Survey of Chicago Catholics, 2007 - Analysis
FTHGOD1 (Weighted by SMPWT)
How important is it that the church responds to . . .? Faith in a God who loves you
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
-2) Don't know/Undecided | 0 | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
1) Very important | 326 | 82.1% | 82.3% | |
2) Somewhat important | 62 | 15.6% | 97.9% | |
3) Not too important | 8 | 2.0% | 99.9% | |
4) Not important at all | 0 | 0.1% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 135 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 389 |
Age (I-AGE)
1915-1945 | 1946-1964 | 1965 or later | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don't know/Undecided | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Very important | 85.7%48 | 88.2%172 | 72.3%102 | 5 | 82.1%322 |
Somewhat important | 12.5%7 | 8.2%16 | 27.7%39 | 0 | 15.8%62 |
Not too important | 1.8%1 | 3.6%7 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 2.0%8 |
Not important at all | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 22 | 59 | 52 | 140 | 2 |
Total | 100%56 | 100%195 | 100%141 | 392 |
Education (I-EDUC)
High school | Some college | College graduate | Postgraduate degree | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don't know/Undecided | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Very important | 78.4%69 | 81.0%115 | 94.3%82 | 75.3%58 | 1 | 82.2%324 |
Somewhat important | 19.3%17 | 19.0%27 | 5.7%5 | 18.2%14 | 0 | 16.0%63 |
Not too important | 2.3%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 6.5%5 | 0 | 1.8%7 |
Not important at all | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 23 | 29 | 44 | 39 | 136 | 0 |
Total | 100%88 | 100%142 | 100%87 | 100%77 | 394 |
Gender (I-GENDER)
Male | Female | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Don't know/Undecided | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Very important | 66.9%79 | 88.8%246 | 1 | 82.3%325 |
Somewhat important | 27.1%32 | 10.8%30 | 0 | 15.7%62 |
Not too important | 5.9%7 | 0.4%1 | 0 | 2.0%8 |
Not important at all | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 64 | 71 | 136 | 0 |
Total | 100%118 | 100%277 | 395 |
Race (I-RACE)
White or Caucasian | Black or African American | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don't know/Undecided | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Very important | 85.8%241 | 100.0%14 | 70.4%69 | 3 | 82.4%324 |
Somewhat important | 13.2%37 | 0.0%0 | 24.5%24 | 0 | 15.5%61 |
Not too important | 1.1%3 | 0.0%0 | 5.1%5 | 0 | 2.0%8 |
Not important at all | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 93 | 17 | 25 | 138 | 0 |
Total | 100%281 | 100%14 | 100%98 | 393 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Once a year or less | Several times a year | About every month | A couple of times every month | Once a week or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don't know/Undecided | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Very important | 83.3%10 | 72.5%50 | 52.8%19 | 88.7%63 | 89.3%184 | 0 | 82.7%326 |
Somewhat important | 16.7%2 | 26.1%18 | 47.2%17 | 4.2%3 | 10.2%21 | 0 | 15.5%61 |
Not too important | 0.0%0 | 1.4%1 | 0.0%0 | 7.0%5 | 0.5%1 | 0 | 1.8%7 |
Not important at all | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.0%0 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 135 |
Total | 100%12 | 100%69 | 100%36 | 100%71 | 100%206 | 394 |