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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. -- Mary's Immaculate Conception and Assumption into heaven are as central in the teachings of the Church as the doctrine of the Trinity and the Incarnation.

	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	256	33.7%	33.7%	-1.03
Agree	306	40.3%	74%	-.06
Not sure/I do not know	106	14%	88%	.91
Disagree	75	9.9%	97.9%	1.88
Strongly disagree	16	2.1%	100%	2.85

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.0% 3	30.4% 14	25.6% 95	37.3% 72	51.8% 72	33.7% 256
Agree	30.0% 3	34.8% 16	44.2% 164	44.0% 85	27.3% 38	40.3% 306
Not sure/I do not know	30.0% 3	19.6% 9	16.4% 61	9.3% 18	10.8% 15	14.0% 106
Disagree	10.0% 1	15.2% 7	12.9% 48	5.7% 11	5.8% 8	9.9% 75
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	3.6% 7	4.3% 6	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 371	100.0% 193	100.0% 139	759

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.6% 155	35.7% 101	33.7% 256
Agree	44.3% 211	33.6% 95	40.3% 306
Not sure/I do not know	12.0% 57	17.3% 49	14.0% 106
Disagree	9.7% 46	10.2% 29	9.9% 75
Strongly disagree	1.5% 7	3.2% 9	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 283	759

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.8% 21	32.2% 195	25.5% 12	47.4% 27	33.6% 255
Agree	29.2% 14	40.3% 244	55.3% 26	38.6% 22	40.4% 306
Not sure/I do not know	18.8% 9	15.0% 91	6.4% 3	5.3% 3	14.0% 106
Disagree	8.3% 4	10.4% 63	12.8% 6	3.5% 2	9.9% 75
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 13	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 606	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	758

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.3% 222	49.3% 34	33.9% 256
Agree	41.2% 283	31.9% 22	40.3% 305
Not sure/I do not know	14.1% 97	10.1% 7	13.8% 104
Disagree	10.0% 69	8.7% 6	9.9% 75
Strongly disagree	2.3% 16	0.0% 0	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 69	756

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.8% 34	41.1% 23	28.2% 50	29.1% 58	42.9% 91	33.8% 256
Agree	33.3% 38	30.4% 17	43.5% 77	48.2% 96	36.8% 78	40.4% 306
Not sure/I do not know	10.5% 12	14.3% 8	14.7% 26	13.6% 27	15.1% 32	13.9% 105
Disagree	21.1% 24	12.5% 7	11.9% 21	7.5% 15	3.8% 8	9.9% 75
Strongly disagree	5.3% 6	1.8% 1	1.7% 3	1.5% 3	1.4% 3	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 199	100.0% 212	758

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	34.8% 23	27.1% 32	31.0% 76	36.3% 73	42.9% 45	33.9% 249
Agree	31.8% 21	39.0% 46	44.1% 108	42.8% 86	33.3% 35	40.3% 296
Not sure/I do not know	16.7% 11	16.1% 19	11.8% 29	13.4% 27	16.2% 17	14.0% 103
Disagree	13.6% 9	13.6% 16	12.2% 30	6.5% 13	4.8% 5	9.9% 73
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	4.2% 5	0.8% 2	1.0% 2	2.9% 3	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 245	100.0% 201	100.0% 105	735

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.3% 89	31.4% 66	41.9% 26	33.9% 19	34.9% 200
Agree	40.0% 98	41.9% 88	37.1% 23	37.5% 21	40.1% 230
Not sure/I do not know	12.2% 30	13.3% 28	11.3% 7	12.5% 7	12.6% 72
Disagree	9.4% 23	11.9% 25	6.5% 4	12.5% 7	10.3% 59
Strongly disagree	2.0% 5	1.4% 3	3.2% 2	3.6% 2	2.1% 12
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
Strongly agree	45.5% 25	33.5% 179	34.6% 204
Agree	38.2% 21	41.0% 219	40.7% 240
Not sure/I do not know	7.3% 4	13.3% 71	12.7% 75
Disagree	7.3% 4	10.1% 54	9.8% 58
Strongly disagree	1.8% 1	2.1% 11	2.0% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 534	589