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Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Adults, 1993

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FAITH11A

ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SERVICE PROJECTS (E.G., FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR THE NEEDY): Listed below are programs/activities available to adults in many parishes. Please describe your participation in each and your perception of the effects of your participation. -- Did this participation affect your understanding of the Faith?

	1) Yes
	2) Perhaps
	3) No

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	178	42%	42%	-1.03
Perhaps	143	33.7%	75.7%	.22
No	103	24.3%	100%	1.48

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Yes	100.0% 3	27.8% 5	43.7% 90	36.6% 41	45.9% 39	42.0% 178
Perhaps	0.0% 0	50.0% 9	35.9% 74	32.1% 36	28.2% 24	33.7% 143
No	0.0% 0	22.2% 4	20.4% 42	31.3% 35	25.9% 22	24.3% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 3	100.0% 18	100.0% 206	100.0% 112	100.0% 85	424

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	45.7% 138	32.8% 40	42.0% 178
Perhaps	31.8% 96	38.5% 47	33.7% 143
No	22.5% 68	28.7% 35	24.3% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 122	424

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Yes	45.5% 10	39.5% 133	50.0% 14	56.8% 21	42.0% 178
Perhaps	18.2% 4	35.9% 121	21.4% 6	32.4% 12	33.7% 143
No	36.4% 8	24.6% 83	28.6% 8	10.8% 4	24.3% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 337	100.0% 28	100.0% 37	424

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Yes	40.5% 155	59.0% 23	42.2% 178
Perhaps	34.2% 131	25.6% 10	33.4% 141
No	25.3% 97	15.4% 6	24.4% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 383	100.0% 39	422

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Yes	43.1% 28	39.3% 11	36.1% 35	44.0% 51	45.3% 53	42.1% 178
Perhaps	32.3% 21	32.1% 9	33.0% 32	36.2% 42	33.3% 39	33.8% 143
No	24.6% 16	28.6% 8	30.9% 30	19.8% 23	21.4% 25	24.1% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 28	100.0% 97	100.0% 116	100.0% 117	423

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Yes	47.6% 20	38.2% 29	40.9% 54	39.3% 42	52.7% 29	42.2% 174
Perhaps	28.6% 12	35.5% 27	35.6% 47	34.6% 37	29.1% 16	33.7% 139
No	23.8% 10	26.3% 20	23.5% 31	26.2% 28	18.2% 10	24.0% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 76	100.0% 132	100.0% 107	100.0% 55	412

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	44.1% 63	40.3% 50	45.7% 16	35.3% 12	42.0% 141
Perhaps	32.2% 46	38.7% 48	22.9% 8	29.4% 10	33.3% 112
No	23.8% 34	21.0% 26	31.4% 11	35.3% 12	24.7% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 124	100.0% 35	100.0% 34	336

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Yes	48.6% 17	41.6% 129	42.3% 146
Perhaps	28.6% 10	33.5% 104	33.0% 114
No	22.9% 8	24.8% 77	24.6% 85
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 310	345