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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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HYPUNION (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. -- Jesus was completely divine like God, and completely human like us in every way except sin.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	1793	67.9%	67.9%
Fairly important	439	16.6%	84.5%
Somewhat important	184	7%	91.5%
Not very important	208	7.9%	99.4%
Don't know	16	.6%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	75.7% 134	76.4% 566	65.1% 401	67.9% 292	46.7% 86	315	68.9% 1479
Fairly important	11.9% 21	10.4% 77	22.7% 140	14.4% 62	24.5% 45	92	16.1% 345
Somewhat important	6.8% 12	7.8% 58	3.7% 23	6.5% 28	13.0% 24	39	6.8% 145
Not very important	1.7% 3	5.4% 40	7.3% 45	11.2% 48	15.2% 28	43	7.6% 164
Don't know	4.0% 7	0.0% 0	1.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1	0.7% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	490	2148

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	69.8% 1030	74.1% 137	66.0% 217	63.4% 407	2	68.1% 1791
Fairly important	15.9% 234	15.7% 29	16.4% 54	18.8% 121	0	16.6% 438
Somewhat important	7.5% 110	4.9% 9	2.4% 8	7.8% 50	7	6.7% 177
Not very important	6.4% 95	4.3% 8	14.3% 47	9.0% 58	0	7.9% 208
Don't know	0.4% 6	1.1% 2	0.9% 3	0.9% 6	0	0.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	64.0% 668	70.4% 1126	67.9% 1794
Fairly important	15.3% 160	17.4% 279	16.6% 439
Somewhat important	8.7% 91	5.9% 94	7.0% 185
Not very important	11.3% 118	5.6% 90	7.9% 208
Don't know	0.6% 6	0.7% 11	0.6% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1043	100.0% 1600	2643

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Very important	74.9% 500	62.5% 637	68.8% 656	67.9% 1793
Fairly important	12.9% 86	18.3% 186	17.4% 166	16.6% 438
Somewhat important	4.3% 29	8.7% 89	6.9% 66	7.0% 184
Not very important	6.9% 46	10.3% 105	6.1% 58	7.9% 209
Don't know	1.0% 7	0.2% 2	0.7% 7	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	63.3% 692	69.5% 440	77.5% 307	62.4% 141	212	67.3% 1580
Fairly important	18.7% 205	16.4% 104	12.9% 51	18.6% 42	36	17.1% 402
Somewhat important	6.7% 73	5.7% 36	3.8% 15	11.5% 26	34	6.4% 150
Not very important	10.7% 117	8.2% 52	5.6% 22	6.6% 15	3	8.8% 206
Don't know	0.6% 7	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.9% 2	5	0.5% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 633	100.0% 396	100.0% 226	290	2349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	67.3% 1382	79.8% 293	48.5% 33	70.1% 75	10	68.7% 1783
Fairly important	17.0% 350	11.2% 41	23.5% 16	18.7% 20	12	16.5% 427
Somewhat important	6.3% 130	5.4% 20	14.7% 10	10.3% 11	13	6.6% 171
Not very important	9.0% 184	1.6% 6	10.3% 7	0.9% 1	9	7.6% 198
Don't know	0.3% 7	1.9% 7	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	44	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	67.2% 1618	77.0% 174	1	68.0% 1792
Fairly important	17.0% 409	12.8% 29	0	16.6% 438
Somewhat important	7.4% 177	3.1% 7	0	7.0% 184
Not very important	7.9% 190	6.2% 14	4	7.7% 204
Don't know	0.6% 14	0.9% 2	0	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 226	5	2634

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	77.6% 173	69.7% 352	69.7% 492	67.1% 355	53.9% 201	220	67.3% 1573
Fairly important	10.8% 24	18.4% 93	16.3% 115	16.1% 85	23.3% 87	34	17.3% 404
Somewhat important	7.6% 17	4.0% 20	8.6% 61	4.9% 26	8.3% 31	29	6.6% 155
Not very important	4.0% 9	6.7% 34	5.4% 38	11.5% 61	14.5% 54	12	8.4% 196
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	8	0.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 529	100.0% 373	303	2336