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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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MARYMOM (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. -- Mary is the mother of God.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very important	1913	72.4%	72.4%
Fairly important	292	11.1%	83.5%
Somewhat important	182	6.9%	90.4%
Not very important	221	8.4%	98.8%
Don't know	33	1.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	79.1% 140	81.3% 603	68.8% 424	71.6% 308	48.4% 89	349	72.8% 1564
Fairly important	7.3% 13	5.9% 44	12.8% 79	11.6% 50	20.7% 38	67	10.4% 224
Somewhat important	3.4% 6	6.1% 45	11.4% 70	4.2% 18	11.4% 21	22	7.4% 160
Not very important	5.6% 10	5.8% 43	5.0% 31	11.2% 48	19.6% 36	52	7.8% 168
Don't know	4.5% 8	0.9% 7	1.9% 12	1.4% 6	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	490	2149

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	73.8% 1089	74.2% 138	70.5% 232	70.4% 452	2	72.6% 1911
Fairly important	9.6% 142	12.4% 23	13.7% 45	11.7% 75	7	10.8% 285
Somewhat important	8.4% 124	8.6% 16	2.1% 7	5.5% 35	0	6.9% 182
Not very important	7.6% 112	1.6% 3	9.7% 32	11.5% 74	0	8.4% 221
Don't know	0.5% 8	3.2% 6	4.0% 13	0.9% 6	0	1.3% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 186	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	64.3% 671	77.7% 1242	72.4% 1913
Fairly important	11.8% 123	10.6% 169	11.1% 292
Somewhat important	7.9% 82	6.3% 100	6.9% 182
Not very important	15.0% 156	4.1% 65	8.4% 221
Don't know	1.1% 11	1.4% 23	1.3% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 1043	100.0% 1599	2642

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Very important	79.6% 532	65.9% 672	74.3% 708	72.4% 1912
Fairly important	7.9% 53	11.4% 116	12.8% 122	11.0% 291
Somewhat important	4.8% 32	10.7% 109	4.3% 41	6.9% 182
Not very important	5.4% 36	10.6% 108	8.1% 77	8.4% 221
Don't know	2.2% 15	1.4% 14	0.5% 5	1.3% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	70.6% 772	74.8% 474	78.6% 312	58.8% 133	221	72.0% 1691
Fairly important	12.0% 131	10.9% 69	10.6% 42	11.9% 27	24	11.4% 269
Somewhat important	6.8% 74	3.9% 25	4.8% 19	15.0% 34	30	6.5% 152
Not very important	10.0% 109	9.3% 59	3.5% 14	10.2% 23	15	8.7% 205
Don't know	0.6% 7	1.1% 7	2.5% 10	4.0% 9	0	1.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 634	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	290	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	70.8% 1455	87.7% 322	67.6% 46	75.0% 81	10	73.3% 1904
Fairly important	12.0% 247	4.4% 16	13.2% 9	11.1% 12	8	10.9% 284
Somewhat important	7.2% 147	4.4% 16	0.0% 0	12.0% 13	6	6.8% 176
Not very important	9.3% 191	3.0% 11	5.9% 4	1.9% 2	13	8.0% 208
Don't know	0.7% 15	0.5% 2	13.2% 9	0.0% 0	7	1.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 108	44	2598

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Very important	72.4% 1744	73.0% 165	3	72.5% 1909
Fairly important	11.4% 275	7.1% 16	0	11.0% 291
Somewhat important	7.2% 173	4.0% 9	0	6.9% 182
Not very important	7.9% 190	12.8% 29	2	8.3% 219
Don't know	1.1% 26	3.1% 7	0	1.3% 33
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	84.8% 190	77.6% 392	71.3% 504	68.3% 362	59.8% 223	242	71.4% 1671
Fairly important	11.6% 26	8.3% 42	13.3% 94	12.5% 66	13.4% 50	14	11.9% 278
Somewhat important	0.0% 0	2.8% 14	8.5% 60	8.7% 46	9.9% 37	26	6.7% 157
Not very important	0.9% 2	9.1% 46	6.8% 48	10.6% 56	15.0% 56	13	8.9% 208
Don't know	2.7% 6	2.2% 11	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7	8	1.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 707	100.0% 530	100.0% 373	303	2339