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American Catholic Laity Poll, 1987

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/5B2G3

Citation

Hoge, D. R., & D'Antonio, W. (2021, November 11). American Catholic Laity Poll, 1987.

Summary

This 1987 survey of self-identified Catholics "probes the degree to which Catholics have changed their image of themselves and of their roles in the church. ...[The] study focuses on questions of individual freedom, personal autonomy, moral authority, and democratic versus autocratic decision-making in the Roman Catholic Church in the last years of the 20th century" (D'Antonio, Davidson, Hoge, and Wallace, 1989, p. 1,3). American Catholic Laity Polls are also available at the ARDA for 1993, 1999, 2005, and 2011.

The ARDA has added six additional variables to the original data set to enhance the users' experience on our site.

Data File

Cases: 803
Variables: 62
Weight Variable: WT, WT2

The original study was weighted from N=803 to N=1,838, using the variable WT. WT2 is the computed weight score.

Data Collection

1987

Funded By

The National Catholic Reporter and Fr. Andrew M. Greeley

Collection Procedures

The Gallup Organization conducted 20-minute telephone interviews.

Sampling Procedures

Using random-digit dialing, the survey included 803 self-identified Catholics who were 18 years of age and older.

Principal Investigators

Dean R. Hoge
William D'Antonio

Related Publications

D'Antonio, William V., James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, and Ruth A. Wallace. American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church. Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1989.

An article in the National Catholic Reporter, September 11, 1987.

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