Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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CATHCONV (Weighted by WEIGHT) Were you raised in the Catholic Church, or did you convert to Catholicism?   1) Raised in Catholic Church   2) Converted to Catholicism   3) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Raised in Catholic Church	2409	91.2%	91.2%
Converted to Catholicism	226	8.6%	99.8%
Don't know	6	.2%	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
Raised in Catholic Church	92.7% 165	91.2% 676	89.0% 548	89.3% 385	92.4% 170	464	90.4% 1944
Converted to Catholicism	7.3% 13	8.5% 63	11.0% 68	10.7% 46	7.6% 14	23	9.5% 204
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	490	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	88.7% 1309	85.4% 158	91.5% 301	98.6% 633	8	91.3% 2401
Converted to Catholicism	11.1% 164	14.6% 27	7.9% 26	1.2% 8	1	8.6% 225
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.2% 1	0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	90.8% 946	91.5% 1463	91.2% 2409
Converted to Catholicism	9.1% 95	8.3% 132	8.6% 227
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.3% 4	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	85.9% 574	89.2% 909	97.2% 926	91.3% 2409
Converted to Catholicism	13.8% 92	10.5% 107	2.8% 27	8.6% 226
Don't know	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	95.3% 1044	83.4% 528	89.7% 356	89.8% 203	278	90.6% 2131
Converted to Catholicism	4.1% 45	16.6% 105	10.3% 41	10.2% 23	13	9.1% 214
Don't know	0.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 1095	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	291	2351

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	90.0% 1848	99.2% 364	98.5% 67	86.0% 92	38	91.3% 2371
Converted to Catholicism	9.7% 200	0.8% 3	1.5% 1	14.0% 15	7	8.4% 219
Don't know	0.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	45	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Raised in Catholic Church	100.0% 2409	0.0% 0	0	91.4% 2409
Converted to Catholicism	0.0% 0	100.0% 226	0	8.6% 226
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.0% 0
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
Raised in Catholic Church	92.4% 207	89.5% 452	90.9% 642	90.9% 482	89.3% 334	292	90.5% 2117
Converted to Catholicism	6.7% 15	10.5% 53	9.1% 64	9.1% 48	10.2% 38	9	9.3% 218
Don't know	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	302	2339