Title: 
Headings: Demographic and Background Characteristics
Demographic
 
and
 
Background
 
Characteristics
 

Gender
 

Generation
 

Adult
 
Race
 
and
 
Ethnicity
 

Race
 
and
 
Ethnicity
 

Education
 

Unweighted
 

Weighted
 

Catholic
 
Education
 

Did
 
you
 
attend
 
a
 
Catholic…
 

Marital
 
Status14
 

Marital
 
Status
 

Prior
 
Marriage
 
to
 
a
 
Catholic
 
among
 
Divorced
 
and
 
Widowed
 
Respondents
 

Were
 
you
 
ever
 
married
 
to
 
a
 
Catholic?
 

Geographic
 
Region
 

Frequency
 
of
 
Mass
 
Attendance
 

Aside
 
from
 
weddings
 
and
 
funerals,
 
about
 
how
 
often
 
do
 
you
 
attend
 
Mass?
 

Parish
 
Registration
 

Are
 
you
 
registered
 
at
 
a
 
Catholic
 
parish?
 


Content: CARA
 
has
 
compared,
 
and
 
does
 
compare
 
in
 
this
 
report,
 
the
 
results
 
of
 
its
 
telephone
 
polls
 
and
 
Knowledge
 
Networks
 
polls. The
 
distortions
 
caused
 
by
 
telephone
 
polling
 
for
 
questions
 
regarding
 
religious
 
attitudes
 
and
 
behaviors
 
(that
 
are
 
strongly
 
affected
 
by
 
social
 
desirability
 
pressures)
 
are
 
significantly
 
larger
 
than
 
those
 
resulting
 
from
 
the
 
underestimation
 
of
 
the
 
Hispanic/Latino
 
population
 
in
 
the
 
Knowledge
 
Networks’
 
panel. Frequencies
 
for
 
results
 
using
 
the
 
weight
 
that
 
brings
 
the
 
Hispanic/Latino
 
percentage
 
among
 
respondents
 
to
 
35
 
percent
 
are
 
available
 
upon
 
request. Education
 
About
 
one
 
in
 
six
 
adult
 
Catholics
 
have
 
not
 
completed
 
high
 
school. About
 
one-third
 
have
 
a
 
high
 
school
 
diploma. About
 
one-quarter
 
have
 
some
 
college
 
education
 
or
 
an
 
associate’s
 
degree. Slightly
 
less
 
than
 
one-fifth
 
have
 
a
 
bachelor’s
 
degree,
 
and
 
8
 
percent
 
have
 
a
 
post-graduate
 
degree. Education
 
Less
 
than
 
a
 
high
 
school
 
diploma
  
High
 
school
 
diploma
  
Some
 
college
 
or
 
Associate’s
 
degree
  
Bachelor’s
 
degree
  
Post-graduate
 
degree
  
Unweighted
 
   
13%
  
32
  
28
  
18
  
  
9
  
Weighted
 
   
16%
 
32
 
26
 
18
 
  
8
 
Educational
 
subgroup
 
comparisons
 
presented
 
later
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
are
 
generally
 
based
 
on
 
four
 
categories: a
 
high
 
school
 
diploma
 
or
 
less,
 
some
 
college
 
or
 
an
 
associate’s
 
degree,