National Portraits of the U.S. Self-identified Catholic Population
Archive of Publicly Available Reports
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U.S. Catholic Attitudes about Immigration, Migrants, and Refugees
June 2024
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American Catholic Views on Climate Justice
March 2024
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Eucharist Beliefs: A National Survey of Adult Catholics
September 2023
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Catholic Media Use
June 2023
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Future Faithful Families Project: Successfully Raising Catholic Children to be Active Catholics as Adults
November 2023
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Domestic Church Life - Renewing Catholic Family Life (Series)
Summer 2015
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Transmission of the Catholic Faith: A National Survey of Catholic Parents
June 2024
Since 2000, CARA has been surveying Catholics nationally.
CARA conducted 43 of these surveys from 2000 to 2024.
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Survey Parameters
- Interview by telephone
- Self-administered online surveys
- Probability-based sampling
- Opt-in online panels
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General Cost
- $18,000 for stand-alone survey
- More affordable option if opting-in to CARA planned national survey. Client may buy in with small number of questions.
- $65,000-85,000 for probability-based sampling
*in addition to national, CARA can also survey at state and regional level*
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Design Process
- Collaborative review process - CARA provides advice based on experience and expertise
- Ultimately, questions are determined by clients
- Extensive library of existing, tested questions
- Can develop new questions for topics yet to be explored
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Report
- Narrative report of findings for each survey
- Includes: tables, figures, and maps based on survey
- Analysis of major sub-group differences of statistical significance (typically generational, racial, ethnic, and frequency of Mass attendance)
- Clients own the data and report
- Client chooses whether to release findings publicly
