Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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HELPDECS (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: -- Helping you make decisions in work or family   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	484	22%	22%
Good	753	34.3%	56.3%
Fair	560	25.5%	81.8%
Poor	140	6.4%	88.2%
Don't know	261	11.9%	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	29.1% 39	22.5% 141	20.2% 110	16.4% 62	11.3% 15	118	20.2% 367
Good	28.4% 38	35.3% 221	36.0% 196	32.7% 124	40.6% 54	120	34.9% 633
Fair	13.4% 18	24.3% 152	25.2% 137	30.1% 114	23.3% 31	109	24.9% 452
Poor	1.5% 2	5.4% 34	8.1% 44	6.1% 23	16.5% 22	16	6.9% 125
Don't know	27.6% 37	12.5% 78	10.5% 57	14.8% 56	8.3% 11	21	13.2% 239
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 626	100.0% 544	100.0% 379	100.0% 133	384	1816

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	22.8% 290	20.4% 33	16.0% 39	23.4% 121	1	22.0% 483
Good	35.1% 447	43.2% 70	23.8% 58	34.5% 178	0	34.3% 753
Fair	24.7% 315	13.0% 21	32.8% 80	27.7% 143	0	25.5% 559
Poor	6.8% 87	8.0% 13	4.5% 11	5.4% 28	1	6.3% 139
Don't know	10.5% 134	15.4% 25	23.0% 56	8.9% 46	0	11.9% 261
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 162	100.0% 244	100.0% 516	2	2195

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	17.7% 142	24.5% 342	22.0% 484
Good	37.2% 298	32.6% 454	34.2% 752
Fair	25.6% 205	25.5% 355	25.5% 560
Poor	8.7% 70	5.0% 70	6.4% 140
Don't know	10.8% 87	12.4% 173	11.8% 260
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 802	100.0% 1394	2196

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Excellent	24.6% 147	18.7% 157	23.6% 180	22.0% 484
Good	27.9% 167	38.3% 321	34.8% 265	34.3% 753
Fair	22.4% 134	24.5% 205	29.0% 221	25.5% 560
Poor	6.7% 40	7.3% 61	5.0% 38	6.3% 139
Don't know	18.4% 110	11.2% 94	7.6% 58	11.9% 262
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	17.6% 164	25.2% 135	21.4% 73	34.2% 51	62	21.6% 423
Good	34.3% 320	35.7% 191	39.9% 136	22.8% 34	73	34.8% 681
Fair	25.9% 242	26.9% 144	24.3% 83	32.9% 49	42	26.4% 518
Poor	10.1% 94	4.5% 24	2.6% 9	2.7% 4	10	6.7% 131
Don't know	12.2% 114	7.7% 41	11.7% 40	7.4% 11	54	10.5% 206
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 535	100.0% 341	100.0% 149	241	1959

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	20.4% 357	26.6% 80	44.4% 20	26.2% 22	6	22.0% 479
Good	35.9% 628	31.2% 94	4.4% 2	31.0% 26	2	34.5% 750
Fair	25.7% 449	30.9% 93	8.9% 4	16.7% 14	0	25.7% 560
Poor	6.5% 113	5.0% 15	13.3% 6	7.1% 6	0	6.4% 140
Don't know	11.4% 200	6.3% 19	28.9% 13	19.0% 16	13	11.4% 248
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1747	100.0% 301	100.0% 45	100.0% 84	21	2177

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	20.7% 413	35.0% 71	0	22.1% 484
Good	34.0% 677	36.9% 75	1	34.3% 752
Fair	27.0% 537	11.8% 24	0	25.6% 561
Poor	6.8% 136	2.0% 4	0	6.4% 140
Don't know	11.5% 229	14.3% 29	2	11.8% 258
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1992	100.0% 203	3	2195

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	29.7% 54	20.8% 86	19.3% 118	24.0% 104	17.1% 51	71	21.3% 413
Good	33.0% 60	35.7% 148	40.2% 245	30.2% 131	29.9% 89	80	34.7% 673
Fair	20.3% 37	27.8% 115	23.3% 142	32.7% 142	29.9% 89	34	27.1% 525
Poor	1.6% 3	6.0% 25	9.5% 58	4.6% 20	8.7% 26	8	6.8% 132
Don't know	15.4% 28	9.7% 40	7.7% 47	8.5% 37	14.4% 43	66	10.1% 195
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 414	100.0% 610	100.0% 434	100.0% 298	259	1938