Survey of American Catholic Priests, 1985

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JESUSMAN (Weighted by WT)

Below are a number of statements which are frequently made today. Please indicate the extent of your agreement or disagreement with each of them by circling one number on each line. -- I think of Jesus Christ as the God who humbled Himself by becoming man and dying for my sins.
  1) Strongly agree
  2) Somewhat agree
  3) Uncertain
  4) Somewhat disagree
  5) Strongly disagree

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree 907 61.9% 61.9%
Somewhat agree 402 27.4% 89.3%
Uncertain 17 1.2% 90.5%
Somewhat disagree 96 6.5% 97%
Strongly disagree 44 3% 100%
Missing 9 % %

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

26-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70 & over Missing TOTAL
Strongly agree 46.7%
158
47.7%
159
64.0%
236
78.6%
213
90.2%
138

3
61.7%
904
Somewhat agree 36.1%
122
36.0%
120
26.3%
97
18.5%
50
9.2%
14

0
27.5%
403
Uncertain 3.0%
10
1.8%
6
0.3%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
1.2%
17
Somewhat disagree 8.0%
27
11.4%
38
6.5%
24
2.2%
6
0.7%
1

0
6.6%
96
Strongly disagree 6.2%
21
3.0%
10
3.0%
11
0.7%
2
0.0%
0

0
3.0%
44
Missing 4 1 0 4 0 0 9
TOTAL 100.0%
338
100.0%
333
100.0%
369
100.0%
271
100.0%
153

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