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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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RATEVAT2 (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now, I have some questions about the Vatican Council II, a meeting of bishops that took place in Rome from 1962 to 1965. I have a list of statements that some people have made about Vatican Council II. Please tell me which statement best describes your feelings about Vatican II.

	1) It helped the church much more than it hurt it.
	2) Its positive and negative effects were about equal.
	3) It hurt the church much more than it helped it.
	4) I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.
	5) Don't know

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	393	14.9%	14.9%
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	266	10.1%	25%
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	129	4.9%	29.9%
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	1760	66.6%	96.5%
Don't know	93	3.5%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	6.2% 11	9.8% 73	18.3% 113	19.3% 83	37.0% 68	46	16.2% 348
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	12.4% 22	6.7% 50	8.1% 50	14.2% 61	14.1% 26	58	9.7% 209
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	0.6% 1	5.4% 40	6.2% 38	5.3% 23	4.9% 9	17	5.2% 111
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	75.8% 135	75.1% 557	62.5% 385	59.4% 256	42.4% 78	349	65.6% 1411
Don't know	5.1% 9	3.0% 22	4.9% 30	1.9% 8	1.6% 3	20	3.3% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 742	100.0% 616	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	490	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	15.3% 226	16.7% 31	10.6% 35	15.6% 100	0	14.9% 392
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	8.9% 131	14.5% 27	10.9% 36	10.3% 66	7	9.9% 260
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	5.8% 86	5.9% 11	3.6% 12	3.1% 20	0	4.9% 129
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	67.6% 997	60.2% 112	67.6% 223	66.4% 427	2	66.8% 1759
Don't know	2.3% 34	2.7% 5	7.3% 24	4.7% 30	0	3.5% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 186	100.0% 330	100.0% 643	9	2633

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	19.7% 205	11.8% 188	14.9% 393
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	12.9% 134	8.3% 132	10.1% 266
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	4.9% 51	4.9% 78	4.9% 129
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	58.7% 611	71.8% 1149	66.6% 1760
Don't know	3.8% 40	3.3% 53	3.5% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1600	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	20.5% 137	16.7% 170	9.0% 86	14.9% 393
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	14.2% 95	7.5% 77	10.0% 95	10.1% 267
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	5.4% 36	6.9% 70	2.4% 23	4.9% 129
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	57.5% 385	64.6% 659	75.1% 716	66.6% 1760
Don't know	2.4% 16	4.3% 44	3.6% 34	3.6% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1020	100.0% 954	2643

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	15.6% 171	16.4% 104	17.4% 69	9.7% 22	27	15.6% 366
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	10.6% 116	11.8% 75	6.3% 25	7.1% 16	34	9.9% 232
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	5.2% 57	6.5% 41	2.3% 9	8.4% 19	2	5.4% 126
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	65.9% 720	64.2% 407	72.8% 289	62.4% 141	204	66.3% 1557
Don't know	2.7% 29	1.1% 7	1.3% 5	12.4% 28	23	2.9% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 634	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	290	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	16.8% 345	7.1% 26	1.5% 1	11.2% 12	9	14.8% 384
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	9.7% 199	9.3% 34	17.6% 12	13.1% 14	7	10.0% 259
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	5.5% 113	0.8% 3	4.4% 3	6.5% 7	2	4.9% 126
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	64.5% 1324	78.2% 287	75.0% 51	67.3% 72	26	66.8% 1734
Don't know	3.6% 73	4.6% 17	1.5% 1	1.9% 2	0	3.6% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	44	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	14.3% 345	21.1% 48	0	14.9% 393
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	9.8% 236	13.7% 31	0	10.1% 267
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	5.1% 123	2.6% 6	0	4.9% 129
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	66.9% 1613	62.6% 142	6	66.6% 1755
Don't know	3.9% 93	0.0% 0	0	3.5% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 2410	100.0% 227	6	2637

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
It helped the church much more than it hurt it.	10.3% 23	13.5% 68	14.7% 104	18.7% 99	20.5% 77	23	15.9% 371
Its positive and negative effects were about equal.	12.1% 27	12.1% 61	10.8% 76	7.2% 38	12.0% 45	21	10.6% 247
It hurt the church much more than it helped it.	3.1% 7	4.6% 23	6.2% 44	5.7% 30	4.8% 18	6	5.2% 122
I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other.	72.8% 163	68.1% 344	66.1% 467	63.4% 336	56.3% 211	239	65.0% 1521
Don't know	1.8% 4	1.8% 9	2.1% 15	5.1% 27	6.4% 24	14	3.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 375	303	2340