Harris 1967 Survey on Catholics' View of their Church - Analysis
Q22A
As you know, the Church has under discussion possible changes in the rules about birth control. Do you think some kind of change should be made or not?
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Favor change | 719 | 72.7% | 72.7% | -0.57 |
2) Oppose change | 161 | 16.3% | 89.0% | 0.91 |
3) Not sure | 109 | 11.0% | 100.0% | 2.39 |
Missing | 9 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 989 |
Race (I-RACE)
White | Negro | Puerto Rican | Other (specify) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favor change | 72.7%654 | 86.7%13 | 64.0%16 | 72.4%21 | 15 | 72.7%704 |
Oppose change | 15.9%143 | 6.7%1 | 28.0%7 | 20.7%6 | 4 | 16.2%157 |
Not sure | 11.4%103 | 6.7%1 | 8.0%2 | 6.9%2 | 1 | 11.1%108 |
Missing | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
Total | 100%900 | 100%15 | 100%25 | 100%29 | 969 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favor change | 51.7%92 | 72.7%141 | 77.6%228 | 81.8%162 | 75.6%34 | 88.6%31 | 31 | 72.9%688 |
Oppose change | 26.4%47 | 17.5%34 | 13.3%39 | 10.6%21 | 13.3%6 | 11.4%4 | 10 | 16.0%151 |
Not sure | 21.9%39 | 9.8%19 | 9.2%27 | 7.6%15 | 11.1%5 | 0.0%0 | 4 | 11.1%105 |
Missing | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
Total | 100%178 | 100%194 | 100%294 | 100%198 | 100%45 | 100%35 | 944 |
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favor change | 75.5%157 | 74.9%400 | 70.5%86 | 52.4%22 | 57.6%19 | 35 | 72.8%684 |
Oppose change | 14.4%30 | 15.0%80 | 19.7%24 | 33.3%14 | 24.2%8 | 5 | 16.6%156 |
Not sure | 10.1%21 | 10.1%54 | 9.8%12 | 14.3%6 | 18.2%6 | 10 | 10.5%99 |
Missing | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 |
Total | 100%208 | 100%534 | 100%122 | 100%42 | 100%33 | 939 |
Marital status (I-MARITAL)
Married | Single | Widowed | Divorced | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favor change | 73.9%631 | 71.1%54 | 52.5%21 | 76.9%10 | 3 | 72.8%716 |
Oppose change | 16.2%138 | 11.8%9 | 25.0%10 | 23.1%3 | 1 | 16.3%160 |
Not sure | 10.0%85 | 17.1%13 | 22.5%9 | 0.0%0 | 2 | 10.9%107 |
Missing | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
Total | 100%854 | 100%76 | 100%40 | 100%13 | 983 |
Education (I-EDUC)
8th grade or less | Some high school | High school graduate | Some college | College graduate | Post graduate | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favor change | 54.8%86 | 68.6%109 | 75.3%292 | 82.6%128 | 84.7%61 | 85.7%42 | 1 | 73.3%718 |
Oppose change | 25.5%40 | 22.6%36 | 14.4%56 | 9.7%15 | 6.9%5 | 6.1%3 | 6 | 15.8%155 |
Not sure | 19.7%31 | 8.8%14 | 10.3%40 | 7.7%12 | 8.3%6 | 8.2%4 | 2 | 10.9%107 |
Missing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
Total | 100%157 | 100%159 | 100%388 | 100%155 | 100%72 | 100%49 | 980 |