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

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In this section, you are asked to express your perceptions and personal views on a number of statements on the teachings of the Church. Please be reminded that this survey is confidential. Please candidly share your views and perceptions by responding to each statement using the following response codes to indicate the extent of your agreement with the statement. -- The decrees of the Second Vatican Council are a major source of Catholic doctrine.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure/I do not know
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	159	21%	21%	-1.38
Agree	299	39.6%	60.6%	-.31
Not sure/I do not know	235	31.1%	91.7%	.77
Disagree	49	6.5%	98.1%	1.84
Strongly disagree	14	1.9%	100%	2.92

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.0% 2	8.5% 4	18.8% 69	21.9% 42	30.2% 42	21.0% 159
Agree	40.0% 4	44.7% 21	36.7% 135	41.1% 79	43.2% 60	39.6% 299
Not sure/I do not know	40.0% 4	46.8% 22	38.0% 140	25.0% 48	15.1% 21	31.1% 235
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 20	9.4% 18	7.9% 11	6.5% 49
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	2.6% 5	3.6% 5	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 192	100.0% 139	756

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.9% 99	21.2% 60	21.0% 159
Agree	41.4% 196	36.4% 103	39.6% 299
Not sure/I do not know	29.6% 140	33.6% 95	31.1% 235
Disagree	6.8% 32	6.0% 17	6.5% 49
Strongly disagree	1.3% 6	2.8% 8	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 473	100.0% 283	756

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.3% 8	21.2% 128	17.0% 8	26.3% 15	21.0% 159
Agree	55.1% 27	37.6% 227	42.6% 20	43.9% 25	39.6% 299
Not sure/I do not know	28.6% 14	32.8% 198	31.9% 15	14.0% 8	31.1% 235
Disagree	0.0% 0	6.5% 39	8.5% 4	10.5% 6	6.5% 49
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.8% 11	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 603	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	756

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.9% 143	23.2% 16	21.1% 159
Agree	40.2% 275	34.8% 24	39.7% 299
Not sure/I do not know	30.4% 208	37.7% 26	31.1% 234
Disagree	6.7% 46	2.9% 2	6.4% 48
Strongly disagree	1.8% 12	1.4% 1	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 69	753

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.2% 23	19.6% 11	22.5% 40	17.2% 34	24.4% 51	21.1% 159
Agree	44.7% 51	30.4% 17	38.8% 69	40.9% 81	38.8% 81	39.6% 299
Not sure/I do not know	21.9% 25	39.3% 22	31.5% 56	35.9% 71	28.7% 60	31.0% 234
Disagree	8.8% 10	7.1% 4	6.7% 12	5.6% 11	5.7% 12	6.5% 49
Strongly disagree	4.4% 5	3.6% 2	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	2.4% 5	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 178	100.0% 198	100.0% 209	755

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.8% 17	21.2% 25	16.9% 41	20.5% 41	25.7% 27	20.6% 151
Agree	33.3% 22	40.7% 48	41.6% 101	43.5% 87	34.3% 36	40.2% 294
Not sure/I do not know	27.3% 18	29.7% 35	33.3% 81	29.5% 59	32.4% 34	31.0% 227
Disagree	9.1% 6	7.6% 9	5.8% 14	6.5% 13	4.8% 5	6.4% 47
Strongly disagree	4.5% 3	0.8% 1	2.5% 6	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	1.8% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 243	100.0% 200	100.0% 105	732

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.9% 53	19.1% 40	28.6% 18	12.5% 7	20.7% 118
Agree	37.2% 90	45.5% 95	38.1% 24	41.1% 23	40.7% 232
Not sure/I do not know	33.9% 82	26.3% 55	28.6% 18	30.4% 17	30.2% 172
Disagree	5.8% 14	7.2% 15	4.8% 3	12.5% 7	6.8% 39
Strongly disagree	1.2% 3	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	1.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	570

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.8% 15	20.0% 106	20.6% 121
Agree	37.5% 21	41.1% 218	40.8% 239
Not sure/I do not know	32.1% 18	29.8% 158	30.0% 176
Disagree	0.0% 0	7.4% 39	6.7% 39
Strongly disagree	3.6% 2	1.7% 9	1.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 530	586