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

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MYKNOWLG Please describe yourself in terms of your knowledge and living of the Catholic faith. In terms of my knowledge and understanding, I am   1) Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings   2) Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points   3) Limited in my knowledge   4) Extremely limited in my knowledge

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	309	40.4%	40.4%	-1.03
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	352	46.1%	86.5%	.35
Limited in my knowledge	90	11.8%	98.3%	1.73
Extremely limited in my knowledge	13	1.7%	100%	3.1

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Education Household income Region Language of interview

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	0.0% 0	36.2% 17	39.3% 145	45.2% 89	41.1% 58	40.4% 309
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	100.0% 10	42.6% 20	47.4% 175	43.1% 85	44.0% 62	46.1% 352
Limited in my knowledge	0.0% 0	21.3% 10	11.1% 41	10.2% 20	13.5% 19	11.8% 90
Extremely limited in my knowledge	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8	1.5% 3	1.4% 2	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 197	100.0% 141	764

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	37.9% 182	44.7% 127	40.4% 309
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	47.7% 229	43.3% 123	46.1% 352
Limited in my knowledge	12.3% 59	10.9% 31	11.8% 90
Extremely limited in my knowledge	2.1% 10	1.1% 3	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 480	100.0% 284	764

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	42.9% 21	41.3% 250	36.2% 17	34.4% 21	40.5% 309
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	42.9% 21	45.5% 276	51.1% 24	49.2% 30	46.0% 351
Limited in my knowledge	12.2% 6	11.4% 69	12.8% 6	14.8% 9	11.8% 90
Extremely limited in my knowledge	2.0% 1	1.8% 11	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 606	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	763

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	41.6% 287	29.6% 21	40.5% 308
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	44.6% 308	62.0% 44	46.3% 352
Limited in my knowledge	12.3% 85	5.6% 4	11.7% 89
Extremely limited in my knowledge	1.4% 10	2.8% 2	1.6% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 71	761

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	62.3% 71	50.0% 28	45.2% 80	35.1% 71	27.2% 58	40.4% 308
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	30.7% 35	35.7% 20	42.4% 75	51.0% 103	55.4% 118	46.1% 351
Limited in my knowledge	6.1% 7	10.7% 6	11.3% 20	12.9% 26	14.6% 31	11.8% 90
Extremely limited in my knowledge	0.9% 1	3.6% 2	1.1% 2	1.0% 2	2.8% 6	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 202	100.0% 213	762

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	54.5% 36	47.9% 57	44.2% 107	30.7% 63	37.4% 40	41.0% 303
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	34.8% 23	43.7% 52	43.0% 104	55.1% 113	44.9% 48	46.0% 340
Limited in my knowledge	7.6% 5	6.7% 8	12.4% 30	11.7% 24	15.9% 17	11.4% 84
Extremely limited in my knowledge	3.0% 2	1.7% 2	0.4% 1	2.4% 5	1.9% 2	1.6% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 119	100.0% 242	100.0% 205	100.0% 107	739

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	42.6% 106	38.7% 82	41.3% 26	51.8% 29	41.9% 243
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	43.8% 109	47.2% 100	46.0% 29	39.3% 22	44.8% 260
Limited in my knowledge	12.4% 31	12.7% 27	7.9% 5	7.1% 4	11.6% 67
Extremely limited in my knowledge	1.2% 3	1.4% 3	4.8% 3	1.8% 1	1.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 212	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	580

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Knowledgeable and able to generally answer questions about the Church's teachings	41.8% 23	41.3% 224	41.4% 247
Somewhat knowledgeable and able to explain a few basic points	49.1% 27	45.2% 245	45.6% 272
Limited in my knowledge	7.3% 4	11.8% 64	11.4% 68
Extremely limited in my knowledge	1.8% 1	1.7% 9	1.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 542	597