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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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GIVEALOT (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 give more than my fair share of money 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	565	25.7%	25.7%
Agree somewhat	628	28.6%	54.3%
Disagree somewhat	586	26.7%	81%
Disagree strongly	369	16.8%	97.8%
Not sure	49	2.2%	100%
Missing	443	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	18.8% 25	32.9% 206	23.6% 128	25.1% 95	21.6% 29	82	26.6% 483
Agree somewhat	29.3% 39	26.6% 167	28.4% 154	25.6% 97	27.6% 37	136	27.2% 494
Disagree somewhat	27.1% 36	19.8% 124	30.9% 168	33.0% 125	29.9% 40	93	27.1% 493
Disagree strongly	19.5% 26	19.1% 120	14.9% 81	15.3% 58	14.9% 20	64	16.8% 305
Not sure	5.3% 7	1.6% 10	2.2% 12	1.1% 4	6.0% 8	9	2.3% 41
Missing	44	116	73	52	51	0	336
TOTAL	100.0% 133	100.0% 627	100.0% 543	100.0% 379	100.0% 134	384	1816

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	28.2% 359	32.5% 53	16.4% 40	21.7% 112	1	25.7% 564
Agree somewhat	28.4% 362	17.2% 28	27.5% 67	33.1% 171	0	28.6% 628
Disagree somewhat	26.7% 340	28.8% 47	28.7% 70	25.0% 129	1	26.7% 586
Disagree strongly	15.3% 195	15.3% 25	24.2% 59	17.4% 90	0	16.8% 369
Not sure	1.3% 17	6.1% 10	3.3% 8	2.7% 14	0	2.2% 49
Missing	201	23	86	126	0	436
TOTAL	100.0% 1273	100.0% 163	100.0% 244	100.0% 516	2	2196

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	22.9% 184	27.3% 381	25.7% 565
Agree somewhat	28.4% 228	28.7% 400	28.6% 628
Disagree somewhat	30.9% 248	24.3% 339	26.7% 587
Disagree strongly	15.4% 124	17.6% 245	16.8% 369
Not sure	2.4% 19	2.2% 30	2.2% 49
Missing	239	204	443
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 1395	2198

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	37.2% 223	21.8% 183	21.0% 160	25.7% 566
Agree somewhat	30.4% 182	25.5% 214	30.4% 232	28.6% 628
Disagree somewhat	17.2% 103	30.8% 258	29.5% 225	26.6% 586
Disagree strongly	10.7% 64	20.5% 172	17.5% 133	16.8% 369
Not sure	4.5% 27	1.3% 11	1.6% 12	2.3% 50
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
Agree strongly	27.9% 261	24.9% 133	25.1% 86	24.8% 37	48	26.4% 517
Agree somewhat	28.1% 262	28.7% 153	27.8% 95	25.5% 38	82	28.0% 548
Disagree somewhat	25.5% 238	26.4% 141	29.2% 100	28.2% 42	66	26.6% 521
Disagree strongly	16.0% 149	18.0% 96	15.8% 54	21.5% 32	38	16.9% 331
Not sure	2.6% 24	2.1% 11	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	7	2.1% 42
Missing	160	99	57	77	0	393
TOTAL	100.0% 934	100.0% 534	100.0% 342	100.0% 149	241	1959

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.8% 451	26.4% 80	37.8% 17	16.7% 14	3	25.8% 562
Agree somewhat	28.7% 501	21.1% 64	40.0% 18	52.4% 44	1	28.8% 627
Disagree somewhat	27.4% 478	29.7% 90	4.4% 2	16.7% 14	3	26.8% 584
Disagree strongly	15.8% 275	20.1% 61	17.8% 8	14.3% 12	13	16.3% 356
Not sure	2.3% 41	2.6% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.2% 49
Missing	307	65	23	24	0	419
TOTAL	100.0% 1746	100.0% 303	100.0% 45	100.0% 84	20	2178

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	26.2% 522	20.2% 41	2	25.6% 563
Agree somewhat	26.8% 534	46.3% 94	0	28.6% 628
Disagree somewhat	27.0% 538	24.1% 49	0	26.7% 587
Disagree strongly	17.6% 350	8.9% 18	1	16.8% 368
Not sure	2.4% 48	0.5% 1	0	2.2% 49
Missing	417	24	0	441
TOTAL	100.0% 1992	100.0% 203	3	2195

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	33.5% 61	35.5% 147	13.6% 83	26.0% 113	25.6% 76	84	24.8% 480
Agree somewhat	37.4% 68	20.0% 83	31.8% 194	26.7% 116	30.6% 91	77	28.5% 552
Disagree somewhat	9.3% 17	26.6% 110	34.9% 213	24.0% 104	27.3% 81	61	27.1% 525
Disagree strongly	19.2% 35	14.7% 61	16.9% 103	21.9% 95	15.5% 46	29	17.6% 340
Not sure	0.5% 1	3.1% 13	2.8% 17	1.4% 6	1.0% 3	9	2.1% 40
Missing	41	90	96	96	77	0	400
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 414	100.0% 610	100.0% 434	100.0% 297	260	1937