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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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

ONLYCHUR (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 cannot imagine myself being anything other than Catholic.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1256	47.6%	47.6%
Agree somewhat	329	12.5%	60.1%
Disagree somewhat	544	20.6%	80.7%
Disagree strongly	473	17.9%	98.6%
Not sure	39	1.5%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	58.4% 104	53.7% 398	48.1% 297	43.3% 186	40.2% 74	197	49.3% 1059
Agree somewhat	7.9% 14	9.9% 73	11.8% 73	18.4% 79	5.4% 10	80	11.6% 249
Disagree somewhat	19.1% 34	21.2% 157	21.6% 133	20.9% 90	19.6% 36	95	20.9% 450
Disagree strongly	14.0% 25	13.4% 99	18.0% 111	16.5% 71	31.0% 57	110	16.9% 363
Not sure	0.6% 1	1.9% 14	0.5% 3	0.9% 4	3.8% 7	9	1.3% 29
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	45.6% 672	55.7% 103	51.4% 169	47.2% 303	8	47.4% 1247
Agree somewhat	13.4% 198	3.8% 7	9.7% 32	14.3% 92	0	12.5% 329
Disagree somewhat	22.3% 328	27.0% 50	13.1% 43	19.0% 122	1	20.6% 543
Disagree strongly	17.1% 252	13.0% 24	25.2% 83	17.8% 114	0	18.0% 473
Not sure	1.6% 24	0.5% 1	0.6% 2	1.7% 11	0	1.4% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2630

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	42.7% 445	50.7% 811	47.6% 1256
Agree somewhat	14.2% 148	11.3% 181	12.5% 329
Disagree somewhat	17.8% 185	22.5% 359	20.6% 544
Disagree strongly	23.2% 241	14.4% 231	17.9% 472
Not sure	2.1% 22	1.1% 17	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	63.2% 423	42.4% 432	42.1% 401	47.5% 1256
Agree somewhat	7.6% 51	11.2% 114	17.3% 165	12.5% 330
Disagree somewhat	16.9% 113	23.5% 240	20.0% 191	20.6% 544
Disagree strongly	11.5% 77	21.7% 221	18.4% 175	17.9% 473
Not sure	0.7% 5	1.3% 13	2.2% 21	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2642

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	47.3% 517	40.9% 259	53.7% 213	48.0% 108	158	46.7% 1097
Agree somewhat	12.5% 137	14.1% 89	16.4% 65	8.4% 19	19	13.2% 310
Disagree somewhat	21.5% 235	26.1% 165	14.4% 57	10.2% 23	64	20.4% 480
Disagree strongly	17.8% 195	18.8% 119	11.1% 44	31.6% 71	44	18.3% 429
Not sure	0.8% 9	0.2% 1	4.5% 18	1.8% 4	7	1.4% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 225	292	2348

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	45.8% 941	58.0% 213	31.3% 21	63.6% 68	13	47.9% 1243
Agree somewhat	14.1% 289	7.6% 28	7.5% 5	6.5% 7	0	12.7% 329
Disagree somewhat	21.9% 449	12.8% 47	25.4% 17	7.5% 8	23	20.1% 521
Disagree strongly	17.3% 356	18.8% 69	32.8% 22	15.9% 17	9	17.9% 464
Not sure	0.9% 19	2.7% 10	3.0% 2	6.5% 7	0	1.5% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 107	45	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	48.8% 1177	35.0% 79	0	47.6% 1256
Agree somewhat	12.4% 299	12.8% 29	1	12.4% 328
Disagree somewhat	20.2% 486	25.2% 57	2	20.6% 543
Disagree strongly	17.1% 411	26.1% 59	2	17.8% 470
Not sure	1.5% 37	0.9% 2	0	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 2410	100.0% 226	5	2636

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	67.6% 150	52.4% 264	42.4% 299	39.9% 212	41.0% 153	177	46.1% 1078
Agree somewhat	6.8% 15	7.9% 40	14.4% 102	16.6% 88	14.7% 55	29	12.8% 300
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 29	19.8% 100	25.1% 177	18.6% 99	20.1% 75	63	20.5% 480
Disagree strongly	11.3% 25	19.2% 97	16.4% 116	22.4% 119	23.3% 87	29	19.0% 444
Not sure	1.4% 3	0.6% 3	1.7% 12	2.4% 13	0.8% 3	5	1.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 504	100.0% 706	100.0% 531	100.0% 373	303	2336