I support your efforts to find evidence of orthodoxy in the latin mass. Unfortunately you’re comparing apples to oranges here. Most of your results come from in-pew surveys. This is not the case for the comparison Novus Ordo surveys you cite. This naturally biases your study to to find stronger orthodoxy among TLM Catholics, and means your data is not likely to be a representative sample. I hope you continue to refine your methods and find better data next time.

When they turned the alter around to face the people, they turned their backs on GOD.

I think we have to completely reconsider the hypothesis of secularization and decline of Christianity in the West, because:

The decline in male participation in liberal political parties and liberal leaning institutions (such as colleges) also parallels with where men are declining in religious practice. The mainline protestant sects, normie Catholic churches and reformed Jews have been hemhorrageing men for decades, while traditional Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Orthodox Jews and Muslims who never reformed their practice retain men in much larger numbers. The commonality is the increased centrality and focus on female participation and women in the liturgy of these religions often to the neglect of men.

Christianity is not losing men to atheism, only liberal churches are. (As are reformed Jews.)

Traditional religions including conservative Christian churches are retaining men. And when men leave, so do families, since father’s religion predicts stronger that the child is going to retain the religion.

The trend of atheist men leaning left last for about a decade and now atheist men are sorting out into conservative ideologies (often reverting to a religion), or becoming LGBT, which means that the entire narrative about secularization is really about men and the decline of male participation in institutions as they become liberalized and female centric. This is a new hypothesis ive developed that needs to be reconsidered.

Now it’s happening in politics as the political left is becoming more female centric and anti male especially post MeToo. And this is why as men leave the political left and liberal-leaning colleges, we are seeing a resurgence in religion especially in young people and men. They didn’t reject religion per se, imo, they rejected the neglect of men and the male perspective in liberal religions. They simply were’nt able to articulate that because of the female centric bias in our society that says if you care about men you’re a bigot or some kind of evil person.

Male Spirituality: is much more about order, the transcendental mystery of reaching God, an almost militaristic emphasis on struggling and overcoming sin, penance, non-verbal communication and strict spiritual discipline (things like fasting, regular prayer routines).

Female Spirituality: is more about spontaneity, “the community of believers”, verbal communication, “”Listening””, unconditional acceptance/compassion (that is, forgiveness without justice or repentance), sentimentality, and personal devotion.

These are also, IMO, not coincidentally, the differences between liberal and traditional conservative versions of the same religion.

Also regarding poor catechization at Novus Ordo parishes, I think a big reason for it is because secular society considers a lot of the things taught by the Catholic Church (such as traditional gender roles, the mystery of the incarnation, the need to repent from mortal sin, the existence of hell and demons, the real presence and so on) are considered “irrational”, “uncool” or “offensive”. As a convert from Protestantism who recently started attending TLM more often, I get the impression that most NO parishes, even ones without explicit liturgical abuses, are on autopilot, and most NO priests don’t emphasize some of these more controversial aspects in catechization or sermons (most likely out of either fear of cancellation or fear of losing parishioners). It is simply the bare minimum which is emphasized (such as “men are men and women are women” and “abortion is bad”) without exploring in depth the theological reasons for why these are true and good things to believe (which in turn causes many liberal leaning parishioners to leave because at least the woke people make the effort to teach and explain their beliefs in depth). And 90% of suburban NO parishes despite an obsession with being “welcoming” and “inclusive” don’t make an effort to welcome new parishioners (let alone converts from Protestantism, atheism or other religions) and this is why IMO they start bleeding youth once they finish college (often living away from a parents’ home and community for many years). When you enter the workforce and start a family you’re in a new phase of life and are less associated with your family growing up so it’s almost like you’re a new person.

Why make the investment in a NO parish when secular society and your secular college/career is making a much bigger effort in the other direction?