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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 tend to speak up for my Christian beliefs.

	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	200	26.2%	26.2%	-1.18
Agree	459	60.2%	86.4%	.06
Not sure/I do not know	48	6.3%	92.7%	1.29
Disagree	50	6.6%	99.2%	2.52
Strongly disagree	6	.8%	100%	3.76

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.0% 2	14.9% 7	21.6% 80	29.2% 56	38.2% 55	26.2% 200
Agree	50.0% 5	70.2% 33	61.1% 226	60.9% 117	54.2% 78	60.2% 459
Not sure/I do not know	30.0% 3	8.5% 4	7.3% 27	4.7% 9	3.5% 5	6.3% 48
Disagree	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	9.7% 36	3.6% 7	3.5% 5	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.3% 1	1.6% 3	0.7% 1	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 370	100.0% 192	100.0% 144	763

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.4% 141	20.8% 59	26.2% 200
Agree	58.7% 281	62.7% 178	60.2% 459
Not sure/I do not know	5.2% 25	8.1% 23	6.3% 48
Disagree	6.1% 29	7.4% 21	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	0.6% 3	1.1% 3	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 479	100.0% 284	763

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.5% 13	25.5% 154	25.5% 12	34.4% 21	26.2% 200
Agree	59.2% 29	60.0% 363	61.7% 29	60.7% 37	60.1% 458
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 3	6.8% 41	4.3% 2	3.3% 2	6.3% 48
Disagree	8.2% 4	6.8% 41	8.5% 4	1.6% 1	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 605	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	762

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.2% 174	37.7% 26	26.3% 200
Agree	61.4% 424	49.3% 34	60.3% 458
Not sure/I do not know	6.7% 46	2.9% 2	6.3% 48
Disagree	5.9% 41	10.1% 7	6.3% 48
Strongly disagree	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 69	760

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.2% 28	25.0% 14	15.7% 28	23.8% 48	37.9% 81	26.1% 199
Agree	63.1% 70	58.9% 33	66.9% 119	62.9% 127	51.4% 110	60.3% 459
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 5	5.4% 3	7.3% 13	6.4% 13	6.5% 14	6.3% 48
Disagree	7.2% 8	10.7% 6	10.1% 18	4.5% 9	3.7% 8	6.4% 49
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 5	0.5% 1	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 56	100.0% 178	100.0% 202	100.0% 214	761

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.8% 19	24.8% 29	21.7% 53	24.1% 49	38.9% 42	26.0% 192
Agree	62.1% 41	62.4% 73	64.3% 157	60.6% 123	48.1% 52	60.4% 446
Not sure/I do not know	3.0% 2	5.1% 6	4.9% 12	8.4% 17	8.3% 9	6.2% 46
Disagree	6.1% 4	7.7% 9	7.8% 19	5.4% 11	4.6% 5	6.5% 48
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 203	100.0% 108	738

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.8% 57	26.4% 56	33.3% 21	25.0% 14	25.5% 148
Agree	62.8% 157	61.8% 131	55.6% 35	62.5% 35	61.6% 358
Not sure/I do not know	6.4% 16	6.6% 14	3.2% 2	7.1% 4	6.2% 36
Disagree	8.0% 20	4.7% 10	6.3% 4	5.4% 3	6.4% 37
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 250	100.0% 212	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	581

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.0% 22	24.0% 130	25.5% 152
Agree	47.3% 26	62.7% 339	61.2% 365
Not sure/I do not know	9.1% 5	5.7% 31	6.0% 36
Disagree	3.6% 2	6.8% 37	6.5% 39
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.7% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 541	596