Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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SERMONS (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: -- Quality of the homilies or sermons   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	693	31.5%	31.5%
Good	987	44.9%	76.4%
Fair	374	17%	93.4%
Poor	69	3.1%	96.5%
Don't know	75	3.4%	99.9%
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	35.1% 47	30.6% 191	31.6% 172	24.8% 94	27.1% 36	154	29.8% 540
Good	43.3% 58	41.0% 256	47.4% 258	49.3% 187	50.4% 67	162	45.5% 826
Fair	18.7% 25	20.8% 130	16.0% 87	18.5% 70	9.8% 13	49	17.9% 325
Poor	0.0% 0	2.6% 16	1.5% 8	4.7% 18	11.3% 15	12	3.1% 57
Don't know	3.0% 4	5.1% 32	3.5% 19	2.6% 10	1.5% 2	8	3.7% 67
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 625	100.0% 544	100.0% 379	100.0% 133	385	1815

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	30.9% 393	22.1% 36	20.9% 51	41.0% 211	2	31.5% 691
Good	44.7% 569	44.8% 73	46.3% 113	45.0% 232	0	45.0% 987
Fair	18.2% 232	23.3% 38	20.5% 50	10.5% 54	0	17.0% 374
Poor	3.7% 47	3.1% 5	2.5% 6	1.9% 10	0	3.1% 68
Don't know	2.5% 32	6.7% 11	9.8% 24	1.6% 8	0	3.4% 75
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 163	100.0% 244	100.0% 515	2	2195

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	30.5% 245	32.2% 449	31.6% 694
Good	45.7% 367	44.4% 620	44.9% 987
Fair	19.3% 155	15.7% 219	17.0% 374
Poor	1.9% 15	3.9% 54	3.1% 69
Don't know	2.6% 21	3.9% 54	3.4% 75
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 1396	2199

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Excellent	30.4% 182	26.5% 222	37.9% 289	31.5% 693
Good	41.4% 248	49.5% 415	42.5% 324	44.9% 987
Fair	19.4% 116	15.8% 132	16.7% 127	17.1% 375
Poor	3.2% 19	4.3% 36	1.8% 14	3.1% 69
Don't know	5.7% 34	3.9% 33	1.0% 8	3.4% 75
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 599	100.0% 838	100.0% 762	2199

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	26.7% 250	34.4% 184	34.0% 116	51.7% 77	68	32.0% 627
Good	45.1% 422	48.6% 260	40.8% 139	32.9% 49	117	44.4% 870
Fair	19.1% 179	13.8% 74	17.6% 60	15.4% 23	39	17.1% 336
Poor	5.0% 47	2.6% 14	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	0	3.5% 69
Don't know	4.0% 37	0.6% 3	5.3% 18	0.0% 0	17	3.0% 58
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 935	100.0% 535	100.0% 341	100.0% 149	241	1960

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	29.4% 513	42.4% 128	27.3% 12	34.9% 29	10	31.4% 682
Good	48.0% 838	30.8% 93	40.9% 18	42.2% 35	3	45.2% 984
Fair	16.4% 286	24.2% 73	15.9% 7	9.6% 8	0	17.2% 374
Poor	3.4% 60	2.3% 7	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0	3.1% 68
Don't know	2.8% 49	0.3% 1	15.9% 7	12.0% 10	7	3.1% 67
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1746	100.0% 302	100.0% 44	100.0% 83	20	2175

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	30.9% 616	36.9% 75	2	31.5% 691
Good	44.2% 881	51.7% 105	1	44.9% 986
Fair	17.8% 355	9.4% 19	0	17.0% 374
Poor	3.3% 65	1.5% 3	0	3.1% 68
Don't know	3.7% 74	0.5% 1	0	3.4% 75
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1991	100.0% 203	3	2194

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	36.3% 66	30.7% 127	30.5% 186	34.7% 151	27.3% 81	82	31.5% 611
Good	36.8% 67	46.4% 192	48.9% 298	41.6% 181	43.1% 128	122	44.7% 866
Fair	19.8% 36	18.1% 75	16.1% 98	18.4% 80	18.9% 56	29	17.8% 345
Poor	0.0% 0	1.4% 6	2.8% 17	3.2% 14	9.1% 27	4	3.3% 64
Don't know	7.1% 13	3.4% 14	1.8% 11	2.1% 9	1.7% 5	23	2.7% 52
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 414	100.0% 610	100.0% 435	100.0% 297	260	1938