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

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YRVUS15

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. -- I see attendance at Sunday Mass as a somewhat burdensome duty.

	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	14	1.8%	1.8%	-3.07
Agree	80	10.5%	12.4%	-2.07
Not sure/I do not know	32	4.2%	16.6%	-1.06
Disagree	353	46.4%	63%	-.06
Strongly disagree	281	37%	100%	.94

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	1.4% 5	1.5% 3	4.3% 6	1.8% 14
Agree	10.0% 1	10.6% 5	13.5% 50	7.7% 15	6.5% 9	10.5% 80
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	4.6% 17	4.1% 8	2.9% 4	4.2% 32
Disagree	50.0% 5	55.3% 26	50.8% 188	37.9% 74	43.5% 60	46.4% 353
Strongly disagree	40.0% 4	27.7% 13	29.7% 110	48.7% 95	42.8% 59	37.0% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 370	100.0% 195	100.0% 138	760

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 8	2.1% 6	1.8% 14
Agree	10.3% 49	11.0% 31	10.5% 80
Not sure/I do not know	3.3% 16	5.7% 16	4.2% 32
Disagree	45.8% 219	47.5% 134	46.4% 353
Strongly disagree	38.9% 186	33.7% 95	37.0% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 478	100.0% 282	760

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.0% 1	1.5% 9	2.1% 1	5.2% 3	1.8% 14
Agree	10.2% 5	10.9% 66	4.3% 2	12.1% 7	10.5% 80
Not sure/I do not know	2.0% 1	4.5% 27	4.3% 2	3.4% 2	4.2% 32
Disagree	49.0% 24	46.8% 283	48.9% 23	37.9% 22	46.4% 352
Strongly disagree	36.7% 18	36.4% 220	40.4% 19	41.4% 24	37.0% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 605	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	759

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 12	3.0% 2	1.8% 14
Agree	10.9% 75	7.5% 5	10.6% 80
Not sure/I do not know	4.2% 29	4.5% 3	4.2% 32
Disagree	47.1% 325	38.8% 26	46.4% 351
Strongly disagree	36.1% 249	46.3% 31	37.0% 280
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 67	757

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 1	1.8% 1	0.6% 1	3.9% 8	1.4% 3	1.8% 14
Agree	13.3% 15	16.1% 9	13.6% 24	7.9% 16	7.6% 16	10.5% 80
Not sure/I do not know	2.7% 3	3.6% 2	5.1% 9	4.4% 9	4.3% 9	4.2% 32
Disagree	50.4% 57	41.1% 23	54.2% 96	48.3% 98	37.1% 78	46.4% 352
Strongly disagree	32.7% 37	37.5% 21	26.6% 47	35.5% 72	49.5% 104	37.0% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 203	100.0% 210	759

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 2	1.7% 2	1.6% 4	0.5% 1	4.8% 5	1.9% 14
Agree	15.2% 10	12.7% 15	12.2% 30	7.0% 14	9.6% 10	10.7% 79
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	4.2% 5	3.7% 9	4.5% 9	4.8% 5	3.8% 28
Disagree	53.0% 35	43.2% 51	48.0% 118	50.2% 101	38.5% 40	46.9% 345
Strongly disagree	28.8% 19	38.1% 45	34.6% 85	37.8% 76	42.3% 44	36.6% 269
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 246	100.0% 201	100.0% 104	735

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.4% 6	0.9% 2	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	1.7% 10
Agree	12.2% 30	13.3% 28	6.3% 4	7.1% 4	11.5% 66
Not sure/I do not know	2.8% 7	3.8% 8	1.6% 1	3.6% 2	3.1% 18
Disagree	45.5% 112	50.7% 107	41.3% 26	42.9% 24	46.7% 269
Strongly disagree	37.0% 91	31.3% 66	49.2% 31	44.6% 25	37.0% 213
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 211	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	576

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 2	1.7% 9	1.9% 11
Agree	12.7% 7	11.4% 61	11.5% 68
Not sure/I do not know	5.5% 3	3.4% 18	3.6% 21
Disagree	36.4% 20	47.4% 254	46.4% 274
Strongly disagree	41.8% 23	36.2% 194	36.7% 217
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 536	591