Data gathered in six surveys conducted by Sr. Marie Augusta Neal.

1) 1967 Sisters Survey, a population survey of approximately 135000 sisters in the United States using a survey instrument of 649 items. The full data set is found in files A1-A7. Files A9, A11, A18, A24, A25 and B1 contain data for subsets of this population: File A9 and A11 have data for comparison with data from the 1980 retest: A9 for a group of 20 religious orders (called "The 20") selected on the basis of a Post-Vatican II Belief scale from the 1967 survey (this data is probably duplicated in file A16); A11 for 10 self-selected orders (called "Enterprise Group") from the 1980 retest. File A24 and A25 have data for African American sisters from the 1967 survey. A18 and B1 are random samples taken from the 1967 population for use in further analysis: A18 has a sample of 5000, B1 a sample of 37000.

2) 1980 Sister Survey Retest of 30 religious orders, 20 chosen on the basis of a Post-Vatican II Belief scale from the 1967 survey ("The 20") and 10 self-selected ("Enterprise Group"). The survey instrument had 426 variables. The data are found in file A13, and possibly file A27.

3) 1982 Congregational Survey, a survey of major superiors of religious orders for women. The data are found in file A19.

4) 1989-1990 Sister Survey retest of a random sample of 2123 American sisters using a survey instrument of 363 variables. The data are found in file B2.

5) 1970-1971 Study of Catholic Education in South Africa, Catholic School Reports. The data are found in file A21.

6) 1970-1971 Study of Catholic Education in South Africa, Attitude Survey of random samples of target populations in South Africa using a survey instrument of 400 items. The data are in file A23.