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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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POPEVICR (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 Pope is the Vicar of Christ on Earth.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1181	44.7%	44.7%
Agree somewhat	695	26.3%	71%
Disagree somewhat	295	11.2%	82.2%
Disagree strongly	338	12.8%	95%
Not sure	131	5%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	65.7% 117	51.8% 384	39.7% 245	47.2% 203	37.8% 70	162	47.4% 1019
Agree somewhat	12.9% 23	20.6% 153	33.5% 207	24.7% 106	29.7% 55	152	25.3% 544
Disagree somewhat	5.1% 9	10.6% 79	10.4% 64	12.1% 52	9.2% 17	75	10.3% 221
Disagree strongly	11.8% 21	10.0% 74	13.5% 83	12.6% 54	16.2% 30	76	12.2% 262
Not sure	4.5% 8	7.0% 52	2.9% 18	3.5% 15	7.0% 13	25	4.9% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 617	100.0% 430	100.0% 185	490	2152

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	43.1% 636	63.1% 118	46.7% 154	41.3% 265	8	44.6% 1173
Agree somewhat	27.7% 408	20.9% 39	20.6% 68	28.1% 180	1	26.4% 695
Disagree somewhat	11.0% 162	7.0% 13	11.8% 39	12.6% 81	0	11.2% 295
Disagree strongly	13.6% 201	6.4% 12	12.7% 42	12.9% 83	0	12.8% 338
Not sure	4.5% 67	2.7% 5	8.2% 27	5.0% 32	0	5.0% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 187	100.0% 330	100.0% 641	9	2632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	44.0% 459	45.2% 722	44.7% 1181
Agree somewhat	24.6% 256	27.5% 439	26.3% 695
Disagree somewhat	12.2% 127	10.5% 168	11.2% 295
Disagree strongly	15.4% 160	11.1% 178	12.8% 338
Not sure	3.8% 40	5.8% 92	5.0% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	64.5% 431	42.1% 429	33.7% 321	44.7% 1181
Agree somewhat	16.5% 110	24.7% 252	35.0% 333	26.3% 695
Disagree somewhat	4.0% 27	13.2% 135	14.0% 133	11.2% 295
Disagree strongly	8.8% 59	15.7% 160	12.5% 119	12.8% 338
Not sure	6.1% 41	4.3% 44	4.8% 46	5.0% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1020	100.0% 952	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	46.5% 509	36.6% 231	57.3% 227	32.0% 72	142	44.3% 1039
Agree somewhat	26.5% 290	28.6% 181	25.0% 99	28.0% 63	62	27.0% 633
Disagree somewhat	10.3% 113	16.3% 103	6.3% 25	12.4% 28	26	11.5% 269
Disagree strongly	12.5% 137	13.9% 88	5.6% 22	26.2% 59	31	13.0% 306
Not sure	4.1% 45	4.6% 29	5.8% 23	1.3% 3	30	4.3% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 632	100.0% 396	100.0% 225	291	2347

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	43.6% 896	50.5% 185	42.0% 29	51.4% 56	15	44.9% 1166
Agree somewhat	28.5% 585	22.4% 82	13.0% 9	16.5% 18	1	26.7% 694
Disagree somewhat	12.0% 246	9.6% 35	11.6% 8	6.4% 7	0	11.4% 296
Disagree strongly	12.3% 253	9.6% 35	30.4% 21	12.8% 14	15	12.4% 323
Not sure	3.6% 73	7.9% 29	2.9% 2	12.8% 14	13	4.5% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 366	100.0% 69	100.0% 109	44	2597

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	44.6% 1075	46.7% 106	0	44.8% 1181
Agree somewhat	26.9% 649	19.8% 45	1	26.3% 694
Disagree somewhat	11.2% 271	11.0% 25	0	11.2% 296
Disagree strongly	12.9% 310	11.5% 26	2	12.7% 336
Not sure	4.3% 104	11.0% 25	2	4.9% 129
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 227	5	2636

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	59.6% 133	54.9% 277	39.9% 282	40.3% 213	34.9% 130	146	44.3% 1035
Agree somewhat	20.2% 45	20.8% 105	37.4% 264	25.0% 132	23.6% 88	60	27.1% 634
Disagree somewhat	10.8% 24	10.1% 51	9.6% 68	12.1% 64	20.1% 75	13	12.1% 282
Disagree strongly	4.5% 10	9.9% 50	9.3% 66	17.4% 92	19.8% 74	45	12.5% 292
Not sure	4.9% 11	4.4% 22	3.7% 26	5.3% 28	1.6% 6	39	4.0% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 529	100.0% 373	303	2336