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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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RELEDUC (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 got a very good religious education when I was growing up.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1576	59.7%	59.7%
Agree somewhat	569	21.5%	81.2%
Disagree somewhat	254	9.6%	90.8%
Disagree strongly	216	8.2%	99%
Not sure	26	1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	62.9% 112	57.2% 424	63.6% 392	58.3% 252	57.1% 105	292	59.7% 1285
Agree somewhat	14.6% 26	21.6% 160	20.5% 126	22.9% 99	25.0% 46	112	21.2% 457
Disagree somewhat	6.7% 12	12.7% 94	7.8% 48	9.3% 40	12.5% 23	37	10.1% 217
Disagree strongly	10.1% 18	8.2% 61	6.8% 42	9.5% 41	5.4% 10	44	8.0% 172
Not sure	5.6% 10	0.3% 2	1.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 432	100.0% 184	491	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	58.4% 861	62.5% 115	58.5% 193	61.9% 398	9	59.6% 1567
Agree somewhat	21.8% 321	20.7% 38	23.9% 79	20.4% 131	0	21.6% 569
Disagree somewhat	10.9% 160	8.2% 15	5.5% 18	9.5% 61	0	9.7% 254
Disagree strongly	8.2% 121	8.2% 15	10.0% 33	7.2% 46	0	8.2% 215
Not sure	0.7% 11	0.5% 1	2.1% 7	1.1% 7	0	1.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 184	100.0% 330	100.0% 643	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	57.3% 597	61.3% 979	59.7% 1576
Agree somewhat	22.2% 231	21.2% 338	21.6% 569
Disagree somewhat	10.5% 109	9.1% 145	9.6% 254
Disagree strongly	8.9% 93	7.6% 122	8.1% 215
Not sure	1.2% 12	0.9% 14	1.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1598	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	63.7% 426	58.7% 598	58.0% 552	59.7% 1576
Agree somewhat	16.6% 111	21.7% 221	24.9% 237	21.6% 569
Disagree somewhat	9.7% 65	9.7% 99	9.5% 90	9.6% 254
Disagree strongly	9.1% 61	8.0% 82	7.6% 72	8.1% 215
Not sure	0.9% 6	1.9% 19	0.1% 1	1.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 952	2640

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	57.4% 628	58.7% 372	62.1% 247	62.4% 141	188	59.0% 1388
Agree somewhat	24.1% 264	21.0% 133	16.3% 65	19.9% 45	62	21.6% 507
Disagree somewhat	9.9% 108	11.0% 70	14.8% 59	4.0% 9	9	10.5% 246
Disagree strongly	8.3% 91	7.1% 45	6.0% 24	13.7% 31	25	8.1% 191
Not sure	0.3% 3	2.2% 14	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	6	0.9% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 634	100.0% 398	100.0% 226	290	2352

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	57.4% 1178	64.6% 237	80.6% 54	76.6% 82	24	59.8% 1551
Agree somewhat	23.3% 479	16.1% 59	10.4% 7	8.4% 9	14	21.4% 554
Disagree somewhat	10.2% 209	8.4% 31	6.0% 4	8.4% 9	0	9.8% 253
Disagree strongly	8.5% 174	9.3% 34	1.5% 1	6.5% 7	0	8.3% 216
Not sure	0.6% 13	1.6% 6	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	6	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 107	44	2594

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	62.5% 1505	31.4% 71	0	59.8% 1576
Agree somewhat	21.1% 509	26.5% 60	0	21.6% 569
Disagree somewhat	9.0% 216	16.8% 38	0	9.6% 254
Disagree strongly	6.7% 162	21.2% 48	6	8.0% 210
Not sure	0.7% 17	4.0% 9	0	1.0% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 226	6	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	61.0% 136	65.9% 333	53.7% 379	60.8% 322	64.7% 242	164	60.4% 1412
Agree somewhat	14.8% 33	17.2% 87	23.7% 167	24.3% 129	19.0% 71	83	20.8% 487
Disagree somewhat	9.4% 21	8.1% 41	14.9% 105	6.6% 35	10.2% 38	14	10.3% 240
Disagree strongly	14.3% 32	8.7% 44	7.4% 52	7.0% 37	6.1% 23	27	8.0% 188
Not sure	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	1.3% 7	0.0% 0	15	0.5% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	303	2338