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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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SEXBIAS (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. -- There are still many laws and customs that are unfair to American women.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	1250	47.3%	47.3%
Agree somewhat	783	29.7%	77%
Disagree somewhat	336	12.7%	89.7%
Disagree strongly	197	7.5%	97.2%
Not sure	74	2.8%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	42.7% 76	40.1% 297	49.4% 305	57.2% 247	47.3% 87	238	47.0% 1012
Agree somewhat	27.0% 48	35.5% 263	27.4% 169	22.0% 95	36.4% 67	141	29.8% 642
Disagree somewhat	11.2% 20	13.6% 101	11.5% 71	15.0% 65	8.2% 15	64	12.6% 272
Disagree strongly	10.7% 19	8.6% 64	6.6% 41	4.9% 21	7.6% 14	39	7.4% 159
Not sure	8.4% 15	2.2% 16	5.0% 31	0.9% 4	0.5% 1	8	3.1% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 741	100.0% 617	100.0% 432	100.0% 184	490	2152

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	48.3% 712	29.0% 54	56.1% 185	46.1% 296	2	47.4% 1247
Agree somewhat	28.0% 413	47.3% 88	25.5% 84	29.8% 191	7	29.5% 776
Disagree somewhat	13.4% 198	10.2% 19	9.1% 30	14.0% 90	0	12.8% 337
Disagree strongly	8.3% 122	7.0% 13	7.3% 24	5.9% 38	0	7.5% 197
Not sure	2.0% 29	6.5% 12	2.1% 7	4.2% 27	0	2.8% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 186	100.0% 330	100.0% 642	9	2632

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	42.9% 447	50.2% 802	47.3% 1249
Agree somewhat	30.7% 320	29.0% 463	29.7% 783
Disagree somewhat	13.5% 141	12.2% 195	12.7% 336
Disagree strongly	11.3% 118	4.9% 79	7.5% 197
Not sure	1.4% 15	3.7% 59	2.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1598	2639

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	37.1% 248	55.0% 560	46.4% 442	47.3% 1250
Agree somewhat	36.0% 241	25.5% 260	29.6% 282	29.6% 783
Disagree somewhat	12.3% 82	9.9% 101	16.1% 153	12.7% 336
Disagree strongly	9.0% 60	7.1% 72	6.8% 65	7.5% 197
Not sure	5.7% 38	2.6% 26	1.2% 11	2.8% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 1019	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	47.0% 514	45.3% 287	45.8% 182	65.0% 147	119	48.1% 1130
Agree somewhat	29.4% 322	34.0% 215	31.5% 125	22.1% 50	71	30.3% 712
Disagree somewhat	12.7% 139	10.6% 67	17.6% 70	8.8% 20	41	12.6% 296
Disagree strongly	8.8% 96	7.7% 49	3.0% 12	3.1% 7	34	7.0% 164
Not sure	2.1% 23	2.4% 15	2.0% 8	0.9% 2	26	2.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 1094	100.0% 633	100.0% 397	100.0% 226	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	43.7% 897	55.4% 204	65.7% 44	70.8% 75	29	47.0% 1220
Agree somewhat	32.4% 665	20.1% 74	26.9% 18	17.9% 19	7	29.9% 776
Disagree somewhat	13.7% 282	12.8% 47	4.5% 3	2.8% 3	0	12.9% 335
Disagree strongly	7.9% 162	6.8% 25	1.5% 1	8.5% 9	0	7.6% 197
Not sure	2.3% 47	4.9% 18	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	8	2.5% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 2053	100.0% 368	100.0% 67	100.0% 106	44	2594

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	47.8% 1152	42.0% 95	2	47.3% 1247
Agree somewhat	28.6% 688	42.0% 95	0	29.7% 783
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 316	7.5% 17	3	12.6% 333
Disagree strongly	7.5% 180	7.5% 17	0	7.5% 197
Not sure	3.0% 72	0.9% 2	0	2.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 226	5	2634

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	37.9% 85	47.2% 239	47.2% 333	57.7% 306	49.9% 187	100	49.1% 1150
Agree somewhat	33.9% 76	31.8% 161	32.6% 230	21.9% 116	30.9% 116	86	29.9% 699
Disagree somewhat	17.4% 39	8.9% 45	12.3% 87	12.3% 65	13.9% 52	48	12.3% 288
Disagree strongly	9.4% 21	9.1% 46	6.9% 49	6.8% 36	4.3% 16	30	7.2% 168
Not sure	1.3% 3	3.0% 15	1.0% 7	1.3% 7	1.1% 4	40	1.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 506	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 375	304	2341