Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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SPIRNEED (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: -- Meeting your spiritual needs   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	678	30.9%	30.9%
Good	945	43%	73.9%
Fair	407	18.5%	92.4%
Poor	101	4.6%	97%
Don't know	66	3%	100%
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	32.1% 43	39.0% 244	26.5% 144	25.5% 97	22.6% 30	122	30.7% 558
Good	38.8% 52	35.5% 222	46.7% 254	49.2% 187	42.1% 56	175	42.5% 771
Fair	17.9% 24	15.7% 98	20.2% 110	19.7% 75	21.1% 28	72	18.4% 335
Poor	1.5% 2	4.6% 29	3.7% 20	4.7% 18	13.5% 18	15	4.8% 87
Don't know	9.7% 13	5.1% 32	2.9% 16	0.8% 3	0.8% 1	1	3.6% 65
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 625	100.0% 544	100.0% 380	100.0% 133	385	1816

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	32.1% 409	28.2% 46	20.9% 51	33.2% 171	1	30.8% 677
Good	42.8% 545	38.7% 63	44.3% 108	44.7% 230	0	43.1% 946
Fair	17.7% 225	20.9% 34	19.3% 47	19.4% 100	1	18.5% 406
Poor	5.3% 67	6.1% 10	4.5% 11	2.5% 13	0	4.6% 101
Don't know	2.2% 28	6.1% 10	11.1% 27	0.2% 1	0	3.0% 66
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1274	100.0% 163	100.0% 244	100.0% 515	2	2196

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Excellent	29.4% 236	31.7% 442	30.9% 678
Good	41.8% 335	43.7% 610	43.0% 945
Fair	20.0% 160	17.7% 247	18.5% 407
Poor	5.2% 42	4.3% 60	4.6% 102
Don't know	3.6% 29	2.6% 36	3.0% 65
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 802	100.0% 1395	2197

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Excellent	37.0% 222	26.1% 219	31.2% 238	30.8% 679
Good	34.7% 208	45.5% 381	46.8% 357	43.0% 946
Fair	17.5% 105	20.3% 170	17.4% 133	18.5% 408
Poor	4.8% 29	5.8% 49	3.1% 24	4.6% 102
Don't know	6.0% 36	2.3% 19	1.4% 11	3.0% 66
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 600	100.0% 838	100.0% 763	2201

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	27.5% 257	36.9% 197	31.5% 107	36.0% 54	64	31.4% 615
Good	41.3% 386	42.7% 228	41.8% 142	44.7% 67	122	42.0% 823
Fair	22.4% 209	15.4% 82	19.7% 67	14.7% 22	27	19.4% 380
Poor	5.6% 52	3.2% 17	4.4% 15	4.7% 7	9	4.6% 91
Don't know	3.2% 30	1.9% 10	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	17	2.5% 49
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 534	100.0% 340	100.0% 150	239	1958

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	29.9% 523	32.0% 97	42.2% 19	42.2% 35	4	30.9% 674
Good	43.0% 751	43.6% 132	33.3% 15	45.8% 38	11	43.0% 936
Fair	20.0% 349	16.5% 50	8.9% 4	4.8% 4	0	18.7% 407
Poor	3.9% 68	6.9% 21	15.6% 7	7.2% 6	0	4.7% 102
Don't know	3.3% 57	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	2.8% 60
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1748	100.0% 303	100.0% 45	100.0% 83	21	2179

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Excellent	30.0% 597	40.6% 82	0	30.9% 679
Good	43.3% 863	39.1% 79	3	42.9% 942
Fair	19.0% 379	13.9% 28	0	18.6% 407
Poor	4.6% 92	4.5% 9	0	4.6% 101
Don't know	3.1% 61	2.0% 4	0	3.0% 65
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	34.4% 63	32.3% 134	28.7% 175	35.2% 153	19.1% 57	97	30.0% 582
Good	44.8% 82	47.0% 195	43.6% 266	33.8% 147	48.3% 144	112	43.0% 834
Fair	16.9% 31	15.4% 64	21.5% 131	22.3% 97	19.8% 59	25	19.7% 382
Poor	0.0% 0	2.2% 9	4.4% 27	6.0% 26	9.1% 27	13	4.6% 89
Don't know	3.8% 7	3.1% 13	1.8% 11	2.8% 12	3.7% 11	12	2.8% 54
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 415	100.0% 610	100.0% 435	100.0% 298	259	1941