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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 biblical account of the Ascension of Jesus does not describe an actual event but tells us in a symbolic way that Jesus was exalted.

	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	60	8%	8%	-1.71
Agree	233	31.1%	39.1%	-.9
Not sure/I do not know	134	17.9%	57%	-.1
Disagree	199	26.6%	83.6%	.71
Strongly disagree	123	16.4%	100%	1.51

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	5.7% 21	7.9% 15	16.3% 22	8.0% 60
Agree	20.0% 2	37.0% 17	29.3% 108	33.7% 64	31.1% 42	31.1% 233
Not sure/I do not know	40.0% 4	26.1% 12	19.3% 71	14.7% 28	14.1% 19	17.9% 134
Disagree	30.0% 3	23.9% 11	31.3% 115	21.6% 41	21.5% 29	26.6% 199
Strongly disagree	10.0% 1	8.7% 4	14.4% 53	22.1% 42	17.0% 23	16.4% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 368	100.0% 190	100.0% 135	749

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.4% 39	7.4% 21	8.0% 60
Agree	30.6% 143	31.9% 90	31.1% 233
Not sure/I do not know	18.2% 85	17.4% 49	17.9% 134
Disagree	27.8% 130	24.5% 69	26.6% 199
Strongly disagree	15.0% 70	18.8% 53	16.4% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 467	100.0% 282	749

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.4% 5	7.9% 47	2.1% 1	12.5% 7	8.0% 60
Agree	22.9% 11	30.5% 182	42.6% 20	35.7% 20	31.1% 233
Not sure/I do not know	20.8% 10	17.6% 105	12.8% 6	21.4% 12	17.8% 133
Disagree	25.0% 12	27.3% 163	25.5% 12	21.4% 12	26.6% 199
Strongly disagree	20.8% 10	16.8% 100	17.0% 8	8.9% 5	16.4% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 597	100.0% 47	100.0% 56	748

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.0% 54	8.8% 6	8.0% 60
Agree	32.2% 218	22.1% 15	31.2% 233
Not sure/I do not know	18.1% 123	14.7% 10	17.8% 133
Disagree	26.5% 180	25.0% 17	26.4% 197
Strongly disagree	15.2% 103	29.4% 20	16.5% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 68	746

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 5	3.6% 2	7.4% 13	8.1% 16	11.7% 24	8.0% 60
Agree	26.8% 30	23.2% 13	34.1% 60	32.8% 65	31.6% 65	31.1% 233
Not sure/I do not know	12.5% 14	26.8% 15	18.2% 32	18.2% 36	17.5% 36	17.8% 133
Disagree	33.9% 38	21.4% 12	28.4% 50	26.8% 53	22.3% 46	26.6% 199
Strongly disagree	22.3% 25	25.0% 14	11.9% 21	14.1% 28	17.0% 35	16.4% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 198	100.0% 206	748

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.8% 5	3.4% 4	8.2% 20	8.5% 17	11.7% 12	8.0% 58
Agree	23.4% 15	30.2% 35	35.8% 87	28.1% 56	32.0% 33	31.2% 226
Not sure/I do not know	15.6% 10	22.4% 26	13.2% 32	19.1% 38	23.3% 24	17.9% 130
Disagree	28.1% 18	29.3% 34	27.6% 67	27.6% 55	18.4% 19	26.6% 193
Strongly disagree	25.0% 16	14.7% 17	15.2% 37	16.6% 33	14.6% 15	16.3% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 116	100.0% 243	100.0% 199	100.0% 103	725

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.5% 23	3.9% 8	14.8% 9	5.4% 3	7.6% 43
Agree	30.0% 73	33.8% 70	23.0% 14	33.9% 19	31.0% 176
Not sure/I do not know	20.2% 49	17.4% 36	21.3% 13	10.7% 6	18.3% 104
Disagree	25.9% 63	30.4% 63	19.7% 12	23.2% 13	26.6% 151
Strongly disagree	14.4% 35	14.5% 30	21.3% 13	26.8% 15	16.4% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 243	100.0% 207	100.0% 61	100.0% 56	567

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.8% 8	6.6% 35	7.4% 43
Agree	22.2% 12	31.3% 165	30.5% 177
Not sure/I do not know	14.8% 8	18.4% 97	18.1% 105
Disagree	22.2% 12	27.9% 147	27.4% 159
Strongly disagree	25.9% 14	15.7% 83	16.7% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 527	581