Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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HELPNEDY (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. -- Helping needy people is an important part of my religious beliefs.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Disagree strongly   5) Not sure

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	2001	75.8%	75.8%
Agree somewhat	537	20.3%	96.1%
Disagree somewhat	56	2.1%	98.2%
Disagree strongly	35	1.3%	99.5%
Not sure	12	.5%	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
Agree strongly	80.9% 144	78.1% 579	73.1% 451	78.4% 337	70.7% 130	361	76.3% 1641
Agree somewhat	16.9% 30	17.4% 129	22.5% 139	19.1% 82	23.9% 44	113	19.7% 424
Disagree somewhat	2.2% 4	2.7% 20	1.3% 8	2.1% 9	5.4% 10	5	2.4% 51
Disagree strongly	0.0% 0	1.5% 11	1.9% 12	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	11	1.1% 24
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.1% 7	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 617	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	491	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	76.9% 1135	76.9% 143	73.9% 243	73.4% 471	9	75.7% 1992
Agree somewhat	20.1% 297	19.9% 37	17.0% 56	23.1% 148	0	20.4% 538
Disagree somewhat	1.9% 28	2.7% 5	3.6% 12	1.9% 12	0	2.2% 57
Disagree strongly	1.0% 15	0.0% 0	2.7% 9	1.7% 11	0	1.3% 35
Not sure	0.1% 1	0.5% 1	2.7% 9	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1476	100.0% 186	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2633

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	70.3% 732	79.4% 1269	75.8% 2001
Agree somewhat	24.1% 251	17.8% 285	20.3% 536
Disagree somewhat	3.2% 33	1.4% 23	2.1% 56
Disagree strongly	2.4% 25	0.6% 10	1.3% 35
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.8% 12	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	76.5% 511	76.8% 783	74.1% 707	75.8% 2001
Agree somewhat	19.9% 133	18.8% 192	22.2% 212	20.3% 537
Disagree somewhat	1.5% 10	1.7% 17	3.1% 30	2.2% 57
Disagree strongly	1.6% 11	1.9% 19	0.5% 5	1.3% 35
Not sure	0.4% 3	0.8% 8	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 954	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	75.8% 829	73.0% 463	79.6% 316	73.0% 165	228	75.4% 1773
Agree somewhat	19.8% 217	21.9% 139	18.6% 74	20.4% 46	62	20.2% 476
Disagree somewhat	2.8% 31	2.4% 15	1.3% 5	1.8% 4	1	2.3% 55
Disagree strongly	1.1% 12	1.6% 10	0.5% 2	4.9% 11	0	1.5% 35
Not sure	0.5% 5	1.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 634	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	291	2351

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	74.1% 1522	85.6% 314	73.5% 50	73.8% 79	36	75.7% 1965
Agree somewhat	21.9% 450	10.9% 40	20.6% 14	25.2% 27	6	20.5% 531
Disagree somewhat	2.2% 46	1.6% 6	5.9% 4	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 56
Disagree strongly	1.2% 24	1.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	2	1.2% 32
Not sure	0.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	44	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	74.9% 1804	86.2% 194	2	75.9% 1998
Agree somewhat	21.1% 508	12.0% 27	1	20.3% 535
Disagree somewhat	2.2% 54	0.9% 2	0	2.1% 56
Disagree strongly	1.3% 32	0.9% 2	0	1.3% 34
Not sure	0.4% 10	0.0% 0	2	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 225	5	2633

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	83.4% 186	77.0% 389	76.3% 539	74.0% 392	68.7% 257	239	75.4% 1763
Agree somewhat	11.7% 26	18.6% 94	20.5% 145	23.6% 125	23.5% 88	58	20.4% 478
Disagree somewhat	0.9% 2	2.2% 11	2.1% 15	2.3% 12	3.2% 12	5	2.2% 52
Disagree strongly	0.0% 0	2.0% 10	0.8% 6	0.2% 1	4.5% 17	1	1.5% 34
Not sure	4.0% 9	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	303	2338