Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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NICEFOLK (Weighted by WEIGHT) ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A PARISH OR ATTEND ONE IN PARTICULAR: Now I'd like you to rate several aspects of your parish (or the parish you attend the most if you are not a member of a Catholic parish). How would you rate this parish in terms of: -- Friendliness of the people   1) Excellent   2) Good   3) Fair   4) Poor   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Excellent	1019	46.4%	46.4%
Good	800	36.4%	82.8%
Fair	276	12.6%	95.4%
Poor	75	3.4%	98.8%
Don't know	28	1.3%	100.1%
Missing	443	%	%

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
Excellent	47.4% 64	48.3% 302	47.1% 256	38.4% 145	30.8% 41	212	44.5% 808
Good	35.6% 48	35.2% 220	35.8% 195	42.3% 160	44.4% 59	118	37.6% 682
Fair	6.7% 9	12.6% 79	12.5% 68	14.0% 53	10.5% 14	53	12.3% 223
Poor	7.4% 10	2.4% 15	2.9% 16	4.2% 16	13.5% 18	0	4.1% 75
Don't know	3.0% 4	1.4% 9	1.7% 9	1.1% 4	0.8% 1	1	1.5% 27
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 625	100.0% 544	100.0% 378	100.0% 133	384	1815

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	46.0% 586	47.2% 77	36.2% 88	51.6% 266	1	46.3% 1017
Good	37.9% 482	30.7% 50	41.6% 101	32.4% 167	0	36.4% 800
Fair	12.4% 158	7.4% 12	12.8% 31	14.3% 74	1	12.5% 275
Poor	3.2% 41	8.6% 14	4.9% 12	1.6% 8	0	3.4% 75
Don't know	0.5% 6	6.1% 10	4.5% 11	0.2% 1	0	1.3% 28
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 163	100.0% 243	100.0% 516	2	2195

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	44.3% 355	47.6% 664	46.4% 1019
Good	38.2% 306	35.4% 494	36.4% 800
Fair	13.6% 109	11.9% 166	12.5% 275
Poor	2.7% 22	3.8% 53	3.4% 75
Don't know	1.1% 9	1.3% 18	1.2% 27
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 801	100.0% 1395	2196

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Excellent	48.5% 290	41.1% 344	50.7% 386	46.4% 1020
Good	34.4% 206	38.5% 323	35.6% 271	36.4% 800
Fair	11.2% 67	13.8% 116	12.1% 92	12.5% 275
Poor	2.7% 16	6.0% 50	1.2% 9	3.4% 75
Don't know	3.2% 19	0.6% 5	0.5% 4	1.3% 28
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 598	100.0% 838	100.0% 762	2198

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	41.0% 383	56.2% 300	42.9% 146	53.7% 80	110	46.4% 909
Good	38.7% 362	31.1% 166	43.8% 149	30.9% 46	77	36.9% 723
Fair	13.8% 129	10.1% 54	11.5% 39	10.7% 16	39	12.2% 238
Poor	4.5% 42	2.2% 12	0.0% 0	4.7% 7	14	3.1% 61
Don't know	2.0% 19	0.4% 2	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 27
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 935	100.0% 534	100.0% 340	100.0% 149	240	1958

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	46.5% 812	46.0% 139	44.4% 20	54.2% 45	4	46.7% 1016
Good	37.3% 651	33.4% 101	53.3% 24	25.3% 21	2	36.6% 797
Fair	11.8% 207	14.9% 45	2.2% 1	20.5% 17	6	12.4% 270
Poor	2.8% 49	5.6% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8	3.0% 66
Don't know	1.6% 28	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 28
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1747	100.0% 302	100.0% 45	100.0% 83	20	2177

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	46.3% 923	47.5% 96	0	46.4% 1019
Good	35.1% 699	48.0% 97	3	36.3% 796
Fair	13.5% 269	3.5% 7	0	12.6% 276
Poor	3.7% 73	1.0% 2	0	3.4% 75
Don't know	1.4% 28	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 28
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1992	100.0% 202	3	2194

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	58.2% 107	49.5% 205	41.0% 250	41.7% 181	46.6% 139	138	45.5% 882
Good	27.2% 50	33.6% 139	47.0% 287	33.9% 147	31.2% 93	84	36.9% 716
Fair	7.1% 13	12.6% 52	8.0% 49	21.0% 91	13.8% 41	30	12.7% 246
Poor	4.9% 9	1.4% 6	3.8% 23	2.3% 10	7.0% 21	6	3.6% 69
Don't know	2.7% 5	2.9% 12	0.2% 1	1.2% 5	1.3% 4	1	1.4% 27
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 414	100.0% 610	100.0% 434	100.0% 298	259	1940