Only 4% of Catholics use NFP

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:eek: Is this true? 96% are sinning? Most of those probably using the abortifacient pill? Ack! I knew the number had to be high, but wow! That’s just depressing. :nope:
 
Only 4% of who - of all Catholics? Of adult Catholics? Of sexually active adult Catholics? Of married adult Catholics? Of sexually active married Catholics? (a fair number aren’t for whatever reason).

And who’s to say that all who aren’t on NFP are necessarily using other methods of contraception? I’m sure there’d be a fair number who are not using NFP simply because they’re trying for a baby 👍 Or else husband or wife may have been sterilised, but confessed and been forgiven and are no longer in a state of sin. Or they may be past the age of menopause on the part of the wife.
 
The prelates were also to take up documents on worthiness for receiving Communion and on the church’s widely ignored ban on artificial contraception. Surveys have found that only about 4 percent of Catholic married couples of childbearing age use natural birth control, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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OK, let’s clarify. This is what the article said. I still don’t think 96% are using nothing, or trying to conceive!
 
Teakafrog said:
OK, let’s clarify. This is what the article said. I still don’t think 96% are using nothing, or trying to conceive!
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Like I said, there are other issues to consider - permanent sterility on the part of one or other of the partners being one. This could either be for totally blameless natural medical reasons, or because husband or wife has been artificially sterilised, for which they’ve repented and confessed.

I would imagine such cases are fairly common, and would mean the couple would, without being in sin, not need to nor choose to use any additional ABC, and certainly not NFP!
 
From the USCCB site. It helps discuss if the sexually inactive or pregnant or wing it, etc. are included in the study or not. Bolding added.
According to data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), 3,130 out of the 10,847 respondents or about 29% listed themselves as Roman Catholic. Of the 3,130 Catholic women respondents between the ages of 14 and 44, 34% were not using any method of family planning either because they were pregnant, early post-partum, not sexually active, sexually active and not using a method or had been sterilized for medical reasons. Therefore, 66% of the Catholic respondents were using some form of family planning. This percentage of women responders is slightly higher than the percent (64%) of the total group of respondents who were using some method of family planning.1 Of the 64% of Roman Catholic women who reported using some form of family planning only 3.7% reported using a natural method, i.e., calendar rhythm, basal body temperature (BBT) or NFP in the last month prior to the date of interview. Of these, only 13 women, or 0.6% of the total, were using a modern method of NFP.
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The stat of 3.7% appears to exclude those bolded people.
 
So therefore it is really ‘only’ 60% who use ABC? Still very very sad.
 
Teakafrog said:
So therefore it is really ‘only’ 60% who use ABC? Still very very sad.
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did you also catch this part…

"According to data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), 3,130 out of the 10,847 respondents or about 29% listed themselves as Roman Catholic. "

So what where the other 71% of the people?
 
**"Of the 3,130 Catholic women respondents between the ages of 14 and 44"

So the stats are only counting the Catholic women. Not anyone else. That other 71% of non-Catholics were not included in the statistics. It still comes out to 60%.

And since I forgot to say it last time, thanks for this info from the USCCB, Pug! Clarifies it a lot more.
 
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So therefore it is really ‘only’ 60% who use ABC? Still very very sad.
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Very sad indeed.😦 Somewhere there are also statistics about how many people who identify themselves as Catholics also say that contraception is okay. That number could be quite high.
 
But how many of those who write down Roman Catholics are REALLY practicing Roman Catholics,:hmmm: I mean I have a sister raised right along side me, rejected what she was taught, but when hospitalized a few years back said “Catholic” when asked Religion:rolleyes: got better and still never entered a Church,

My point are these the types responding???
(yeah BTW, she’s been a pill user for 2 decades)
 
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From the USCCB site. It helps discuss if the sexually inactive or pregnant or wing it, etc. are included in the study or not. Bolding added.

The stat of 3.7% appears to exclude those bolded people.
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Thank you. I heard a story on NPR this morning and last night on the Bishops Conference in Baltimore (I’m going to start a new thread on that shortly). The bishops reiterated the church teaching on contraception, and the newscasters just had to mention that “the bishops’ own study concluded that only 4% of Catholics are using the approved National Family Planning.” They did not mention the statistical nuances as explained here. Furthermore, I think to get an accurate picture, someone should survey adult married Catholics who consider themselves practicing Catholics, that is attend Mass at least once a week, and find out how many of them use artificial contraception. Perhaps those who disobey church teaching would still be in the majority, but it wouldn’t be 96%, of that I’m certain. Maybe such a study has been done. Anyone know?

Pax Tecum,
Jay
 
Teakafrog said:
Is this true? 96% are sinning?
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Actually 100% are sinning since we’re all sinners :D. However, all kinding aside, whether the use of artificial birth control is a mortal sin or not depends on the persons understanding of the Church’s teaching. If they truly don’t know that it is a serious sin, it might not be a mortal sin. I wonder how many would change their practices if they knew the Church’s teaching? :hmmm:
 
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