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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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MASSDULL (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. -- Often I don't pay attention at Mass.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	265	12.1%	12.1%
Agree somewhat	473	21.5%	33.6%
Disagree somewhat	413	18.8%	52.4%
Disagree strongly	1014	46.1%	98.5%
Not sure	33	1.5%	100%
Missing	443	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	17.3% 23	11.7% 73	13.3% 72	10.1% 38	12.8% 17	42	12.3% 223
Agree somewhat	12.0% 16	25.7% 161	14.9% 81	22.0% 83	24.1% 32	100	20.6% 373
Disagree somewhat	18.0% 24	14.4% 90	18.6% 101	27.2% 103	10.5% 14	79	18.3% 332
Disagree strongly	47.4% 63	46.3% 290	52.9% 287	39.7% 150	50.4% 67	157	47.3% 857
Not sure	5.3% 7	1.9% 12	0.4% 2	1.1% 4	2.3% 3	6	1.5% 28
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 626	100.0% 543	100.0% 378	100.0% 133	384	1813

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.5% 159	16.0% 26	11.5% 28	9.9% 51	0	12.0% 264
Agree somewhat	20.5% 261	16.0% 26	17.7% 43	27.5% 142	0	21.5% 472
Disagree somewhat	16.0% 204	23.9% 39	18.5% 45	24.2% 125	0	18.8% 413
Disagree strongly	49.8% 634	41.7% 68	48.6% 118	37.2% 192	2	46.1% 1012
Not sure	1.2% 15	2.5% 4	3.7% 9	1.2% 6	0	1.5% 34
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 163	100.0% 243	100.0% 516	2	2195

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	15.1% 121	10.3% 143	12.0% 264
Agree somewhat	22.3% 179	21.0% 293	21.5% 472
Disagree somewhat	20.4% 164	17.9% 249	18.8% 413
Disagree strongly	41.3% 332	49.0% 683	46.2% 1015
Not sure	0.9% 7	1.9% 26	1.5% 33
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 1394	2197

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	16.6% 99	10.5% 88	10.2% 78	12.1% 265
Agree somewhat	19.7% 118	18.3% 153	26.5% 202	21.5% 473
Disagree somewhat	12.9% 77	20.4% 171	21.6% 165	18.8% 413
Disagree strongly	48.0% 287	49.3% 413	41.3% 315	46.2% 1015
Not sure	2.8% 17	1.6% 13	0.4% 3	1.5% 33
Missing	70	181	191	442
TOTAL	100.0% 598	100.0% 838	100.0% 763	2199

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	11.3% 106	13.3% 71	9.7% 33	13.5% 20	35	11.8% 230
Agree somewhat	20.3% 190	21.0% 112	27.4% 93	31.8% 47	30	22.6% 442
Disagree somewhat	20.4% 191	21.2% 113	15.3% 52	10.8% 16	41	19.0% 372
Disagree strongly	45.4% 424	44.2% 236	46.5% 158	42.6% 63	132	45.0% 881
Not sure	2.5% 23	0.4% 2	1.2% 4	1.4% 2	2	1.6% 31
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 534	100.0% 340	100.0% 148	240	1956

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.8% 189	10.6% 32	40.0% 18	22.9% 19	7	11.8% 258
Agree somewhat	21.4% 374	24.2% 73	24.4% 11	15.7% 13	1	21.6% 471
Disagree somewhat	20.1% 352	13.6% 41	20.0% 9	10.8% 9	2	18.9% 411
Disagree strongly	46.1% 805	50.7% 153	15.6% 7	48.2% 40	11	46.1% 1005
Not sure	1.6% 28	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	0	1.5% 33
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1748	100.0% 302	100.0% 45	100.0% 83	21	2178

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.8% 255	5.0% 10	0	12.1% 265
Agree somewhat	21.7% 432	19.8% 40	0	21.5% 472
Disagree somewhat	18.7% 372	18.8% 38	2	18.7% 410
Disagree strongly	45.3% 902	55.0% 111	1	46.2% 1013
Not sure	1.5% 30	1.5% 3	0	1.5% 33
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1991	100.0% 202	3	2193

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.0% 22	8.9% 37	11.8% 72	12.4% 54	12.8% 38	42	11.5% 223
Agree somewhat	23.0% 42	21.7% 90	19.5% 119	24.9% 108	22.1% 66	47	21.9% 425
Disagree somewhat	16.9% 31	15.9% 66	22.7% 138	18.2% 79	23.5% 70	30	19.8% 384
Disagree strongly	43.2% 79	52.8% 219	45.6% 278	43.1% 187	39.3% 117	134	45.4% 880
Not sure	4.9% 9	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	1.4% 6	2.3% 7	6	1.4% 27
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 415	100.0% 609	100.0% 434	100.0% 298	259	1939