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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. -- Original sin refers to a single event in the prehistory of the human race.

	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	133	17.7%	17.7%	-1.32
Agree	290	38.5%	56.2%	-.52
Not sure/I do not know	118	15.7%	71.8%	.29
Disagree	138	18.3%	90.2%	1.09
Strongly disagree	74	9.8%	100%	1.9

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	6.5% 3	14.4% 53	22.4% 43	24.6% 34	17.7% 133
Agree	80.0% 8	39.1% 18	37.6% 138	37.0% 71	39.9% 55	38.5% 290
Not sure/I do not know	10.0% 1	21.7% 10	13.4% 49	17.7% 34	17.4% 24	15.7% 118
Disagree	0.0% 0	26.1% 12	23.4% 86	13.5% 26	10.1% 14	18.3% 138
Strongly disagree	10.0% 1	6.5% 3	11.2% 41	9.4% 18	8.0% 11	9.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 367	100.0% 192	100.0% 138	753

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.8% 79	19.1% 54	17.7% 133
Agree	40.6% 191	35.1% 99	38.5% 290
Not sure/I do not know	13.6% 64	19.1% 54	15.7% 118
Disagree	20.0% 94	15.6% 44	18.3% 138
Strongly disagree	9.1% 43	11.0% 31	9.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 282	753

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.6% 7	18.0% 108	17.0% 8	17.5% 10	17.7% 133
Agree	47.9% 23	37.5% 225	36.2% 17	42.1% 24	38.4% 289
Not sure/I do not know	12.5% 6	15.5% 93	14.9% 7	21.1% 12	15.7% 118
Disagree	18.8% 9	18.2% 109	25.5% 12	14.0% 8	18.4% 138
Strongly disagree	6.3% 3	10.8% 65	6.4% 3	5.3% 3	9.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 600	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	752

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.5% 113	29.9% 20	17.7% 133
Agree	38.7% 264	37.3% 25	38.5% 289
Not sure/I do not know	16.0% 109	13.4% 9	15.7% 118
Disagree	19.2% 131	9.0% 6	18.3% 137
Strongly disagree	9.7% 66	10.4% 7	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 67	750

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.4% 14	21.8% 12	19.4% 34	16.2% 32	19.4% 41	17.7% 133
Agree	31.9% 36	43.6% 24	33.1% 58	40.9% 81	42.7% 90	38.4% 289
Not sure/I do not know	8.8% 10	12.7% 7	17.1% 30	18.2% 36	16.6% 35	15.7% 118
Disagree	26.5% 30	12.7% 7	23.4% 41	16.7% 33	12.8% 27	18.4% 138
Strongly disagree	20.4% 23	9.1% 5	6.9% 12	8.1% 16	8.5% 18	9.8% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 55	100.0% 175	100.0% 198	100.0% 211	752

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.2% 17	17.2% 20	19.7% 48	12.0% 24	17.3% 18	17.4% 127
Agree	40.0% 26	36.2% 42	36.5% 89	41.0% 82	39.4% 41	38.4% 280
Not sure/I do not know	10.8% 7	13.8% 16	14.3% 35	17.5% 35	19.2% 20	15.5% 113
Disagree	9.2% 6	18.1% 21	20.1% 49	21.5% 43	15.4% 16	18.5% 135
Strongly disagree	13.8% 9	14.7% 17	9.4% 23	8.0% 16	8.7% 9	10.2% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 116	100.0% 244	100.0% 200	100.0% 104	729

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.6% 48	12.1% 25	22.2% 14	21.8% 12	17.4% 99
Agree	37.6% 92	48.1% 99	33.3% 21	34.5% 19	40.6% 231
Not sure/I do not know	18.0% 44	12.6% 26	6.3% 4	5.5% 3	13.5% 77
Disagree	16.3% 40	18.0% 37	23.8% 15	25.5% 14	18.6% 106
Strongly disagree	8.6% 21	9.2% 19	14.3% 9	12.7% 7	9.8% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 206	100.0% 63	100.0% 55	569

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.5% 13	16.6% 88	17.3% 101
Agree	28.3% 15	41.4% 220	40.2% 235
Not sure/I do not know	17.0% 9	13.4% 71	13.7% 80
Disagree	15.1% 8	18.8% 100	18.5% 108
Strongly disagree	15.1% 8	9.8% 52	10.3% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 531	584