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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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LAYIMPRT (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. -- Lay people are just as important a part of the Church as priests are.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1661	62.9%	62.9%
Agree somewhat	565	21.4%	84.3%
Disagree somewhat	209	7.9%	92.2%
Disagree strongly	148	5.6%	97.8%
Not sure	58	2.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	52.8% 94	49.1% 364	67.9% 418	72.8% 313	78.3% 144	329	62.0% 1333
Agree somewhat	23.6% 42	27.0% 200	16.4% 101	19.3% 83	19.0% 35	104	21.4% 461
Disagree somewhat	14.0% 25	10.1% 75	8.4% 52	5.6% 24	1.1% 2	31	8.3% 178
Disagree strongly	3.9% 7	10.4% 77	5.8% 36	1.9% 8	1.6% 3	16	6.1% 131
Not sure	5.6% 10	3.5% 26	1.5% 9	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	10	2.2% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 184	490	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	64.4% 949	58.9% 109	62.3% 205	60.7% 390	8	62.9% 1653
Agree somewhat	21.0% 310	25.4% 47	22.5% 74	20.7% 133	0	21.4% 564
Disagree somewhat	7.3% 107	8.1% 15	2.1% 7	12.3% 79	1	7.9% 208
Disagree strongly	5.7% 84	4.9% 9	8.5% 28	4.0% 26	0	5.6% 147
Not sure	1.6% 24	2.7% 5	4.6% 15	2.2% 14	0	2.2% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2630

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	67.3% 701	60.0% 960	62.9% 1661
Agree somewhat	17.9% 187	23.6% 378	21.4% 565
Disagree somewhat	7.6% 79	8.1% 130	7.9% 209
Disagree strongly	5.7% 59	5.6% 89	5.6% 148
Not sure	1.5% 16	2.6% 42	2.2% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	61.7% 412	65.1% 663	61.5% 586	62.9% 1661
Agree somewhat	18.7% 125	20.8% 212	23.8% 227	21.4% 564
Disagree somewhat	11.2% 75	4.2% 43	9.5% 91	7.9% 209
Disagree strongly	4.8% 32	7.3% 74	4.4% 42	5.6% 148
Not sure	3.6% 24	2.6% 27	0.7% 7	2.2% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	69.7% 762	57.3% 363	52.6% 209	72.1% 163	164	63.7% 1497
Agree somewhat	18.5% 202	21.8% 138	24.9% 99	21.7% 49	77	20.8% 488
Disagree somewhat	5.4% 59	10.6% 67	12.8% 51	2.7% 6	27	7.8% 183
Disagree strongly	4.9% 54	7.9% 50	6.8% 27	1.8% 4	12	5.7% 135
Not sure	1.6% 17	2.4% 15	2.8% 11	1.8% 4	11	2.0% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	64.2% 1319	50.4% 185	77.9% 53	68.2% 73	32	62.8% 1630
Agree somewhat	21.1% 434	25.3% 93	4.4% 3	26.2% 28	6	21.5% 558
Disagree somewhat	7.7% 158	12.3% 45	7.4% 5	0.0% 0	1	8.0% 208
Disagree strongly	5.3% 108	9.8% 36	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	0	5.7% 148
Not sure	1.7% 35	2.2% 8	10.3% 7	1.9% 2	6	2.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	45	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	62.1% 1497	70.8% 160	4	62.9% 1657
Agree somewhat	21.6% 521	19.0% 43	1	21.4% 564
Disagree somewhat	7.8% 188	9.3% 21	0	7.9% 209
Disagree strongly	6.0% 145	0.9% 2	0	5.6% 147
Not sure	2.4% 58	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 58
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	52.7% 118	59.8% 302	64.2% 453	69.7% 370	69.3% 259	160	64.2% 1502
Agree somewhat	22.3% 50	24.6% 124	20.3% 143	17.7% 94	19.8% 74	80	20.7% 485
Disagree somewhat	4.9% 11	8.9% 45	8.4% 59	6.6% 35	8.8% 33	27	7.8% 183
Disagree strongly	12.1% 27	4.6% 23	5.7% 40	6.0% 32	1.3% 5	21	5.4% 127
Not sure	8.0% 18	2.2% 11	1.6% 11	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	15	1.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 531	100.0% 374	303	2340