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Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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WIF4HUSB (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. -- It is more important for a wife to help her husband's career than to have a career herself.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Agree strongly	252	9.5%	9.5%
Agree somewhat	300	11.4%	20.9%
Disagree somewhat	580	22%	42.9%
Disagree strongly	1402	53.1%	96%
Not sure	106	4%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	25.4% 45	12.4% 92	7.6% 47	5.6% 24	4.3% 8	36	10.1% 216
Agree somewhat	20.9% 37	16.9% 125	8.4% 52	7.0% 30	7.1% 13	41	12.0% 257
Disagree somewhat	22.6% 40	20.4% 151	28.6% 176	13.1% 56	22.3% 41	115	21.6% 464
Disagree strongly	30.5% 54	46.8% 346	47.9% 295	70.2% 301	62.0% 114	291	51.7% 1110
Not sure	0.6% 1	3.5% 26	7.5% 46	4.2% 18	4.3% 8	7	4.6% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 740	100.0% 616	100.0% 429	100.0% 184	490	2146

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	9.2% 136	24.9% 46	8.5% 28	6.4% 41	1	9.5% 251
Agree somewhat	9.4% 139	25.9% 48	9.7% 32	12.6% 81	0	11.4% 300
Disagree somewhat	22.5% 332	16.8% 31	21.5% 71	21.7% 139	7	21.8% 573
Disagree strongly	54.7% 807	22.7% 42	57.4% 190	56.5% 363	1	53.2% 1402
Not sure	4.1% 61	9.7% 18	3.0% 10	2.8% 18	0	4.1% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 1475	100.0% 185	100.0% 331	100.0% 642	9	2633

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Agree strongly	9.1% 95	9.8% 157	9.5% 252
Agree somewhat	8.8% 92	13.0% 208	11.4% 300
Disagree somewhat	27.7% 288	18.2% 291	21.9% 579
Disagree strongly	49.7% 517	55.3% 885	53.1% 1402
Not sure	4.7% 49	3.6% 58	4.1% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Agree strongly	18.4% 123	5.9% 60	7.2% 69	9.5% 252
Agree somewhat	21.4% 143	8.3% 85	7.6% 72	11.4% 300
Disagree somewhat	21.7% 145	21.5% 220	22.6% 215	22.0% 580
Disagree strongly	28.0% 187	62.7% 640	60.4% 576	53.1% 1403
Not sure	10.5% 70	1.6% 16	2.2% 21	4.0% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1021	100.0% 953	2642

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	7.9% 86	4.1% 26	16.7% 66	6.2% 14	60	8.2% 192
Agree somewhat	10.0% 109	12.1% 77	13.9% 55	10.6% 24	35	11.3% 265
Disagree somewhat	20.3% 222	24.6% 156	22.2% 88	17.3% 39	74	21.5% 505
Disagree strongly	57.5% 628	55.0% 349	42.2% 167	65.0% 147	112	54.9% 1291
Not sure	4.4% 48	4.3% 27	5.1% 20	0.9% 2	10	4.1% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 1093	100.0% 635	100.0% 396	100.0% 226	291	2350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Latino	African-Am	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	7.9% 162	16.0% 59	10.3% 7	20.8% 22	1	9.6% 250
Agree somewhat	11.7% 241	10.9% 40	8.8% 6	7.5% 8	6	11.4% 295
Disagree somewhat	22.4% 461	19.3% 71	25.0% 17	18.9% 20	11	21.9% 569
Disagree strongly	53.1% 1091	53.8% 198	55.9% 38	46.2% 49	26	53.0% 1376
Not sure	4.8% 99	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.6% 7	0	4.1% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 368	100.0% 68	100.0% 106	44	2596

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	10.2% 245	3.1% 7	0	9.6% 252
Agree somewhat	10.6% 256	19.3% 44	0	11.4% 300
Disagree somewhat	22.3% 538	18.0% 41	1	22.0% 579
Disagree strongly	53.1% 1280	53.1% 121	2	53.1% 1401
Not sure	3.7% 90	6.6% 15	2	4.0% 105
TOTAL	100.0% 2409	100.0% 228	5	2637

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Agree strongly	22.4% 50	9.1% 46	8.2% 58	6.8% 36	4.3% 16	46	8.8% 206
Agree somewhat	15.7% 35	17.8% 90	10.3% 73	5.3% 28	5.9% 22	52	10.6% 248
Disagree somewhat	23.8% 53	17.0% 86	21.1% 149	27.7% 147	17.1% 64	81	21.3% 499
Disagree strongly	36.8% 82	49.9% 252	56.2% 397	57.9% 307	70.1% 262	102	55.6% 1300
Not sure	1.3% 3	6.1% 31	4.1% 29	2.3% 12	2.7% 10	22	3.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 505	100.0% 706	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	303	2338