Entry:

D'Antonio, William V., "The American Catholic Family: Signs of Cohesion and Polarization," Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47 (May, 1985), 395-406.

Abstract:

American Catholic families, like families with other religious preferences, are responding to the pressures of modernization and rationalization. One consequence is the degree to which personal autonomy has come to replace obedience to the Vatican's `teachings on decisions affecting matters of social and personal morality. The gap between the formal teachings espoused by the pope and the actual beliefs and practices of Catholics has been steadily widening over the past 25 years. While the gap is widening in

1980

Other Data Sets:

Farrell 1984; Stark and Glock 1970; Gallup 1984; Cullen 1984; Sweetser 1983