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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. -- If you have to make a choice, it is more important to attend Sunday Mass than to help a friend in a crisis.

	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	33	4.4%	4.4%	-2.91
Agree	47	6.2%	10.6%	-1.94
Not sure/I do not know	61	8.1%	18.7%	-.97
Disagree	360	47.7%	66.4%	0
Strongly disagree	253	33.6%	100%	.97

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	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	6.7% 13	10.3% 14	4.4% 33
Agree	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	3.5% 13	9.3% 18	11.0% 15	6.2% 47
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	5.7% 21	8.8% 17	16.2% 22	8.1% 61
Disagree	50.0% 5	48.9% 22	50.3% 186	44.6% 86	44.9% 61	47.7% 360
Strongly disagree	50.0% 5	46.7% 21	38.9% 144	30.6% 59	17.6% 24	33.6% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 370	100.0% 193	100.0% 136	754

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 20	4.6% 13	4.4% 33
Agree	6.4% 30	6.0% 17	6.2% 47
Not sure/I do not know	8.3% 39	7.8% 22	8.1% 61
Disagree	49.7% 234	44.5% 126	47.7% 360
Strongly disagree	31.4% 148	37.1% 105	33.6% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 283	754

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 3	3.8% 23	2.1% 1	10.9% 6	4.4% 33
Agree	6.3% 3	6.0% 36	2.1% 1	12.7% 7	6.2% 47
Not sure/I do not know	8.3% 4	7.0% 42	4.3% 2	23.6% 13	8.1% 61
Disagree	39.6% 19	48.9% 295	55.3% 26	36.4% 20	47.8% 360
Strongly disagree	39.6% 19	34.3% 207	36.2% 17	16.4% 9	33.5% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 603	100.0% 47	100.0% 55	753

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 29	5.9% 4	4.4% 33
Agree	6.3% 43	5.9% 4	6.3% 47
Not sure/I do not know	8.5% 58	4.4% 3	8.1% 61
Disagree	48.3% 330	41.2% 28	47.7% 358
Strongly disagree	32.7% 223	42.6% 29	33.6% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 68	751

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 4	5.4% 3	1.1% 2	6.0% 12	5.8% 12	4.4% 33
Agree	3.6% 4	8.9% 5	4.5% 8	5.5% 11	9.1% 19	6.2% 47
Not sure/I do not know	8.9% 10	3.6% 2	7.4% 13	4.5% 9	12.5% 26	8.0% 60
Disagree	39.3% 44	39.3% 22	50.0% 88	52.7% 106	48.1% 100	47.8% 360
Strongly disagree	44.6% 50	42.9% 24	36.9% 65	31.3% 63	24.5% 51	33.6% 253
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 201	100.0% 208	753

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	4.3% 5	3.3% 8	5.4% 11	5.8% 6	4.1% 30
Agree	7.6% 5	7.7% 9	3.3% 8	6.4% 13	9.7% 10	6.1% 45
Not sure/I do not know	9.1% 6	6.8% 8	8.2% 20	8.9% 18	8.7% 9	8.3% 61
Disagree	47.0% 31	43.6% 51	47.1% 115	51.5% 104	46.6% 48	47.7% 349
Strongly disagree	36.4% 24	37.6% 44	38.1% 93	27.7% 56	29.1% 30	33.7% 247
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 202	100.0% 103	732

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 11	4.3% 9	4.8% 3	5.4% 3	4.6% 26
Agree	6.2% 15	6.8% 14	4.8% 3	8.9% 5	6.5% 37
Not sure/I do not know	5.8% 14	9.2% 19	6.3% 4	10.7% 6	7.6% 43
Disagree	48.6% 118	50.2% 104	41.3% 26	37.5% 21	47.3% 269
Strongly disagree	35.0% 85	29.5% 61	42.9% 27	37.5% 21	34.1% 194
TOTAL	100.0% 243	100.0% 207	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	569

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 8	3.6% 19	4.6% 27
Agree	5.4% 3	6.6% 35	6.5% 38
Not sure/I do not know	7.1% 4	7.2% 38	7.2% 42
Disagree	32.1% 18	48.8% 258	47.2% 276
Strongly disagree	41.1% 23	33.8% 179	34.5% 202
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 529	585