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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. -- As I see it, a communion service with readings conducted by a lay minister is not that different from the Eucharistic celebration (the Mass).

	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	35	4.6%	4.6%	-2.28
Agree	128	16.9%	21.5%	-1.42
Not sure/I do not know	99	13.1%	34.6%	-.55
Disagree	314	41.4%	76%	.32
Strongly disagree	182	24%	100%	1.19

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 19	2.1% 4	8.6% 12	4.6% 35
Agree	0.0% 0	12.8% 6	18.6% 69	15.1% 29	17.3% 24	16.9% 128
Not sure/I do not know	20.0% 2	25.5% 12	11.9% 44	10.4% 20	15.1% 21	13.1% 99
Disagree	60.0% 6	40.4% 19	46.5% 172	39.1% 75	30.2% 42	41.4% 314
Strongly disagree	20.0% 2	21.3% 10	17.8% 66	33.3% 64	28.8% 40	24.0% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 370	100.0% 192	100.0% 139	758

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 20	5.3% 15	4.6% 35
Agree	18.4% 87	14.4% 41	16.9% 128
Not sure/I do not know	9.9% 47	18.3% 52	13.1% 99
Disagree	45.1% 214	35.2% 100	41.4% 314
Strongly disagree	22.4% 106	26.8% 76	24.0% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 284	758

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 3	4.6% 28	2.1% 1	5.3% 3	4.6% 35
Agree	10.2% 5	16.2% 98	23.4% 11	24.6% 14	16.9% 128
Not sure/I do not know	12.2% 6	12.6% 76	14.9% 7	15.8% 9	12.9% 98
Disagree	40.8% 20	42.4% 256	42.6% 20	31.6% 18	41.5% 314
Strongly disagree	30.6% 15	24.2% 146	17.0% 8	22.8% 13	24.0% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	757

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 27	11.9% 8	4.6% 35
Agree	15.7% 108	29.9% 20	17.0% 128
Not sure/I do not know	13.8% 95	3.0% 2	12.8% 97
Disagree	43.5% 299	22.4% 15	41.6% 314
Strongly disagree	23.1% 159	32.8% 22	24.0% 181
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 67	755

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 5	0.0% 0	2.8% 5	5.9% 12	6.2% 13	4.6% 35
Agree	12.5% 14	17.9% 10	16.4% 29	16.8% 34	19.0% 40	16.8% 127
Not sure/I do not know	10.7% 12	7.1% 4	13.0% 23	12.4% 25	16.7% 35	13.1% 99
Disagree	33.9% 38	44.6% 25	48.0% 85	43.1% 87	37.6% 79	41.5% 314
Strongly disagree	38.4% 43	30.4% 17	19.8% 35	21.8% 44	20.5% 43	24.0% 182
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 202	100.0% 210	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	6.0% 7	4.1% 10	3.9% 8	8.7% 9	4.6% 34
Agree	18.2% 12	16.4% 19	15.2% 37	15.7% 32	26.0% 27	17.3% 127
Not sure/I do not know	12.1% 8	7.8% 9	12.7% 31	15.7% 32	13.5% 14	12.8% 94
Disagree	45.5% 30	44.0% 51	42.2% 103	42.2% 86	32.7% 34	41.4% 304
Strongly disagree	24.2% 16	25.9% 30	25.8% 63	22.5% 46	19.2% 20	23.8% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 244	100.0% 204	100.0% 104	734

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 15	4.3% 9	4.8% 3	1.8% 1	4.9% 28
Agree	16.7% 41	17.1% 36	16.1% 10	16.4% 9	16.8% 96
Not sure/I do not know	12.2% 30	14.3% 30	8.1% 5	12.7% 7	12.6% 72
Disagree	43.1% 106	39.5% 83	43.5% 27	40.0% 22	41.5% 238
Strongly disagree	22.0% 54	24.8% 52	27.4% 17	29.1% 16	24.3% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 210	100.0% 62	100.0% 55	573

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.3% 5	4.3% 23	4.8% 28
Agree	24.1% 13	15.9% 85	16.7% 98
Not sure/I do not know	13.0% 7	12.7% 68	12.8% 75
Disagree	16.7% 9	43.8% 234	41.3% 243
Strongly disagree	37.0% 20	23.2% 124	24.5% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 534	588