Table 2.

Mean number of children ever born and mean total number expected for Catholic Hispanics and non-Hispanics by measures of religiousness.

	Mean Number of Children Ever Born		Mean Total Number Expected		Percent Distribution
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic
Frequency of Church Attendance
At least weekly	1.86	1.70	2.74	2.54	37.7	32.6
1–3 times a month	1.79	1.49	2.64	2.38	21.2	19.7
Less than monthly	1.60	1.13	2.56	2.02	23.7	36.4
Never	1.55	1.03	2.41	2.01	17.4	11.3
				Number	950	1101
Importance of Religion
Very important	1.85	1.65	2.71	2.44	60.5	44.9
Rather important	1.55	1.21	2.50	2.20	35.9	45.8
Not important	1.40	0.84	2.29	1.68	3.7	9.4
				Number	954	1100
Religiousness Index*
Very religious	1.87	1.73	2.73	2.53	43.9	35.9
Religious	1.76	1.36	2.65	2.27	31.6	25.3
Not religious	1.42	1.05	2.38	2.00	24.5	38.7
				Number	932	1099

^*A combination of attendance and importance items. See text for details.

Source: NSFG 2002