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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. -- The Church's social teaching affirms the right of employees to organize for collective bargaining.

	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	75	10%	10%	-1.8
Agree	170	22.7%	32.7%	-.85
Not sure/I do not know	335	44.7%	77.3%	.11
Disagree	107	14.3%	91.6%	1.07
Strongly disagree	63	8.4%	100%	2.02

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	4.3% 2	4.4% 16	13.9% 27	22.6% 30	10.0% 75
Agree	0.0% 0	10.9% 5	18.5% 68	29.9% 58	29.3% 39	22.7% 170
Not sure/I do not know	70.0% 7	69.6% 32	52.9% 194	31.4% 61	30.8% 41	44.7% 335
Disagree	30.0% 3	8.7% 4	16.6% 61	13.9% 27	9.0% 12	14.3% 107
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	7.6% 28	10.8% 21	8.3% 11	8.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 367	100.0% 194	100.0% 133	750

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.7% 31	15.5% 44	10.0% 75
Agree	22.7% 106	22.5% 64	22.7% 170
Not sure/I do not know	50.2% 234	35.6% 101	44.7% 335
Disagree	13.1% 61	16.2% 46	14.3% 107
Strongly disagree	7.3% 34	10.2% 29	8.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 466	100.0% 284	750

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 3	11.0% 66	0.0% 0	10.9% 6	10.0% 75
Agree	16.7% 8	23.4% 140	10.6% 5	29.1% 16	22.6% 169
Not sure/I do not know	62.5% 30	41.7% 250	66.0% 31	43.6% 24	44.7% 335
Disagree	12.5% 6	14.0% 84	23.4% 11	10.9% 6	14.3% 107
Strongly disagree	2.1% 1	9.8% 59	0.0% 0	5.5% 3	8.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 599	100.0% 47	100.0% 55	749

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.3% 70	7.7% 5	10.0% 75
Agree	23.9% 163	10.8% 7	22.8% 170
Not sure/I do not know	43.4% 296	56.9% 37	44.6% 333
Disagree	14.2% 97	13.8% 9	14.2% 106
Strongly disagree	8.2% 56	10.8% 7	8.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 65	747

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 12	12.7% 7	10.3% 18	9.5% 19	9.3% 19	10.0% 75
Agree	34.5% 39	27.3% 15	22.9% 40	18.5% 37	19.0% 39	22.7% 170
Not sure/I do not know	35.4% 40	52.7% 29	41.7% 73	49.0% 98	45.4% 93	44.5% 333
Disagree	14.2% 16	3.6% 2	17.1% 30	14.5% 29	14.6% 30	14.3% 107
Strongly disagree	5.3% 6	3.6% 2	8.0% 14	8.5% 17	11.7% 24	8.4% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 55	100.0% 175	100.0% 200	100.0% 205	748

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 7	9.3% 11	12.0% 29	7.5% 15	10.8% 11	10.0% 73
Agree	22.7% 15	28.8% 34	23.2% 56	21.0% 42	17.6% 18	22.7% 165
Not sure/I do not know	43.9% 29	42.4% 50	39.4% 95	47.5% 95	52.9% 54	44.4% 323
Disagree	10.6% 7	14.4% 17	17.8% 43	14.0% 28	7.8% 8	14.2% 103
Strongly disagree	12.1% 8	5.1% 6	7.5% 18	10.0% 20	10.8% 11	8.7% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 241	100.0% 200	100.0% 102	727

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.7% 26	6.7% 14	6.3% 4	16.1% 9	9.3% 53
Agree	20.9% 51	23.1% 48	25.4% 16	26.8% 15	22.8% 130
Not sure/I do not know	47.5% 116	44.7% 93	49.2% 31	41.1% 23	46.1% 263
Disagree	12.7% 31	18.3% 38	7.9% 5	10.7% 6	14.0% 80
Strongly disagree	8.2% 20	7.2% 15	11.1% 7	5.4% 3	7.9% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 208	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	571

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.3% 6	8.8% 47	9.1% 53
Agree	13.2% 7	23.5% 125	22.6% 132
Not sure/I do not know	52.8% 28	46.1% 245	46.7% 273
Disagree	9.4% 5	14.7% 78	14.2% 83
Strongly disagree	13.2% 7	7.0% 37	7.5% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 532	585