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

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MYPARTIC Please describe yourself in terms of your knowledge and living of the Catholic faith. In terms of my participation in the Church and parish, I am   5) An active member of the Church   6) A somewhat active member of the Church   7) Not that active as a member of the Church   8) Not active at all as a member of the Church

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
An active member of the Church	275	36.5%	36.5%	-1.08
A somewhat active member of the Church	206	27.4%	63.9%	-.11
Not that active as a member of the Church	188	25%	88.8%	.87
Not active at all as a member of the Church	84	11.2%	100%	1.85

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
An active member of the Church	10.0% 1	17.4% 8	30.0% 110	47.9% 92	46.4% 64	36.5% 275
A somewhat active member of the Church	50.0% 5	23.9% 11	29.4% 108	26.6% 51	22.5% 31	27.4% 206
Not that active as a member of the Church	30.0% 3	41.3% 19	30.0% 110	15.6% 30	18.8% 26	25.0% 188
Not active at all as a member of the Church	10.0% 1	17.4% 8	10.6% 39	9.9% 19	12.3% 17	11.2% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 367	100.0% 192	100.0% 138	753

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	36.4% 172	36.8% 103	36.5% 275
A somewhat active member of the Church	28.3% 134	25.7% 72	27.4% 206
Not that active as a member of the Church	24.9% 118	25.0% 70	25.0% 188
Not active at all as a member of the Church	10.4% 49	12.5% 35	11.2% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 473	100.0% 280	753

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	33.3% 16	35.7% 214	39.1% 18	45.8% 27	36.6% 275
A somewhat active member of the Church	29.2% 14	28.7% 172	17.4% 8	18.6% 11	27.3% 205
Not that active as a member of the Church	27.1% 13	25.2% 151	28.3% 13	18.6% 11	25.0% 188
Not active at all as a member of the Church	10.4% 5	10.4% 62	15.2% 7	16.9% 10	11.2% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 599	100.0% 46	100.0% 59	752

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	36.0% 245	42.0% 29	36.5% 274
A somewhat active member of the Church	27.5% 187	27.5% 19	27.5% 206
Not that active as a member of the Church	25.6% 174	17.4% 12	24.8% 186
Not active at all as a member of the Church	11.0% 75	13.0% 9	11.2% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 69	750

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	39.5% 45	35.7% 20	32.8% 57	32.3% 64	42.1% 88	36.5% 274
A somewhat active member of the Church	29.8% 34	23.2% 13	32.8% 57	29.8% 59	20.6% 43	27.4% 206
Not that active as a member of the Church	25.4% 29	21.4% 12	23.6% 41	25.3% 50	26.8% 56	25.0% 188
Not active at all as a member of the Church	5.3% 6	19.6% 11	10.9% 19	12.6% 25	10.5% 22	11.1% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 174	100.0% 198	100.0% 209	751

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	40.0% 26	35.0% 41	33.6% 81	37.1% 75	40.8% 42	36.4% 265
A somewhat active member of the Church	24.6% 16	29.9% 35	30.3% 73	27.7% 56	18.4% 19	27.3% 199
Not that active as a member of the Church	24.6% 16	23.1% 27	24.5% 59	26.7% 54	27.2% 28	25.3% 184
Not active at all as a member of the Church	10.8% 7	12.0% 14	11.6% 28	8.4% 17	13.6% 14	11.0% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 117	100.0% 241	100.0% 202	100.0% 103	728

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	34.7% 85	35.2% 74	43.5% 27	42.9% 24	36.6% 210
A somewhat active member of the Church	26.5% 65	23.8% 50	25.8% 16	26.8% 15	25.5% 146
Not that active as a member of the Church	26.5% 65	31.9% 67	22.6% 14	14.3% 8	26.9% 154
Not active at all as a member of the Church	12.2% 30	9.0% 19	8.1% 5	16.1% 9	11.0% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 210	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	573

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
An active member of the Church	40.0% 22	36.4% 195	36.8% 217
A somewhat active member of the Church	21.8% 12	26.2% 140	25.8% 152
Not that active as a member of the Church	27.3% 15	26.4% 141	26.4% 156
Not active at all as a member of the Church	10.9% 6	11.0% 59	11.0% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 535	590