Catholic Pluralism Project, 1995

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BRTHCNTL (Weighted by WEIGHT) In your opinion, is this behavior always morally wrong, wrong except under certain circumstances, or is it entirely up to the individual? -- Use of condoms or birth control pills to prevent pregnancy   1) Always morally wrong   2) Wrong except under certain circumstances   3) Entirely up to the individual   4) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always morally wrong	215	8.1%	8.1%
Wrong except under certain circumstances	231	8.8%	16.9%
Entirely up to the individual	2163	81.9%	98.8%
Don't know	31	1.2%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Education Marital status Sex Year of birth Region Race Convert? Household income

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	HS grad	SmCol/Tech	Coll. grad	Post-grad	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	17.5% 31	7.6% 56	10.2% 63	3.2% 14	7.6% 14	37	8.3% 178
Wrong except under certain circumstances	6.2% 11	9.2% 68	8.6% 53	9.0% 39	14.1% 26	35	9.2% 197
Entirely up to the individual	75.1% 133	81.8% 606	81.2% 501	86.1% 371	73.4% 135	416	81.2% 1746
Don't know	1.1% 2	1.5% 11	0.0% 0	1.6% 7	4.9% 9	3	1.3% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 741	100.0% 617	100.0% 431	100.0% 184	491	2150

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Single	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	7.5% 111	15.7% 29	4.0% 13	9.3% 60	2	8.1% 213
Wrong except under certain circumstances	9.3% 137	11.4% 21	10.3% 34	6.1% 39	0	8.8% 231
Entirely up to the individual	82.0% 1208	72.4% 134	85.7% 282	82.7% 531	7	81.9% 2155
Don't know	1.2% 18	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 12	0	1.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 1474	100.0% 185	100.0% 329	100.0% 642	9	2630

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	8.8% 92	7.6% 122	8.1% 214
Wrong except under certain circumstances	8.3% 86	9.1% 145	8.8% 231
Entirely up to the individual	81.4% 847	82.3% 1316	81.9% 2163
Don't know	1.5% 16	1.0% 16	1.2% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 1599	2640

Year of birth (I-YRBORN)

	In or before 1940	1941-1960	After 1960	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	17.4% 116	5.2% 53	4.8% 46	8.1% 215
Wrong except under certain circumstances	12.6% 84	7.4% 75	7.7% 73	8.8% 232
Entirely up to the individual	68.0% 454	86.9% 886	86.4% 823	81.9% 2163
Don't know	2.1% 14	0.6% 6	1.2% 11	1.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 668	100.0% 1020	100.0% 953	2641

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	6.8% 74	9.5% 60	13.4% 53	3.1% 7	21	8.3% 194
Wrong except under certain circumstances	9.4% 103	8.2% 52	9.6% 38	5.3% 12	26	8.7% 205
Entirely up to the individual	81.9% 895	81.4% 516	76.1% 302	91.6% 207	242	81.7% 1920
Don't know	1.9% 21	0.9% 6	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	1	1.3% 31
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
Always morally wrong	7.6% 156	11.2% 41	10.4% 7	1.9% 2	8	7.9% 206
Wrong except under certain circumstances	8.9% 182	8.7% 32	3.0% 2	14.0% 15	0	8.9% 231
Entirely up to the individual	82.2% 1688	79.0% 290	86.6% 58	84.1% 90	36	81.9% 2126
Don't know	1.4% 28	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 2054	100.0% 367	100.0% 67	100.0% 107	44	2595

Convert? (I-CONVERT)

	Raisd Cath	Cnvrt Cath	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	7.8% 187	11.5% 26	1	8.1% 213
Wrong except under certain circumstances	8.9% 214	7.9% 18	0	8.8% 232
Entirely up to the individual	82.1% 1977	80.2% 182	4	81.9% 2159
Don't know	1.2% 30	0.4% 1	0	1.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 2408	100.0% 227	5	2635

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Under 15K	15K-29,999	30K-49,999	50K-79,999	80K & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always morally wrong	20.9% 47	5.5% 28	5.8% 41	5.5% 29	5.1% 19	52	7.0% 164
Wrong except under certain circumstances	8.9% 20	11.7% 59	9.2% 65	7.9% 42	7.0% 26	20	9.1% 212
Entirely up to the individual	68.4% 154	82.8% 418	83.9% 593	86.6% 459	87.7% 328	211	83.4% 1952
Don't know	1.8% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	19	0.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 225	100.0% 505	100.0% 707	100.0% 530	100.0% 374	302	2341