Harris 1967 Survey on Catholics' View of their Church - Analysis
Q12E8
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 intermarriage with other faiths?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Morally binding | 360 | 36.7% | 36.7% | -1.16 |
2) Not morally binding | 514 | 52.3% | 89.0% | 0.40 |
3) Not sure | 108 | 11.0% | 100.0% | 1.96 |
Missing | 16 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 982 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Negro | Puerto Rican | Other (specify) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 36.5%327 | 28.6%4 | 54.2%13 | 32.1%9 | 7 | 36.7%353 |
Not morally binding | 52.6%471 | 64.3%9 | 41.7%10 | 50.0%14 | 10 | 52.4%504 |
Not sure | 10.8%97 | 7.1%1 | 4.2%1 | 17.9%5 | 4 | 10.8%104 |
Missing | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
Total | 100%895 | 100%14 | 100%24 | 100%28 | 961 |
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 | 42.5%76 | 35.4%67 | 37.5%110 | 35.9%71 | 38.6%17 | 33.3%11 | 8 | 37.6%352 |
Not morally binding | 47.5%85 | 50.8%96 | 52.2%153 | 56.1%111 | 47.7%21 | 60.6%20 | 28 | 51.9%486 |
Not sure | 10.1%18 | 13.8%26 | 10.2%30 | 8.1%16 | 13.6%6 | 6.1%2 | 10 | 10.5%98 |
Missing | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 1 |
Total | 100%179 | 100%189 | 100%293 | 100%198 | 100%44 | 100%33 | 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 | 27.7%57 | 38.5%205 | 46.8%58 | 40.0%16 | 45.5%15 | 9 | 37.5%351 |
Not morally binding | 62.1%128 | 49.4%263 | 45.2%56 | 47.5%19 | 39.4%13 | 35 | 51.2%479 |
Not sure | 10.2%21 | 12.0%64 | 8.1%10 | 12.5%5 | 15.2%5 | 3 | 11.2%105 |
Missing | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 |
Total | 100%206 | 100%532 | 100%124 | 100%40 | 100%33 | 935 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Single | Widowed | Divorced | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 36.4%307 | 37.3%28 | 40.5%17 | 30.8%4 | 4 | 36.6%356 |
Not morally binding | 52.8%446 | 49.3%37 | 50.0%21 | 61.5%8 | 2 | 52.6%512 |
Not sure | 10.8%91 | 13.3%10 | 9.5%4 | 7.7%1 | 2 | 10.9%106 |
Missing | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
Total | 100%844 | 100%75 | 100%42 | 100%13 | 974 |
Education (I-EDUC)
8th grade or less | Some high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morally binding | 36.3%57 | 40.6%63 | 38.5%148 | 32.0%49 | 25.0%18 | 34.7%17 | 8 | 36.3%352 |
Not morally binding | 48.4%76 | 47.7%74 | 51.6%198 | 59.5%91 | 61.1%44 | 59.2%29 | 2 | 52.8%512 |
Not sure | 15.3%24 | 11.6%18 | 9.9%38 | 8.5%13 | 13.9%10 | 6.1%3 | 2 | 10.9%106 |
Missing | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
Total | 100%157 | 100%155 | 100%384 | 100%153 | 100%72 | 100%49 | 970 |