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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. -- Food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care are defined by the Church as basic rights to which everyone is entitled.

	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	228	30.1%	30.1%	-1.1
Agree	346	45.6%	75.7%	-.05
Not sure/I do not know	125	16.5%	92.2%	1.01
Disagree	40	5.3%	97.5%	2.06
Strongly disagree	19	2.5%	100%	3.11

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.0% 1	39.1% 18	25.3% 94	29.9% 58	41.6% 57	30.1% 228
Agree	50.0% 5	41.3% 19	46.9% 174	45.4% 88	43.8% 60	45.6% 346
Not sure/I do not know	20.0% 2	17.4% 8	20.5% 76	13.4% 26	9.5% 13	16.5% 125
Disagree	20.0% 2	2.2% 1	4.3% 16	7.2% 14	5.1% 7	5.3% 40
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 11	4.1% 8	0.0% 0	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 371	100.0% 194	100.0% 137	758

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.5% 140	31.1% 88	30.1% 228
Agree	47.2% 224	43.1% 122	45.6% 346
Not sure/I do not know	16.8% 80	15.9% 45	16.5% 125
Disagree	4.4% 21	6.7% 19	5.3% 40
Strongly disagree	2.1% 10	3.2% 9	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 283	758

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.6% 15	30.1% 182	21.3% 10	36.8% 21	30.1% 228
Agree	36.7% 18	46.0% 278	48.9% 23	45.6% 26	45.6% 345
Not sure/I do not know	24.5% 12	15.9% 96	21.3% 10	12.3% 7	16.5% 125
Disagree	6.1% 3	5.1% 31	6.4% 3	5.3% 3	5.3% 40
Strongly disagree	2.0% 1	2.8% 17	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	757

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.7% 197	45.6% 31	30.2% 228
Agree	47.2% 324	29.4% 20	45.6% 344
Not sure/I do not know	16.7% 115	13.2% 9	16.4% 124
Disagree	4.9% 34	8.8% 6	5.3% 40
Strongly disagree	2.5% 17	2.9% 2	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 68	755

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	35.1% 40	31.5% 17	28.0% 49	28.7% 58	30.2% 64	30.1% 228
Agree	45.6% 52	42.6% 23	45.1% 79	45.0% 91	47.2% 100	45.6% 345
Not sure/I do not know	14.0% 16	20.4% 11	18.3% 32	16.8% 34	15.1% 32	16.5% 125
Disagree	2.6% 3	5.6% 3	6.9% 12	6.4% 13	4.2% 9	5.3% 40
Strongly disagree	2.6% 3	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	3.0% 6	3.3% 7	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 54	100.0% 175	100.0% 202	100.0% 212	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	33.8% 22	26.3% 31	32.9% 80	26.5% 54	34.0% 35	30.3% 222
Agree	38.5% 25	47.5% 56	43.2% 105	49.0% 100	43.7% 45	45.2% 331
Not sure/I do not know	13.8% 9	18.6% 22	17.3% 42	14.7% 30	17.5% 18	16.5% 121
Disagree	9.2% 6	5.1% 6	4.5% 11	6.9% 14	2.9% 3	5.5% 40
Strongly disagree	4.6% 3	2.5% 3	2.1% 5	2.9% 6	1.9% 2	2.6% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 118	100.0% 243	100.0% 204	100.0% 103	733

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	31.3% 77	26.6% 55	41.3% 26	30.4% 17	30.6% 175
Agree	41.9% 103	45.9% 95	47.6% 30	50.0% 28	44.8% 256
Not sure/I do not know	17.9% 44	19.3% 40	7.9% 5	16.1% 9	17.1% 98
Disagree	6.9% 17	5.3% 11	3.2% 2	1.8% 1	5.4% 31
Strongly disagree	2.0% 5	2.9% 6	0.0% 0	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	41.8% 23	29.3% 156	30.4% 179
Agree	34.5% 19	46.3% 247	45.2% 266
Not sure/I do not know	9.1% 5	17.8% 95	17.0% 100
Disagree	14.5% 8	4.3% 23	5.3% 31
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.3% 12	2.0% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 533	588