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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 Reformation and Protestant Christianity began in the 16th Century.

	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	57	7.7%	7.7%	-2.27
Agree	197	26.7%	34.4%	-.88
Not sure/I do not know	453	61.3%	95.7%	.51
Disagree	24	3.2%	98.9%	1.9
Strongly disagree	8	1.1%	100%	3.29

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	4.4% 2	5.5% 20	9.6% 18	12.3% 16	7.7% 57
Agree	20.0% 2	13.3% 6	25.7% 94	30.3% 57	29.2% 38	26.7% 197
Not sure/I do not know	70.0% 7	75.6% 34	64.8% 237	54.8% 103	55.4% 72	61.3% 453
Disagree	0.0% 0	4.4% 2	3.0% 11	4.3% 8	2.3% 3	3.2% 24
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	1.1% 4	1.1% 2	0.8% 1	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 366	100.0% 188	100.0% 130	739

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 30	9.6% 27	7.7% 57
Agree	22.7% 104	33.1% 93	26.7% 197
Not sure/I do not know	66.4% 304	53.0% 149	61.3% 453
Disagree	3.3% 15	3.2% 9	3.2% 24
Strongly disagree	1.1% 5	1.1% 3	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 458	100.0% 281	739

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 4	8.3% 49	2.2% 1	5.8% 3	7.7% 57
Agree	31.9% 15	27.7% 164	15.2% 7	21.2% 11	26.7% 197
Not sure/I do not know	55.3% 26	60.0% 356	73.9% 34	69.2% 36	61.2% 452
Disagree	4.3% 2	2.7% 16	8.7% 4	3.8% 2	3.3% 24
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 593	100.0% 46	100.0% 52	738

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.6% 51	9.4% 6	7.7% 57
Agree	27.1% 182	23.4% 15	26.8% 197
Not sure/I do not know	61.0% 410	62.5% 40	61.1% 450
Disagree	3.3% 22	3.1% 2	3.3% 24
Strongly disagree	1.0% 7	1.6% 1	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 64	736

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.6% 13	9.3% 5	5.8% 10	8.1% 16	6.4% 13	7.7% 57
Agree	40.2% 45	37.0% 20	30.1% 52	23.9% 47	16.3% 33	26.7% 197
Not sure/I do not know	40.2% 45	50.0% 27	61.3% 106	63.5% 125	73.8% 149	61.2% 452
Disagree	6.3% 7	1.9% 1	1.7% 3	3.0% 6	3.5% 7	3.3% 24
Strongly disagree	1.8% 2	1.9% 1	1.2% 2	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 54	100.0% 173	100.0% 197	100.0% 202	738

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.1% 9	8.7% 10	6.3% 15	6.0% 12	11.2% 11	8.0% 57
Agree	26.6% 17	34.8% 40	30.5% 73	25.1% 50	10.2% 10	26.6% 190
Not sure/I do not know	56.3% 36	52.2% 60	57.3% 137	65.3% 130	75.5% 74	61.1% 437
Disagree	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	4.2% 10	3.5% 7	3.1% 3	3.2% 23
Strongly disagree	3.1% 2	1.7% 2	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 115	100.0% 239	100.0% 199	100.0% 98	715

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 15	6.9% 14	11.3% 7	7.1% 4	7.1% 40
Agree	29.2% 70	20.8% 42	17.7% 11	41.1% 23	26.1% 146
Not sure/I do not know	60.8% 146	66.8% 135	69.4% 43	44.6% 25	62.3% 349
Disagree	2.5% 6	5.0% 10	1.6% 1	5.4% 3	3.6% 20
Strongly disagree	1.3% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 202	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	560

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.8% 8	6.5% 34	7.3% 42
Agree	13.0% 7	26.9% 140	25.6% 147
Not sure/I do not know	66.7% 36	62.1% 323	62.5% 359
Disagree	5.6% 3	3.5% 18	3.7% 21
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 520	574