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

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YRVUS3

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 Church fundamentally is the community of believers.

	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	310	41%	41%	-.91
Agree	354	46.8%	87.7%	.25
Not sure/I do not know	51	6.7%	94.5%	1.4
Disagree	28	3.7%	98.2%	2.56
Strongly disagree	14	1.8%	100%	3.72

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	33.3% 15	38.4% 143	40.9% 79	51.8% 71	41.0% 310
Agree	60.0% 6	53.3% 24	49.7% 185	46.6% 90	35.8% 49	46.8% 354
Not sure/I do not know	10.0% 1	13.3% 6	4.6% 17	7.8% 15	8.8% 12	6.7% 51
Disagree	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 18	4.1% 8	0.7% 1	3.7% 28
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 9	0.5% 1	2.9% 4	1.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 372	100.0% 193	100.0% 137	757

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.5% 197	40.1% 113	41.0% 310
Agree	47.6% 226	45.4% 128	46.8% 354
Not sure/I do not know	5.3% 25	9.2% 26	6.7% 51
Disagree	4.0% 19	3.2% 9	3.7% 28
Strongly disagree	1.7% 8	2.1% 6	1.8% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 282	757

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.5% 18	42.1% 255	36.2% 17	33.9% 19	40.9% 309
Agree	58.3% 28	45.3% 274	53.2% 25	48.2% 27	46.8% 354
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	7.4% 45	4.3% 2	7.1% 4	6.7% 51
Disagree	4.2% 2	3.8% 23	2.1% 1	3.6% 2	3.7% 28
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	4.3% 2	7.1% 4	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 605	100.0% 47	100.0% 56	756

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.9% 273	52.9% 37	41.1% 310
Agree	47.8% 327	34.3% 24	46.6% 351
Not sure/I do not know	7.0% 48	4.3% 3	6.8% 51
Disagree	3.5% 24	5.7% 4	3.7% 28
Strongly disagree	1.8% 12	2.9% 2	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 70	754

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.6% 47	41.1% 23	43.2% 76	37.2% 74	42.5% 90	41.0% 310
Agree	46.9% 53	41.1% 23	47.7% 84	48.7% 97	45.8% 97	46.8% 354
Not sure/I do not know	5.3% 6	12.5% 7	5.1% 9	8.0% 16	5.7% 12	6.6% 50
Disagree	3.5% 4	1.8% 1	3.4% 6	4.0% 8	4.2% 9	3.7% 28
Strongly disagree	2.7% 3	3.6% 2	0.6% 1	2.0% 4	1.9% 4	1.9% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 199	100.0% 212	756

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.4% 26	35.0% 41	41.2% 101	40.3% 81	51.9% 54	41.3% 303
Agree	40.9% 27	53.0% 62	49.8% 122	47.3% 95	33.7% 35	46.5% 341
Not sure/I do not know	13.6% 9	6.8% 8	3.7% 9	7.5% 15	6.7% 7	6.5% 48
Disagree	3.0% 2	4.3% 5	3.7% 9	4.0% 8	3.8% 4	3.8% 28
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	0.9% 1	1.6% 4	1.0% 2	3.8% 4	1.8% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 245	100.0% 201	100.0% 104	733

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.3% 104	36.2% 75	50.8% 32	44.6% 25	41.3% 236
Agree	46.3% 114	49.3% 102	36.5% 23	44.6% 25	46.2% 264
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 15	7.2% 15	7.9% 5	5.4% 3	6.6% 38
Disagree	2.8% 7	5.3% 11	3.2% 2	3.6% 2	3.8% 22
Strongly disagree	2.4% 6	1.9% 4	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	2.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 207	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	572

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	56.4% 31	39.8% 212	41.3% 243
Agree	27.3% 15	48.4% 258	46.4% 273
Not sure/I do not know	5.5% 3	6.6% 35	6.5% 38
Disagree	5.5% 3	3.6% 19	3.7% 22
Strongly disagree	5.5% 3	1.7% 9	2.0% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 533	588