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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

Data Archive > U.S. Surveys > Religious Groups > Members or Leaders > Catholic > Analysis

MENWORDS (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. -- It bothers me when Church leaders use words like men and brothers to refer to both men and women.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	436	16.5%	16.5%
Agree somewhat	359	13.6%	30.1%
Disagree somewhat	921	34.9%	65%
Disagree strongly	776	29.4%	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	22.5% 40	12.9% 96	17.5% 108	12.8% 55	20.7% 38	100	15.7% 337
Agree somewhat	16.9% 30	12.0% 89	11.4% 70	17.0% 73	13.0% 24	73	13.3% 286
Disagree somewhat	25.3% 45	40.1% 298	33.9% 209	37.7% 162	30.4% 56	151	35.8% 770
Disagree strongly	23.0% 41	28.5% 212	31.8% 196	28.8% 124	35.9% 66	137	29.7% 639
Not sure	12.4% 22	6.5% 48	5.4% 33	3.7% 16	0.0% 0	29	5.5% 119
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 743	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	490	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.5% 228	8.1% 15	17.9% 59	20.7% 133	1	16.5% 435
Agree somewhat	11.0% 162	7.0% 13	18.5% 61	19.1% 123	0	13.6% 359
Disagree somewhat	37.6% 554	45.9% 85	27.7% 91	28.6% 184	7	34.7% 914
Disagree strongly	29.3% 432	29.2% 54	34.0% 112	27.5% 177	1	29.5% 775
Not sure	6.6% 98	9.7% 18	1.8% 6	4.0% 26	0	5.6% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 643	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	13.4% 139	18.6% 297	16.5% 436
Agree somewhat	13.9% 145	13.3% 213	13.6% 358
Disagree somewhat	36.0% 375	34.2% 546	34.9% 921
Disagree strongly	32.0% 333	27.7% 443	29.4% 776
Not sure	4.7% 49	6.2% 99	5.6% 148
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1598	2639

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	14.4% 96	15.5% 158	19.1% 182	16.5% 436
Agree somewhat	10.3% 69	12.5% 128	16.9% 161	13.6% 358
Disagree somewhat	34.8% 232	34.2% 349	35.7% 340	34.9% 921
Disagree strongly	30.3% 202	33.8% 345	24.0% 229	29.4% 776
Not sure	10.2% 68	3.9% 40	4.3% 41	5.6% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 667	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	17.9% 196	17.7% 112	12.1% 48	18.6% 42	39	16.9% 398
Agree somewhat	14.1% 154	14.4% 91	9.3% 37	12.8% 29	47	13.2% 311
Disagree somewhat	35.6% 389	28.8% 182	40.5% 161	38.5% 87	102	34.9% 819
Disagree strongly	27.6% 302	32.5% 206	32.4% 129	25.2% 57	81	29.5% 694
Not sure	4.8% 52	6.6% 42	5.8% 23	4.9% 11	22	5.4% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 398	100.0% 226	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.8% 324	18.5% 68	14.9% 10	23.4% 25	9	16.5% 427
Agree somewhat	11.7% 240	20.7% 76	17.9% 12	21.5% 23	7	13.5% 351
Disagree somewhat	36.9% 757	27.5% 101	26.9% 18	27.1% 29	15	34.9% 905
Disagree strongly	30.3% 623	25.9% 95	38.8% 26	17.8% 19	13	29.4% 763
Not sure	5.4% 110	7.4% 27	1.5% 1	10.3% 11	0	5.7% 149
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 107	44	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	16.9% 406	12.4% 28	2	16.5% 434
Agree somewhat	13.5% 325	15.0% 34	0	13.6% 359
Disagree somewhat	34.3% 826	40.3% 91	3	34.8% 917
Disagree strongly	30.1% 725	22.6% 51	0	29.4% 776
Not sure	5.3% 127	9.7% 22	0	5.7% 149
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	9.5% 21	21.2% 107	13.3% 94	19.8% 105	12.3% 46	62	16.0% 373
Agree somewhat	18.9% 42	11.9% 60	12.7% 90	10.0% 53	19.2% 72	41	13.6% 317
Disagree somewhat	43.7% 97	34.3% 173	37.5% 265	34.9% 185	32.8% 123	79	36.1% 843
Disagree strongly	21.2% 47	25.7% 130	33.9% 239	29.2% 155	32.5% 122	83	29.6% 693
Not sure	6.8% 15	6.9% 35	2.5% 18	6.0% 32	3.2% 12	37	4.8% 112
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 375	302	2338