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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. -- I think that religion is one of those subjects that is best avoided in conversations with friends and neighbors.

	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	46	6.1%	6.1%	-2.11
Agree	178	23.5%	29.5%	-1.22
Not sure/I do not know	54	7.1%	36.6%	-.34
Disagree	402	53%	89.6%	.55
Strongly disagree	79	10.4%	100%	1.43

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	2.1% 1	4.9% 18	5.7% 11	11.4% 16	6.1% 46
Agree	40.0% 4	23.4% 11	19.2% 71	24.0% 46	32.9% 46	23.5% 178
Not sure/I do not know	10.0% 1	12.8% 6	6.8% 25	5.7% 11	7.9% 11	7.1% 54
Disagree	40.0% 4	48.9% 23	58.9% 218	51.0% 98	42.1% 59	53.0% 402
Strongly disagree	10.0% 1	12.8% 6	10.3% 38	13.5% 26	5.7% 8	10.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 370	100.0% 192	100.0% 140	759

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 29	6.0% 17	6.1% 46
Agree	22.7% 108	24.6% 70	23.5% 178
Not sure/I do not know	6.9% 33	7.4% 21	7.1% 54
Disagree	53.9% 256	51.4% 146	53.0% 402
Strongly disagree	10.3% 49	10.6% 30	10.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 284	759

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 3	5.8% 35	10.9% 5	5.2% 3	6.1% 46
Agree	18.4% 9	23.0% 139	15.2% 7	39.7% 23	23.5% 178
Not sure/I do not know	10.2% 5	6.9% 42	6.5% 3	5.2% 3	7.0% 53
Disagree	55.1% 27	53.2% 322	58.7% 27	44.8% 26	53.0% 402
Strongly disagree	10.2% 5	11.1% 67	8.7% 4	5.2% 3	10.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 605	100.0% 46	100.0% 58	758

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.7% 39	10.4% 7	6.1% 46
Agree	24.5% 169	13.4% 9	23.5% 178
Not sure/I do not know	7.4% 51	3.0% 2	7.0% 53
Disagree	52.7% 363	56.7% 38	53.0% 401
Strongly disagree	9.7% 67	16.4% 11	10.3% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 689	100.0% 67	756

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 3	7.1% 4	4.5% 8	6.9% 14	8.1% 17	6.1% 46
Agree	20.5% 23	28.6% 16	22.0% 39	19.8% 40	28.0% 59	23.4% 177
Not sure/I do not know	7.1% 8	0.0% 0	9.6% 17	7.9% 16	6.2% 13	7.1% 54
Disagree	57.1% 64	48.2% 27	55.4% 98	55.0% 111	48.3% 102	53.0% 402
Strongly disagree	12.5% 14	16.1% 9	8.5% 15	10.4% 21	9.5% 20	10.4% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 202	100.0% 211	758

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 4	4.2% 5	4.1% 10	6.9% 14	10.6% 11	6.0% 44
Agree	22.7% 15	19.5% 23	24.9% 61	19.7% 40	25.0% 26	22.4% 165
Not sure/I do not know	7.6% 5	6.8% 8	6.1% 15	9.9% 20	5.8% 6	7.3% 54
Disagree	53.0% 35	60.2% 71	52.7% 129	56.7% 115	43.3% 45	53.7% 395
Strongly disagree	10.6% 7	9.3% 11	12.2% 30	6.9% 14	15.4% 16	10.6% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 245	100.0% 203	100.0% 104	736

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 15	4.8% 10	4.8% 3	7.1% 4	5.6% 32
Agree	26.4% 65	22.5% 47	20.6% 13	26.8% 15	24.4% 140
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 15	9.1% 19	3.2% 2	8.9% 5	7.1% 41
Disagree	51.6% 127	54.1% 113	52.4% 33	42.9% 24	51.7% 297
Strongly disagree	9.8% 24	9.6% 20	19.0% 12	14.3% 8	11.1% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	574

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.0% 7	5.0% 27	5.8% 34
Agree	25.9% 14	23.7% 127	23.9% 141
Not sure/I do not know	1.9% 1	7.5% 40	7.0% 41
Disagree	40.7% 22	53.5% 286	52.3% 308
Strongly disagree	18.5% 10	10.3% 55	11.0% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 535	589