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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 Church affirms the practice of unlimited economic competition.

	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	15	2%	2%	-2.71
Agree	97	13.1%	15.1%	-1.48
Not sure/I do not know	395	53.4%	68.5%	-.25
Disagree	190	25.7%	94.2%	.98
Strongly disagree	43	5.8%	100%	2.21

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	2.1% 1	0.5% 2	3.2% 6	3.8% 5	2.0% 15
Agree	10.0% 1	8.5% 4	9.0% 33	19.8% 37	16.8% 22	13.1% 97
Not sure/I do not know	70.0% 7	59.6% 28	60.3% 220	42.8% 80	45.8% 60	53.4% 395
Disagree	10.0% 1	23.4% 11	26.6% 97	26.7% 50	23.7% 31	25.7% 190
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	3.6% 13	7.5% 14	9.9% 13	5.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 365	100.0% 187	100.0% 131	740

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 9	2.2% 6	2.0% 15
Agree	10.6% 49	17.3% 48	13.1% 97
Not sure/I do not know	59.3% 274	43.5% 121	53.4% 395
Disagree	24.2% 112	28.1% 78	25.7% 190
Strongly disagree	3.9% 18	9.0% 25	5.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 462	100.0% 278	740

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 1	2.2% 13	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.0% 15
Agree	12.2% 6	12.5% 74	6.7% 3	25.5% 14	13.1% 97
Not sure/I do not know	59.2% 29	51.7% 305	68.9% 31	54.5% 30	53.5% 395
Disagree	20.4% 10	27.3% 161	22.2% 10	14.5% 8	25.6% 189
Strongly disagree	6.1% 3	6.3% 37	2.2% 1	3.6% 2	5.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 590	100.0% 45	100.0% 55	739

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.9% 13	3.1% 2	2.0% 15
Agree	13.1% 88	13.8% 9	13.2% 97
Not sure/I do not know	53.1% 357	53.8% 35	53.2% 392
Disagree	25.7% 173	26.2% 17	25.8% 190
Strongly disagree	6.1% 41	3.1% 2	5.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 65	737

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 1	1.9% 1	0.6% 1	3.6% 7	2.5% 5	2.0% 15
Agree	5.3% 6	3.7% 2	14.4% 25	13.2% 26	18.9% 38	13.1% 97
Not sure/I do not know	44.2% 50	57.4% 31	45.4% 79	57.9% 114	59.7% 120	53.3% 394
Disagree	36.3% 41	27.8% 15	32.8% 57	22.8% 45	15.9% 32	25.7% 190
Strongly disagree	13.3% 15	9.3% 5	6.9% 12	2.5% 5	3.0% 6	5.8% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 54	100.0% 174	100.0% 197	100.0% 201	739

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 1	2.6% 3	2.1% 5	0.5% 1	3.9% 4	2.0% 14
Agree	10.8% 7	7.0% 8	12.6% 30	16.8% 33	15.5% 16	13.1% 94
Not sure/I do not know	50.8% 33	49.1% 56	52.9% 126	55.3% 109	56.3% 58	53.3% 382
Disagree	24.6% 16	33.3% 38	26.9% 64	22.8% 45	21.4% 22	25.8% 185
Strongly disagree	12.3% 8	7.9% 9	5.5% 13	4.6% 9	2.9% 3	5.9% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 114	100.0% 238	100.0% 197	100.0% 103	717

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.8% 2	1.5% 3	1.7% 1	1.8% 1	1.3% 7
Agree	14.2% 34	12.8% 26	15.0% 9	5.4% 3	12.9% 72
Not sure/I do not know	52.3% 125	54.7% 111	55.0% 33	48.2% 27	53.0% 296
Disagree	28.0% 67	27.6% 56	16.7% 10	30.4% 17	26.9% 150
Strongly disagree	4.6% 11	3.4% 7	11.7% 7	14.3% 8	5.9% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 239	100.0% 203	100.0% 60	100.0% 56	558

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.6% 3	1.0% 5	1.4% 8
Agree	11.1% 6	12.9% 67	12.8% 73
Not sure/I do not know	46.3% 25	54.1% 280	53.3% 305
Disagree	31.5% 17	25.9% 134	26.4% 151
Strongly disagree	5.6% 3	6.2% 32	6.1% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 518	572