Harris 1967 Survey on Catholics' View of their Church - Analysis
Q12E1
Do you feel that a priest's word is morally binding; that it is a moral obligation to do what he says or isn't it, when he talks about abortion laws?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Morally binding | 661 | 67.4% | 67.4% | -0.64 |
2) Not morally binding | 214 | 21.8% | 89.2% | 0.83 |
3) Not sure | 106 | 10.8% | 100.0% | 2.30 |
Missing | 17 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 981 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Negro | Puerto Rican | Other (specify) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 69.2%618 | 53.3%8 | 37.5%9 | 46.4%13 | 13 | 67.5%648 |
Not morally binding | 20.8%186 | 33.3%5 | 41.7%10 | 32.1%9 | 4 | 21.9%210 |
Not sure | 10.0%89 | 13.3%2 | 20.8%5 | 21.4%6 | 4 | 10.6%102 |
Missing | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
Total | 100%893 | 100%15 | 100%24 | 100%28 | 960 |
Household income (I-INCOME)
Under $5,000 | $5,000 to $6,999 | $7,000 to $9,999 | $10,000 to $14,999 | $15,000 to $19,999 | $20,000 and over | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 58.1%104 | 65.1%123 | 70.5%206 | 73.2%145 | 70.5%31 | 70.6%24 | 28 | 67.6%633 |
Not morally binding | 24.6%44 | 22.8%43 | 20.5%60 | 19.7%39 | 20.5%9 | 23.5%8 | 11 | 21.7%203 |
Not sure | 17.3%31 | 12.2%23 | 8.9%26 | 7.1%14 | 9.1%4 | 5.9%2 | 6 | 10.7%100 |
Missing | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
Total | 100%179 | 100%189 | 100%292 | 100%198 | 100%44 | 100%34 | 936 |
Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)
Occasionally on Sundays and/or holidays | Regularly on Sundays and holidays | Besides Sundays and holidays, 1 to 3 times a month when not obliged to | Besides Sundays and holidays, 2 to 3 times a week when not obliged to | Besides Sundays and holidays, 4 or more times a week when not obliged to | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 49.5%102 | 73.6%391 | 76.6%95 | 75.0%30 | 78.8%26 | 17 | 69.0%644 |
Not morally binding | 37.4%77 | 16.8%89 | 16.9%21 | 12.5%5 | 9.1%3 | 19 | 20.9%195 |
Not sure | 13.1%27 | 9.6%51 | 6.5%8 | 12.5%5 | 12.1%4 | 11 | 10.2%95 |
Missing | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 |
Total | 100%206 | 100%531 | 100%124 | 100%40 | 100%33 | 934 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Single | Widowed | Divorced | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 68.6%578 | 57.9%44 | 59.5%25 | 61.5%8 | 6 | 67.3%655 |
Not morally binding | 21.3%179 | 30.3%23 | 16.7%7 | 23.1%3 | 2 | 21.8%212 |
Not sure | 10.1%85 | 11.8%9 | 23.8%10 | 15.4%2 | 0 | 10.9%106 |
Missing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
Total | 100%842 | 100%76 | 100%42 | 100%13 | 973 |
Education (I-EDUC)
8th grade or less | Some high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 54.1%85 | 66.2%102 | 70.6%272 | 70.4%107 | 63.9%46 | 79.6%39 | 10 | 67.2%651 |
Not morally binding | 24.8%39 | 22.7%35 | 18.7%72 | 26.3%40 | 29.2%21 | 12.2%6 | 1 | 22.0%213 |
Not sure | 21.0%33 | 11.0%17 | 10.6%41 | 3.3%5 | 6.9%5 | 8.2%4 | 1 | 10.8%105 |
Missing | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Total | 100%157 | 100%154 | 100%385 | 100%152 | 100%72 | 100%49 | 969 |