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

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YRVUS17 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. -- My neighbors and people who know me know that I'm a Catholic.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Not sure/I do not know   4) Disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	338	44%	44%	-.94
Agree	377	49.1%	93.1%	.5
Not sure/I do not know	41	5.3%	98.4%	1.94
Disagree	5	.7%	99.1%	3.38
Strongly disagree	7	.9%	100%	4.82

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Education Household income Region Language of interview

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.0% 1	40.4% 19	41.9% 156	45.6% 89	50.7% 73	44.0% 338
Agree	70.0% 7	48.9% 23	49.2% 183	51.3% 100	44.4% 64	49.1% 377
Not sure/I do not know	10.0% 1	6.4% 3	7.5% 28	1.5% 3	4.2% 6	5.3% 41
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	10.0% 1	4.3% 2	0.3% 1	1.0% 2	0.7% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 372	100.0% 195	100.0% 144	768

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	49.3% 238	35.1% 100	44.0% 338
Agree	46.0% 222	54.4% 155	49.1% 377
Not sure/I do not know	2.9% 14	9.5% 27	5.3% 41
Disagree	0.8% 4	0.4% 1	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	1.0% 5	0.7% 2	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 285	768

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.7% 18	43.4% 265	55.3% 26	45.9% 28	43.9% 337
Agree	53.1% 26	49.8% 304	36.2% 17	49.2% 30	49.2% 377
Not sure/I do not know	4.1% 2	5.6% 34	6.4% 3	3.3% 2	5.3% 41
Disagree	2.0% 1	0.5% 3	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	4.1% 2	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 610	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	767

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.0% 299	54.3% 38	44.1% 337
Agree	50.5% 351	35.7% 25	49.2% 376
Not sure/I do not know	4.9% 34	8.6% 6	5.2% 40
Disagree	0.6% 4	1.4% 1	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 695	100.0% 70	765

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.4% 54	41.1% 23	32.0% 57	42.9% 87	54.0% 116	44.0% 337
Agree	47.4% 54	50.0% 28	55.1% 98	50.2% 102	44.2% 95	49.2% 377
Not sure/I do not know	4.4% 5	7.1% 4	9.6% 17	5.9% 12	1.4% 3	5.4% 41
Disagree	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	1.0% 2	0.5% 1	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 178	100.0% 203	100.0% 215	766

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.0% 33	50.8% 60	39.4% 97	36.6% 75	55.6% 60	43.7% 325
Agree	43.9% 29	42.4% 50	53.7% 132	54.6% 112	40.7% 44	49.4% 367
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 4	6.8% 8	5.3% 13	5.9% 12	1.9% 2	5.2% 39
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 5
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	2.0% 4	1.9% 2	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 246	100.0% 205	100.0% 108	743

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.6% 107	43.9% 93	52.4% 33	42.9% 24	44.2% 257
Agree	49.0% 123	50.9% 108	39.7% 25	50.0% 28	48.8% 284
Not sure/I do not know	6.4% 16	3.8% 8	7.9% 5	3.6% 2	5.3% 31
Disagree	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 2	0.9% 5
Strongly disagree	0.8% 2	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 212	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	582

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	62.5% 35	41.9% 227	43.8% 262
Agree	32.1% 18	50.6% 274	48.8% 292
Not sure/I do not know	3.6% 2	5.7% 31	5.5% 33
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 5	0.8% 5
Strongly disagree	1.8% 1	0.9% 5	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 542	598