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

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YRVUS13

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 Church teaches that the life of an enemy soldier is as important as the life of an unborn child.

	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	133	17.7%	17.7%	-1.34
Agree	348	46.4%	64.1%	-.37
Not sure/I do not know	149	19.9%	84%	.6
Disagree	92	12.3%	96.3%	1.57
Strongly disagree	28	3.7%	100%	2.54

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	27.7% 13	17.3% 64	15.3% 29	19.3% 26	17.7% 133
Agree	50.0% 5	44.7% 21	52.0% 192	41.3% 78	38.5% 52	46.4% 348
Not sure/I do not know	20.0% 2	17.0% 8	17.1% 63	20.6% 39	27.4% 37	19.9% 149
Disagree	20.0% 2	8.5% 4	10.3% 38	15.3% 29	14.1% 19	12.3% 92
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	3.3% 12	7.4% 14	0.7% 1	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 189	100.0% 135	750

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.1% 90	15.4% 43	17.7% 133
Agree	48.1% 226	43.6% 122	46.4% 348
Not sure/I do not know	19.8% 93	20.0% 56	19.9% 149
Disagree	10.6% 50	15.0% 42	12.3% 92
Strongly disagree	2.3% 11	6.1% 17	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 280	750

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.4% 10	17.1% 102	15.2% 7	25.0% 14	17.8% 133
Agree	44.9% 22	48.5% 290	39.1% 18	32.1% 18	46.5% 348
Not sure/I do not know	16.3% 8	18.6% 111	32.6% 15	25.0% 14	19.8% 148
Disagree	14.3% 7	11.9% 71	10.9% 5	16.1% 9	12.3% 92
Strongly disagree	4.1% 2	4.0% 24	2.2% 1	1.8% 1	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 598	100.0% 46	100.0% 56	749

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.2% 110	31.9% 22	17.7% 132
Agree	47.9% 325	30.4% 21	46.3% 346
Not sure/I do not know	19.9% 135	20.3% 14	19.9% 149
Disagree	12.2% 83	13.0% 9	12.3% 92
Strongly disagree	3.7% 25	4.3% 3	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 69	747

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.1% 25	25.0% 14	14.1% 25	17.1% 34	17.2% 35	17.8% 133
Agree	46.0% 52	51.8% 29	43.5% 77	44.7% 89	49.0% 100	46.3% 347
Not sure/I do not know	15.9% 18	14.3% 8	20.9% 37	23.6% 47	19.1% 39	19.9% 149
Disagree	12.4% 14	8.9% 5	18.1% 32	9.5% 19	10.8% 22	12.3% 92
Strongly disagree	3.5% 4	0.0% 0	3.4% 6	5.0% 10	3.9% 8	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 199	100.0% 204	749

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.7% 13	20.0% 23	16.9% 41	14.0% 28	25.0% 26	18.0% 131
Agree	42.4% 28	49.6% 57	50.0% 121	44.5% 89	42.3% 44	46.6% 339
Not sure/I do not know	15.2% 10	13.9% 16	19.8% 48	24.5% 49	17.3% 18	19.4% 141
Disagree	16.7% 11	13.9% 16	9.1% 22	13.5% 27	13.5% 14	12.4% 90
Strongly disagree	6.1% 4	2.6% 3	4.1% 10	3.5% 7	1.9% 2	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 115	100.0% 242	100.0% 200	100.0% 104	727

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.1% 39	18.4% 38	25.8% 16	23.2% 13	18.7% 106
Agree	49.6% 120	43.7% 90	35.5% 22	48.2% 27	45.8% 259
Not sure/I do not know	19.4% 47	19.9% 41	21.0% 13	16.1% 9	19.4% 110
Disagree	12.4% 30	15.0% 31	11.3% 7	8.9% 5	12.9% 73
Strongly disagree	2.5% 6	2.9% 6	6.5% 4	3.6% 2	3.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 206	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	566

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.9% 17	17.5% 92	18.8% 109
Agree	34.5% 19	47.1% 248	46.0% 267
Not sure/I do not know	16.4% 9	20.0% 105	19.6% 114
Disagree	12.7% 7	12.5% 66	12.6% 73
Strongly disagree	5.5% 3	2.9% 15	3.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 526	581