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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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GIVETIME (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. -- I donate a lot of time to the church.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	346	15.7%	15.7%
Agree somewhat	452	20.6%	36.3%
Disagree somewhat	772	35.1%	71.4%
Disagree strongly	589	26.8%	98.2%
Not sure	38	1.7%	99.9%
Missing	443	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	20.3% 27	21.4% 134	13.2% 72	9.5% 36	16.5% 22	56	16.0% 291
Agree somewhat	6.8% 9	17.5% 110	24.2% 132	28.2% 107	12.0% 16	78	20.6% 374
Disagree somewhat	33.8% 45	35.4% 222	29.5% 161	38.8% 147	41.4% 55	144	34.7% 630
Disagree strongly	31.6% 42	24.6% 154	31.2% 170	23.5% 89	28.6% 38	97	27.1% 493
Not sure	7.5% 10	1.1% 7	1.8% 10	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	9	1.6% 29
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 627	100.0% 545	100.0% 379	100.0% 133	384	1817

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	16.3% 208	14.3% 23	9.0% 22	18.0% 93	0	15.8% 346
Agree somewhat	19.6% 250	29.2% 47	16.0% 39	22.4% 116	0	20.6% 452
Disagree somewhat	37.8% 482	24.2% 39	34.0% 83	32.3% 167	1	35.1% 771
Disagree strongly	25.7% 327	24.2% 39	38.5% 94	24.8% 128	1	26.8% 588
Not sure	0.5% 7	8.1% 13	2.5% 6	2.5% 13	0	1.8% 39
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1274	100.0% 161	100.0% 244	100.0% 517	2	2196

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.1% 121	16.2% 226	15.8% 347
Agree somewhat	19.6% 157	21.1% 295	20.6% 452
Disagree somewhat	41.3% 332	31.6% 441	35.2% 773
Disagree strongly	23.0% 185	28.9% 404	26.8% 589
Not sure	1.0% 8	2.1% 30	1.7% 38
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	22.1% 132	14.6% 122	12.0% 91	15.7% 345
Agree somewhat	18.4% 110	20.3% 170	22.6% 172	20.6% 452
Disagree somewhat	31.9% 191	32.5% 272	40.7% 310	35.2% 773
Disagree strongly	24.1% 144	32.1% 269	23.1% 176	26.8% 589
Not sure	3.5% 21	0.6% 5	1.6% 12	1.7% 38
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 598	100.0% 838	100.0% 761	2197

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.6% 99	18.2% 97	20.1% 68	17.4% 26	56	14.8% 290
Agree somewhat	20.3% 189	24.2% 129	13.0% 44	31.5% 47	42	20.9% 409
Disagree somewhat	36.0% 336	31.3% 167	45.7% 155	29.5% 44	70	35.9% 702
Disagree strongly	30.7% 286	25.1% 134	20.9% 71	21.5% 32	66	26.8% 523
Not sure	2.5% 23	1.3% 7	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	7	1.6% 31
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 933	100.0% 534	100.0% 339	100.0% 149	241	1955

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	13.9% 243	24.2% 73	15.9% 7	26.5% 22	1	15.9% 345
Agree somewhat	20.9% 365	16.6% 50	20.5% 9	28.9% 24	3	20.6% 448
Disagree somewhat	36.2% 632	32.8% 99	22.7% 10	32.5% 27	3	35.3% 768
Disagree strongly	27.2% 475	24.2% 73	40.9% 18	12.0% 10	13	26.5% 576
Not sure	1.8% 31	2.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.7% 38
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
Agree strongly	15.5% 308	18.9% 38	0	15.8% 346
Agree somewhat	19.6% 390	30.3% 61	0	20.6% 451
Disagree somewhat	35.8% 713	28.9% 58	1	35.2% 771
Disagree strongly	27.3% 543	21.9% 44	2	26.8% 587
Not sure	1.9% 38	0.0% 0	0	1.7% 38
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1992	100.0% 201	3	2193

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	19.2% 35	14.3% 59	13.1% 80	13.3% 58	16.8% 50	64	14.5% 282
Agree somewhat	25.8% 47	22.9% 95	26.5% 162	12.4% 54	18.1% 54	40	21.2% 412
Disagree somewhat	33.5% 61	38.2% 158	35.7% 218	38.9% 169	32.6% 97	69	36.2% 703
Disagree strongly	14.3% 26	22.9% 95	23.9% 146	34.9% 152	32.6% 97	74	26.6% 516
Not sure	7.1% 13	1.7% 7	0.8% 5	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	11	1.4% 27
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 414	100.0% 611	100.0% 435	100.0% 298	258	1940