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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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MENPOLI (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. -- Most men are better suited emotionally for politics than are most women.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	303	11.5%	11.5%
Agree somewhat	289	10.9%	22.4%
Disagree somewhat	618	23.4%	45.8%
Disagree strongly	1343	50.8%	96.6%
Not sure	89	3.4%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	23.2% 41	13.0% 96	12.3% 76	4.4% 19	5.4% 10	60	11.3% 242
Agree somewhat	19.8% 35	10.9% 81	9.7% 60	7.4% 32	10.8% 20	60	10.6% 228
Disagree somewhat	18.1% 32	28.5% 211	26.5% 163	15.3% 66	17.3% 32	115	23.5% 504
Disagree strongly	31.6% 56	45.2% 335	46.6% 287	70.9% 305	62.2% 115	245	51.1% 1098
Not sure	7.3% 13	2.4% 18	4.9% 30	1.9% 8	4.3% 8	11	3.6% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 741	100.0% 616	100.0% 430	100.0% 185	491	2149

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	13.3% 196	18.4% 34	7.0% 23	7.6% 49	1	11.5% 302
Agree somewhat	10.2% 151	14.1% 26	8.8% 29	12.9% 83	0	11.0% 289
Disagree somewhat	21.8% 322	27.0% 50	25.8% 85	25.1% 161	0	23.5% 618
Disagree strongly	51.7% 763	29.7% 55	57.6% 190	50.8% 326	8	50.7% 1334
Not sure	2.9% 43	10.8% 20	0.9% 3	3.6% 23	0	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 330	100.0% 642	9	2632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.6% 110	12.1% 193	11.5% 303
Agree somewhat	12.4% 129	10.1% 161	11.0% 290
Disagree somewhat	26.7% 278	21.2% 339	23.4% 617
Disagree strongly	46.1% 480	54.0% 863	50.9% 1343
Not sure	4.3% 45	2.7% 43	3.3% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 1599	2641

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	14.8% 99	9.1% 93	11.5% 110	11.4% 302
Agree somewhat	12.4% 83	8.8% 90	12.2% 116	10.9% 289
Disagree somewhat	25.7% 172	23.3% 237	21.9% 209	23.4% 618
Disagree strongly	38.6% 258	58.0% 591	51.8% 494	50.9% 1343
Not sure	8.5% 57	0.8% 8	2.5% 24	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	7.1% 78	14.2% 90	10.8% 43	12.4% 28	63	10.2% 239
Agree somewhat	10.2% 112	12.6% 80	11.3% 45	4.9% 11	40	10.6% 248
Disagree somewhat	24.4% 267	16.4% 104	31.5% 125	26.1% 59	63	23.6% 555
Disagree strongly	53.1% 580	53.4% 338	45.6% 181	55.8% 126	118	52.1% 1225
Not sure	5.1% 56	3.3% 21	0.8% 3	0.9% 2	6	3.5% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	290	2349

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.7% 219	13.6% 50	0.0% 0	16.8% 18	16	11.1% 287
Agree somewhat	10.0% 206	17.7% 65	7.4% 5	12.1% 13	0	11.1% 289
Disagree somewhat	24.3% 498	24.7% 91	23.5% 16	10.3% 11	2	23.7% 616
Disagree strongly	51.5% 1058	41.8% 154	69.1% 47	58.9% 63	21	50.9% 1322
Not sure	3.5% 72	2.2% 8	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	6	3.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 368	100.0% 68	100.0% 107	45	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	11.3% 273	12.9% 29	0	11.5% 302
Agree somewhat	11.6% 279	4.4% 10	0	11.0% 289
Disagree somewhat	22.9% 551	29.3% 66	1	23.4% 617
Disagree strongly	50.6% 1220	52.4% 118	4	50.8% 1338
Not sure	3.6% 86	0.9% 2	0	3.3% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 225	5	2634

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	12.9% 29	11.7% 59	8.1% 57	11.9% 63	11.5% 43	52	10.7% 251
Agree somewhat	17.0% 38	9.3% 47	8.9% 63	11.9% 63	12.1% 45	33	10.9% 256
Disagree somewhat	27.2% 61	25.0% 126	23.9% 169	18.8% 100	20.4% 76	86	22.7% 532
Disagree strongly	37.9% 85	47.9% 242	55.8% 394	57.4% 305	55.2% 206	111	52.7% 1232
Not sure	4.9% 11	6.1% 31	3.3% 23	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	21	2.9% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 531	100.0% 373	303	2339