Harris 1967 Survey on Catholics' View of their Church - Analysis
Q12E3
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 birth control laws?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Morally binding | 623 | 63.5% | 63.5% | -0.69 |
2) Not morally binding | 266 | 27.1% | 90.6% | 0.82 |
3) Not sure | 92 | 9.4% | 100.0% | 2.33 |
Missing | 17 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 981 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Negro | Puerto Rican | Other (specify) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 65.0%581 | 57.1%8 | 41.7%10 | 46.4%13 | 11 | 63.8%612 |
Not morally binding | 26.3%235 | 35.7%5 | 41.7%10 | 32.1%9 | 7 | 27.0%259 |
Not sure | 8.7%78 | 7.1%1 | 16.7%4 | 21.4%6 | 3 | 9.3%89 |
Missing | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
Total | 100%894 | 100%14 | 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 | 57.0%102 | 59.0%111 | 67.3%198 | 71.6%141 | 60.5%26 | 64.7%22 | 23 | 64.2%600 |
Not morally binding | 26.8%48 | 28.7%54 | 26.9%79 | 23.9%47 | 27.9%12 | 32.4%11 | 15 | 26.8%251 |
Not sure | 16.2%29 | 12.2%23 | 5.8%17 | 4.6%9 | 11.6%5 | 2.9%1 | 8 | 9.0%84 |
Missing | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 1 |
Total | 100%179 | 100%188 | 100%294 | 100%197 | 100%43 | 100%34 | 935 |
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 | 43.2%89 | 69.4%369 | 79.7%98 | 70.0%28 | 78.8%26 | 13 | 65.3%610 |
Not morally binding | 45.6%94 | 21.8%116 | 15.4%19 | 17.5%7 | 15.2%5 | 25 | 25.8%241 |
Not sure | 11.2%23 | 8.8%47 | 4.9%6 | 12.5%5 | 6.1%2 | 9 | 8.9%83 |
Missing | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 4 |
Total | 100%206 | 100%532 | 100%123 | 100%40 | 100%33 | 934 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Single | Widowed | Divorced | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 65.0%548 | 52.6%40 | 53.7%22 | 53.8%7 | 6 | 63.4%617 |
Not morally binding | 26.1%220 | 40.8%31 | 22.0%9 | 38.5%5 | 1 | 27.2%265 |
Not sure | 8.9%75 | 6.6%5 | 24.4%10 | 7.7%1 | 1 | 9.4%91 |
Missing | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
Total | 100%843 | 100%76 | 100%41 | 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 | 55.4%87 | 60.4%93 | 65.8%254 | 62.5%95 | 69.4%50 | 72.9%35 | 9 | 63.4%614 |
Not morally binding | 29.3%46 | 28.6%44 | 25.6%99 | 32.2%49 | 25.0%18 | 20.8%10 | 0 | 27.5%266 |
Not sure | 15.3%24 | 11.0%17 | 8.5%33 | 5.3%8 | 5.6%4 | 6.3%3 | 3 | 9.2%89 |
Missing | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
Total | 100%157 | 100%154 | 100%386 | 100%152 | 100%72 | 100%48 | 969 |