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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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TRADROLE (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Now I'd like to get your opinion concerning men, women and family life. I have a list of statements that some people have made about these issues. As I read each one, please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the statements. -- When children are young it is better if the husband is the breadwinner and the wife stays home and takes care of the home and the children.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	874	33.1%	33.1%
Agree somewhat	456	17.3%	50.4%
Disagree somewhat	499	18.9%	69.3%
Disagree strongly	762	28.8%	98.1%
Not sure	51	1.9%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	58.2% 103	37.5% 278	44.7% 276	17.9% 77	22.8% 42	99	36.1% 776
Agree somewhat	8.5% 15	17.4% 129	18.0% 111	16.9% 73	21.2% 39	88	17.1% 367
Disagree somewhat	15.8% 28	16.8% 125	17.2% 106	19.7% 85	23.9% 44	111	18.0% 388
Disagree strongly	13.6% 24	26.8% 199	18.5% 114	43.2% 186	31.0% 57	182	27.0% 580
Not sure	4.0% 7	1.5% 11	1.6% 10	2.3% 10	1.1% 2	11	1.9% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 742	100.0% 617	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	491	2151

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	33.6% 495	67.0% 124	37.0% 122	20.4% 131	1	33.1% 872
Agree somewhat	18.6% 274	17.3% 32	16.7% 55	14.8% 95	0	17.3% 456
Disagree somewhat	16.7% 246	11.4% 21	20.9% 69	24.3% 156	7	18.7% 492
Disagree strongly	30.4% 449	2.7% 5	21.5% 71	36.8% 236	1	28.9% 761
Not sure	0.7% 11	1.6% 3	3.9% 13	3.6% 23	0	1.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 330	100.0% 641	9	2631

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	29.1% 303	35.7% 571	33.1% 874
Agree somewhat	20.2% 210	15.3% 245	17.2% 455
Disagree somewhat	20.5% 213	17.9% 286	18.9% 499
Disagree strongly	28.1% 293	29.3% 469	28.9% 762
Not sure	2.1% 22	1.8% 29	1.9% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1600	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	55.5% 371	28.9% 295	21.8% 208	33.1% 874
Agree somewhat	18.1% 121	17.4% 177	16.6% 158	17.3% 456
Disagree somewhat	12.9% 86	20.3% 207	21.6% 206	18.9% 499
Disagree strongly	11.2% 75	31.7% 323	38.2% 364	28.9% 762
Not sure	2.2% 15	1.8% 18	1.8% 17	1.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	31.5% 344	33.4% 212	32.7% 130	35.8% 81	107	32.6% 767
Agree somewhat	18.3% 200	15.3% 97	20.2% 80	15.5% 35	43	17.5% 412
Disagree somewhat	18.9% 207	18.1% 115	19.4% 77	13.3% 30	70	18.3% 429
Disagree strongly	28.8% 315	31.9% 202	27.5% 109	34.5% 78	58	30.0% 704
Not sure	2.5% 27	1.3% 8	0.3% 1	0.9% 2	12	1.6% 38
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
Agree strongly	33.9% 697	33.1% 121	8.8% 6	24.3% 26	24	32.8% 850
Agree somewhat	17.6% 362	15.3% 56	23.5% 16	20.6% 22	0	17.6% 456
Disagree somewhat	19.2% 394	15.0% 55	22.1% 15	17.8% 19	16	18.6% 483
Disagree strongly	27.4% 563	34.4% 126	41.2% 28	36.4% 39	5	29.1% 756
Not sure	1.9% 38	2.2% 8	4.4% 3	0.9% 1	0	1.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 366	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	45	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	33.0% 794	34.2% 78	2	33.1% 872
Agree somewhat	16.8% 404	22.8% 52	0	17.3% 456
Disagree somewhat	19.1% 461	14.9% 34	3	18.8% 495
Disagree strongly	29.1% 701	26.8% 61	0	28.9% 762
Not sure	2.0% 48	1.3% 3	0	1.9% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 228	5	2636

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	50.4% 113	41.6% 210	23.5% 166	29.4% 156	24.1% 90	138	31.4% 735
Agree somewhat	16.5% 37	11.5% 58	24.0% 170	15.3% 81	20.1% 75	34	18.0% 421
Disagree somewhat	18.3% 41	16.0% 81	20.9% 148	24.3% 129	15.3% 57	43	19.5% 456
Disagree strongly	14.7% 33	28.7% 145	30.6% 216	29.6% 157	40.2% 150	62	30.0% 701
Not sure	0.0% 0	2.2% 11	1.0% 7	1.3% 7	0.3% 1	25	1.1% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 707	100.0% 530	100.0% 373	302	2339