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Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Adults, 1993

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YRVUS12

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. -- Ecumenism refers to ongoing efforts between Catholics and Protestants to gain a better, mutual understanding.

	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	105	14%	14%	-1.64
Agree	361	48.1%	62.1%	-.38
Not sure/I do not know	246	32.8%	94.8%	.88
Disagree	32	4.3%	99.1%	2.14
Strongly disagree	7	.9%	100%	3.39

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.1% 1	2.2% 1	10.7% 39	20.4% 39	18.0% 25	14.0% 105
Agree	22.2% 2	30.4% 14	42.1% 154	56.5% 108	59.7% 83	48.1% 361
Not sure/I do not know	66.7% 6	60.9% 28	42.1% 154	18.3% 35	16.5% 23	32.8% 246
Disagree	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	4.6% 17	3.7% 7	3.6% 5	4.3% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.0% 2	2.2% 3	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 46	100.0% 366	100.0% 191	100.0% 139	751

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.7% 74	11.1% 31	14.0% 105
Agree	47.1% 222	49.6% 139	48.1% 361
Not sure/I do not know	31.8% 150	34.3% 96	32.8% 246
Disagree	4.7% 22	3.6% 10	4.3% 32
Strongly disagree	0.6% 3	1.4% 4	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 280	751

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.1% 9	13.7% 82	10.9% 5	15.3% 9	14.0% 105
Agree	44.7% 21	47.7% 285	39.1% 18	62.7% 37	48.1% 361
Not sure/I do not know	29.8% 14	33.1% 198	47.8% 22	18.6% 11	32.7% 245
Disagree	4.3% 2	4.5% 27	2.2% 1	3.4% 2	4.3% 32
Strongly disagree	2.1% 1	1.0% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 598	100.0% 46	100.0% 59	750

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.5% 92	19.4% 13	14.0% 105
Agree	50.1% 341	29.9% 20	48.3% 361
Not sure/I do not know	31.0% 211	47.8% 32	32.5% 243
Disagree	4.4% 30	3.0% 2	4.3% 32
Strongly disagree	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 67	748

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.9% 20	18.2% 10	10.7% 19	14.5% 29	13.1% 27	14.0% 105
Agree	52.7% 59	47.3% 26	52.0% 92	43.5% 87	47.1% 97	48.1% 361
Not sure/I do not know	20.5% 23	34.5% 19	30.5% 54	37.5% 75	35.9% 74	32.7% 245
Disagree	7.1% 8	0.0% 0	5.6% 10	4.0% 8	2.9% 6	4.3% 32
Strongly disagree	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.5% 1	1.0% 2	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 55	100.0% 177	100.0% 200	100.0% 206	750

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.7% 15	10.3% 12	14.8% 36	10.6% 21	16.3% 17	13.9% 101
Agree	45.5% 30	53.4% 62	47.1% 115	52.5% 104	38.5% 40	48.2% 351
Not sure/I do not know	25.8% 17	26.7% 31	34.8% 85	31.8% 63	39.4% 41	32.6% 237
Disagree	3.0% 2	7.8% 9	2.9% 7	4.0% 8	5.8% 6	4.4% 32
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	1.7% 2	0.4% 1	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 244	100.0% 198	100.0% 104	728

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.6% 33	12.5% 26	17.7% 11	17.9% 10	14.1% 80
Agree	48.8% 118	55.3% 115	38.7% 24	42.9% 24	49.5% 281
Not sure/I do not know	33.5% 81	28.4% 59	37.1% 23	32.1% 18	31.9% 181
Disagree	3.7% 9	3.4% 7	3.2% 2	5.4% 3	3.7% 21
Strongly disagree	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	3.2% 2	1.8% 1	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 208	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	568

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.4% 11	13.2% 70	13.9% 81
Agree	20.4% 11	51.8% 274	48.9% 285
Not sure/I do not know	53.7% 29	30.2% 160	32.4% 189
Disagree	5.6% 3	3.6% 19	3.8% 22
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 529	583