% 371	73.0% 289	54.0% 122	202	61.7% 1449
Fairly important	13.9% 152	17.2% 109	14.4% 57	13.7% 31	27	14.9% 349
Somewhat important	9.6% 105	10.1% 64	4.3% 17	11.1% 25	39	9.0% 211
Not very important	14.5% 158	14.2% 90	6.6% 26	14.2% 32	21	13.0% 306
Don't know	1.0% 11	0.0% 0	1.8% 7	7.1% 16	2	1.4% 34
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 important	60.8% 1249	76.8% 282	50.7% 34	72.9% 78	8	63.3% 1643
Fairly important	15.6% 321	11.2% 41	14.9% 10	2.8% 3	0	14.5% 375
Somewhat important	9.5% 196	4.6% 17	13.4% 9	14.0% 15	13	9.1% 237
Not very important	13.1% 268	7.4% 27	6.0% 4	10.3% 11	16	12.0% 310
Don't know	0.9% 19	0.0% 0	14.9% 10	0.0% 0	7	1.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 107	44	2594

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	61.8% 1489	70.9% 161	1	62.6% 1650
Fairly important	14.2% 343	15.0% 34	0	14.3% 377
Somewhat important	9.9% 239	5.3% 12	0	9.5% 251
Not very important	12.5% 302	8.8% 20	4	12.2% 322
Don't know	1.5% 37	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 2410	100.0% 227	5	2637

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	78.0% 174	66.3% 334	61.3% 433	55.7% 295	51.6% 193	222	61.1% 1429
Fairly important	6.7% 15	16.1% 81	16.9% 119	14.5% 77	16.3% 61	24	15.1% 353
Somewhat important	5.8% 13	6.3% 32	11.6% 82	11.1% 59	9.1% 34	29	9.4% 220
Not very important	9.4% 21	10.3% 52	9.8% 69	17.4% 92	19.3% 72	20	13.1% 306
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.4% 3	1.3% 7	3.7% 14	7	1.2% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 504	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	302	2337