Review of the Polls.

A representative sample of American population was asked during May 1966 by the Gallup Organization to evaluate six occupations. Blacks were more likely to have a high regard for church authorities than Whites. Southerners verbalized higher respect for church officials than did nonsoutherners, women showed more respect than men, and those between 35 and 44 years of age showed more respect than those who were either younger or older. Respondents with at least some high-school education but with no college education were more likely to respect church authorities than were those who had gone to college or those with less than a high-school education. Blue-collar workers showed higher respect than white-collar workers. Among income groups, respondents making less than $5,000 a year were the most likely to have a high regard for church officials. Jews were far and away the least likely of the three major religious groups to indicate a high degree of respect to church officials. On the other hand, no marked or consistent Protestant-Catholic differences appear in the data.