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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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OTHRCHUR (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. -- I could be just as happy in some other church; it wouldn't have to be Catholic.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	554	21%	21%
Agree somewhat	525	19.9%	40.9%
Disagree somewhat	362	13.7%	54.6%
Disagree strongly	1051	39.8%	94.4%
Not sure	149	5.6%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	19.2% 34	15.5% 115	21.3% 131	21.3% 92	25.5% 47	136	19.5% 419
Agree somewhat	14.1% 25	19.1% 142	22.7% 140	15.3% 66	21.7% 40	112	19.2% 413
Disagree somewhat	7.3% 13	12.1% 90	17.9% 110	16.9% 73	8.2% 15	61	14.0% 301
Disagree strongly	49.7% 88	48.1% 357	31.8% 196	42.8% 185	34.8% 64	162	41.4% 890
Not sure	9.6% 17	5.1% 38	6.3% 39	3.7% 16	9.8% 18	20	6.0% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 432	100.0% 184	491	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	20.5% 302	16.6% 31	23.6% 78	22.1% 142	2	21.0% 553
Agree somewhat	19.1% 282	17.1% 32	20.9% 69	22.2% 143	0	20.0% 526
Disagree somewhat	15.3% 226	20.3% 38	7.3% 24	11.7% 75	0	13.8% 363
Disagree strongly	39.1% 577	39.6% 74	38.5% 127	41.4% 266	7	39.6% 1044
Not sure	6.0% 88	6.4% 12	9.7% 32	2.6% 17	0	5.7% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 187	100.0% 330	100.0% 643	9	2635

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	18.7% 195	22.5% 360	21.0% 555
Agree somewhat	24.2% 252	17.1% 273	19.9% 525
Disagree somewhat	12.9% 134	14.3% 228	13.7% 362
Disagree strongly	37.8% 393	41.1% 657	39.8% 1050
Not sure	6.4% 67	5.1% 81	5.6% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	13.3% 89	23.7% 241	23.6% 225	21.0% 555
Agree somewhat	14.6% 98	21.8% 222	21.4% 204	19.8% 524
Disagree somewhat	14.2% 95	11.2% 114	16.0% 152	13.7% 361
Disagree strongly	48.9% 327	38.9% 396	34.5% 328	39.8% 1051
Not sure	9.0% 60	4.5% 46	4.5% 43	5.6% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 952	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	20.3% 222	24.2% 153	17.1% 68	20.4% 46	65	20.8% 489
Agree somewhat	20.0% 219	19.6% 124	17.8% 71	20.4% 46	65	19.6% 460
Disagree somewhat	12.4% 135	15.2% 96	16.3% 65	12.4% 28	38	13.8% 324
Disagree strongly	41.8% 457	36.5% 231	41.7% 166	39.1% 88	109	40.1% 942
Not sure	5.5% 60	4.6% 29	7.0% 28	7.6% 17	14	5.7% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 398	100.0% 225	291	2349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	19.8% 406	16.9% 62	57.4% 39	24.1% 26	22	20.5% 533
Agree somewhat	20.6% 423	20.4% 75	7.4% 5	17.6% 19	2	20.1% 522
Disagree somewhat	14.5% 297	10.4% 38	2.9% 2	20.4% 22	2	13.8% 359
Disagree strongly	39.6% 814	48.0% 176	29.4% 20	28.7% 31	11	40.1% 1041
Not sure	5.6% 114	4.4% 16	2.9% 2	9.3% 10	7	5.5% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 108	44	2597

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	20.9% 504	22.5% 51	0	21.0% 555
Agree somewhat	20.0% 481	19.4% 44	0	19.9% 525
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 315	20.7% 47	0	13.7% 362
Disagree strongly	40.5% 977	32.2% 73	1	39.8% 1050
Not sure	5.5% 133	5.3% 12	4	5.5% 145
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
Agree strongly	19.8% 44	18.7% 94	16.7% 118	26.4% 140	24.8% 93	65	20.9% 489
Agree somewhat	16.7% 37	20.4% 103	18.3% 129	18.3% 97	29.6% 111	48	20.4% 477
Disagree somewhat	11.3% 25	12.7% 64	17.2% 121	18.9% 100	7.5% 28	23	14.5% 338
Disagree strongly	45.0% 100	45.0% 227	40.4% 285	34.0% 180	32.0% 120	138	39.0% 912
Not sure	7.2% 16	3.2% 16	7.4% 52	2.5% 13	6.1% 23	28	5.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 504	100.0% 705	100.0% 530	100.0% 375	302	2336