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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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CHURTRAD (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now I'm going to read some statements that some people have made about religion and the Catholic Church. Please tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with the statement. -- The Church should put more emphasis on traditional teachings.

	1) Agree strongly
	2) Agree somewhat
	3) Disagree somewhat
	4) Disagree strongly
	5) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	778	29.5%	29.5%
Agree somewhat	863	32.7%	62.2%
Disagree somewhat	560	21.2%	83.4%
Disagree strongly	292	11.1%	94.5%
Not sure	147	5.6%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	39.9% 71	39.4% 292	27.9% 172	23.4% 101	18.3% 34	108	31.1% 670
Agree somewhat	41.0% 73	27.2% 202	37.5% 231	29.9% 129	18.8% 35	194	31.1% 670
Disagree somewhat	10.1% 18	17.4% 129	18.5% 114	27.1% 117	33.9% 63	120	20.5% 441
Disagree strongly	1.7% 3	8.9% 66	9.7% 60	16.7% 72	19.4% 36	56	11.0% 237
Not sure	7.3% 13	7.1% 53	6.3% 39	2.8% 12	9.7% 18	13	6.3% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 431	100.0% 186	491	2153

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	32.5% 479	35.1% 65	26.7% 88	21.5% 138	8	29.3% 770
Agree somewhat	29.0% 428	31.4% 58	38.5% 127	38.6% 248	1	32.7% 861
Disagree somewhat	22.3% 329	18.9% 35	13.9% 46	23.5% 151	0	21.3% 561
Disagree strongly	10.9% 161	8.1% 15	10.3% 34	12.8% 82	0	11.1% 292
Not sure	5.2% 77	6.5% 12	10.6% 35	3.6% 23	0	5.6% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 185	100.0% 330	100.0% 642	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	32.1% 334	27.8% 444	29.5% 778
Agree somewhat	33.0% 344	32.4% 519	32.7% 863
Disagree somewhat	22.4% 233	20.4% 327	21.2% 560
Disagree strongly	8.8% 92	12.5% 200	11.1% 292
Not sure	3.7% 38	6.9% 110	5.6% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1600	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	41.7% 279	26.4% 269	24.1% 230	29.5% 778
Agree somewhat	27.5% 184	31.7% 323	37.4% 356	32.7% 863
Disagree somewhat	14.8% 99	20.2% 206	26.8% 255	21.2% 560
Disagree strongly	6.0% 40	16.5% 168	8.9% 85	11.1% 293
Not sure	10.0% 67	5.2% 53	2.8% 27	5.6% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	29.0% 317	27.6% 175	28.0% 111	20.4% 46	129	27.6% 649
Agree somewhat	26.9% 294	40.6% 257	34.6% 137	37.2% 84	91	32.9% 772
Disagree somewhat	22.4% 245	17.5% 111	29.3% 116	21.7% 49	38	22.2% 521
Disagree strongly	16.3% 178	8.8% 56	4.0% 16	13.3% 30	12	11.9% 280
Not sure	5.4% 59	5.4% 34	4.0% 16	7.5% 17	22	5.4% 126
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 396	100.0% 226	292	2348

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	27.8% 571	38.7% 142	19.4% 13	38.0% 41	12	29.6% 767
Agree somewhat	32.6% 670	33.8% 124	31.3% 21	28.7% 31	17	32.6% 846
Disagree somewhat	21.6% 444	16.1% 59	40.3% 27	17.6% 19	11	21.2% 549
Disagree strongly	12.5% 257	4.6% 17	4.5% 3	13.9% 15	0	11.3% 292
Not sure	5.4% 111	6.8% 25	4.5% 3	1.9% 2	6	5.4% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 108	46	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	29.3% 705	31.9% 72	1	29.5% 777
Agree somewhat	32.7% 787	33.6% 76	0	32.8% 863
Disagree somewhat	21.5% 518	18.6% 42	0	21.3% 560
Disagree strongly	11.0% 266	10.6% 24	2	11.0% 290
Not sure	5.5% 133	5.3% 12	2	5.5% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	5	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	46.9% 105	28.6% 144	25.7% 181	34.5% 183	18.5% 69	96	29.2% 682
Agree somewhat	24.1% 54	39.1% 197	32.3% 228	26.0% 138	35.9% 134	112	32.1% 751
Disagree somewhat	13.4% 30	19.2% 97	28.5% 201	20.0% 106	21.7% 81	44	22.0% 515
Disagree strongly	4.0% 9	7.1% 36	10.1% 71	15.3% 81	19.6% 73	21	11.6% 270
Not sure	11.6% 26	6.0% 30	3.4% 24	4.2% 22	4.3% 16	29	5.1% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 504	100.0% 705	100.0% 530	100.0% 373	302	2336