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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. -- To be Catholic means to honor Mary.

	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	184	24.2%	24.2%	-1.16
Agree	335	44.1%	68.4%	-.3
Not sure/I do not know	69	9.1%	77.5%	.56
Disagree	136	17.9%	95.4%	1.43
Strongly disagree	35	4.6%	100%	2.29

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	8.9% 4	16.7% 62	28.4% 55	43.2% 60	24.2% 184
Agree	20.0% 2	42.2% 19	48.0% 178	44.3% 86	36.0% 50	44.1% 335
Not sure/I do not know	20.0% 2	11.1% 5	9.7% 36	8.8% 17	6.5% 9	9.1% 69
Disagree	20.0% 2	24.4% 11	21.8% 81	14.9% 29	9.4% 13	17.9% 136
Strongly disagree	10.0% 1	13.3% 6	3.8% 14	3.6% 7	5.0% 7	4.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 371	100.0% 194	100.0% 139	759

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.6% 112	25.4% 72	24.2% 184
Agree	45.5% 216	41.9% 119	44.1% 335
Not sure/I do not know	8.2% 39	10.6% 30	9.1% 69
Disagree	17.7% 84	18.3% 52	17.9% 136
Strongly disagree	5.1% 24	3.9% 11	4.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 284	759

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.1% 13	22.8% 138	12.8% 6	45.8% 27	24.3% 184
Agree	37.5% 18	45.9% 277	46.8% 22	28.8% 17	44.1% 334
Not sure/I do not know	6.3% 3	9.1% 55	12.8% 6	8.5% 5	9.1% 69
Disagree	25.0% 12	17.5% 106	25.5% 12	10.2% 6	17.9% 136
Strongly disagree	4.2% 2	4.6% 28	2.1% 1	6.8% 4	4.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	758

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.7% 156	40.0% 28	24.3% 184
Agree	46.2% 317	24.3% 17	44.2% 334
Not sure/I do not know	9.3% 64	5.7% 4	9.0% 68
Disagree	16.9% 116	27.1% 19	17.9% 135
Strongly disagree	4.8% 33	2.9% 2	4.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 686	100.0% 70	756

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.8% 19	27.3% 15	21.3% 38	16.8% 34	36.8% 77	24.2% 183
Agree	46.0% 52	41.8% 23	43.8% 78	52.0% 105	36.8% 77	44.3% 335
Not sure/I do not know	10.6% 12	7.3% 4	8.4% 15	10.9% 22	7.7% 16	9.1% 69
Disagree	22.1% 25	20.0% 11	21.3% 38	17.3% 35	12.9% 27	18.0% 136
Strongly disagree	4.4% 5	3.6% 2	5.1% 9	3.0% 6	5.7% 12	4.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 55	100.0% 178	100.0% 202	100.0% 209	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.6% 16	22.9% 27	21.3% 52	21.7% 44	34.9% 37	23.9% 176
Agree	41.5% 27	43.2% 51	47.1% 115	44.3% 90	38.7% 41	44.0% 324
Not sure/I do not know	9.2% 6	10.2% 12	9.0% 22	9.9% 20	6.6% 7	9.1% 67
Disagree	18.5% 12	22.0% 26	18.4% 45	17.7% 36	14.2% 15	18.2% 134
Strongly disagree	6.2% 4	1.7% 2	4.1% 10	6.4% 13	5.7% 6	4.8% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 118	100.0% 244	100.0% 203	100.0% 106	736

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.2% 67	19.5% 41	33.3% 21	21.4% 12	24.5% 141
Agree	41.5% 102	47.1% 99	31.7% 20	51.8% 29	43.5% 250
Not sure/I do not know	9.3% 23	9.5% 20	7.9% 5	3.6% 2	8.7% 50
Disagree	17.1% 42	20.5% 43	22.2% 14	21.4% 12	19.3% 111
Strongly disagree	4.9% 12	3.3% 7	4.8% 3	1.8% 1	4.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	575

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.1% 23	22.8% 122	24.5% 145
Agree	23.2% 13	45.6% 244	43.5% 257
Not sure/I do not know	5.4% 3	9.2% 49	8.8% 52
Disagree	25.0% 14	18.3% 98	19.0% 112
Strongly disagree	5.4% 3	4.1% 22	4.2% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 535	591