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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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CHURIMPR (Weighted by WEIGHT)

ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A PARISH OR ATTEND ONE IN PARTICULAR: Now I'd like to read a list of statements that some people have made about their parish and the Catholic Church in general. As I read each statement, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the statement. -- My parish is an important part of my life.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	921	41.9%	41.9%
Agree somewhat	691	31.4%	73.3%
Disagree somewhat	395	18%	91.3%
Disagree strongly	165	7.5%	98.8%
Not sure	26	1.2%	100%
Missing	443	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	54.1% 72	49.2% 308	35.2% 191	34.7% 131	33.6% 45	173	41.2% 747
Agree somewhat	26.3% 35	24.1% 151	36.2% 196	37.7% 142	29.1% 39	127	31.1% 563
Disagree somewhat	4.5% 6	16.0% 100	20.7% 112	21.5% 81	23.9% 32	64	18.3% 331
Disagree strongly	11.3% 15	9.1% 57	6.5% 35	6.1% 23	12.7% 17	17	8.1% 147
Not sure	3.8% 5	1.6% 10	1.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	3	1.3% 24
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 626	100.0% 542	100.0% 377	100.0% 134	384	1812

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	40.5% 516	55.8% 91	31.3% 76	45.7% 236	2	41.8% 919
Agree somewhat	34.5% 439	25.2% 41	29.6% 72	26.9% 139	0	31.5% 691
Disagree somewhat	16.1% 205	2.5% 4	30.9% 75	21.5% 111	0	18.0% 395
Disagree strongly	8.0% 102	9.8% 16	7.8% 19	5.4% 28	0	7.5% 165
Not sure	0.9% 12	6.7% 11	0.4% 1	0.4% 2	0	1.2% 26
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1274	100.0% 163	100.0% 243	100.0% 516	2	2196

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	38.0% 305	44.1% 616	41.9% 921
Agree somewhat	33.1% 266	30.4% 425	31.4% 691
Disagree somewhat	20.4% 164	16.5% 231	18.0% 395
Disagree strongly	7.1% 57	7.7% 108	7.5% 165
Not sure	1.4% 11	1.1% 16	1.2% 27
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
Agree strongly	52.9% 316	38.5% 322	37.1% 283	41.9% 921
Agree somewhat	24.3% 145	31.5% 264	36.9% 281	31.4% 690
Disagree somewhat	11.2% 67	20.7% 173	20.3% 155	18.0% 395
Disagree strongly	9.4% 56	8.2% 69	5.1% 39	7.5% 164
Not sure	2.2% 13	1.1% 9	0.5% 4	1.2% 26
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 837	100.0% 762	2196

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	36.6% 342	45.2% 242	42.6% 145	37.8% 56	137	40.1% 785
Agree somewhat	28.8% 269	35.1% 188	37.4% 127	37.2% 55	52	32.6% 639
Disagree somewhat	23.3% 218	10.8% 58	14.4% 49	17.6% 26	44	17.9% 351
Disagree strongly	9.9% 93	7.3% 39	5.3% 18	7.4% 11	3	8.2% 161
Not sure	1.4% 13	1.5% 8	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	4	1.1% 22
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 935	100.0% 535	100.0% 340	100.0% 148	240	1958

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	39.9% 696	54.6% 165	17.8% 8	50.6% 42	11	41.9% 911
Agree somewhat	32.0% 558	28.1% 85	31.1% 14	36.1% 30	3	31.6% 687
Disagree somewhat	19.6% 343	12.3% 37	20.0% 9	6.0% 5	0	18.1% 394
Disagree strongly	7.2% 126	3.6% 11	31.1% 14	7.2% 6	7	7.2% 157
Not sure	1.3% 23	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 27
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1746	100.0% 302	100.0% 45	100.0% 83	21	2176

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	40.9% 814	52.2% 106	1	41.9% 920
Agree somewhat	30.9% 616	36.5% 74	0	31.4% 690
Disagree somewhat	19.5% 388	2.5% 5	2	17.9% 393
Disagree strongly	7.7% 154	5.4% 11	0	7.5% 165
Not sure	1.0% 19	3.4% 7	0	1.2% 26
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
Agree strongly	61.5% 112	51.1% 212	33.4% 204	33.4% 145	33.3% 99	149	39.8% 772
Agree somewhat	21.4% 39	25.5% 106	40.5% 247	32.9% 143	33.7% 100	55	32.8% 635
Disagree somewhat	9.9% 18	18.8% 78	19.5% 119	19.4% 84	20.9% 62	34	18.6% 361
Disagree strongly	4.9% 9	2.9% 12	5.9% 36	12.0% 52	11.8% 35	20	7.4% 144
Not sure	2.2% 4	1.7% 7	0.7% 4	2.3% 10	0.3% 1	1	1.3% 26
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 415	100.0% 610	100.0% 434	100.0% 297	259	1938