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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 am willing to travel an extra distance to take part in a more meaningful Sunday Eucharistic celebration.

	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	138	18.2%	18.2%	-1.39
Agree	304	40.1%	58.3%	-.44
Not sure/I do not know	154	20.3%	78.6%	.5
Disagree	146	19.3%	97.9%	1.44
Strongly disagree	16	2.1%	100%	2.38

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	12.8% 6	18.4% 68	17.5% 34	21.2% 29	18.2% 138
Agree	50.0% 5	44.7% 21	36.5% 135	46.4% 90	38.7% 53	40.1% 304
Not sure/I do not know	30.0% 3	27.7% 13	20.5% 76	18.0% 35	19.7% 27	20.3% 154
Disagree	10.0% 1	14.9% 7	21.9% 81	16.0% 31	19.0% 26	19.3% 146
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10	2.1% 4	1.5% 2	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 47	100.0% 370	100.0% 194	100.0% 137	758

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.7% 98	14.1% 40	18.2% 138
Agree	38.6% 183	42.6% 121	40.1% 304
Not sure/I do not know	19.2% 91	22.2% 63	20.3% 154
Disagree	19.6% 93	18.7% 53	19.3% 146
Strongly disagree	1.9% 9	2.5% 7	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 284	758

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.4% 11	17.3% 105	19.1% 9	22.8% 13	18.2% 138
Agree	38.3% 18	40.1% 243	42.6% 20	38.6% 22	40.0% 303
Not sure/I do not know	19.1% 9	21.1% 128	14.9% 7	17.5% 10	20.3% 154
Disagree	19.1% 9	19.3% 117	21.3% 10	17.5% 10	19.3% 146
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 13	2.1% 1	3.5% 2	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 606	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	757

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.6% 121	24.6% 17	18.3% 138
Agree	41.7% 286	24.6% 17	40.1% 303
Not sure/I do not know	19.7% 135	27.5% 19	20.4% 154
Disagree	19.2% 132	17.4% 12	19.1% 144
Strongly disagree	1.7% 12	5.8% 4	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 686	100.0% 69	755

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.3% 22	32.7% 18	13.7% 24	17.5% 35	17.8% 38	18.1% 137
Agree	45.6% 52	36.4% 20	38.9% 68	39.0% 78	40.4% 86	40.2% 304
Not sure/I do not know	17.5% 20	18.2% 10	21.7% 38	23.0% 46	18.8% 40	20.3% 154
Disagree	14.9% 17	12.7% 7	25.1% 44	17.0% 34	20.7% 44	19.3% 146
Strongly disagree	2.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	3.5% 7	2.3% 5	2.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 55	100.0% 175	100.0% 200	100.0% 213	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.7% 15	16.9% 20	18.8% 46	14.9% 30	19.6% 20	17.9% 131
Agree	40.9% 27	44.9% 53	40.0% 98	38.6% 78	40.2% 41	40.5% 297
Not sure/I do not know	16.7% 11	19.5% 23	20.0% 49	23.3% 47	17.6% 18	20.2% 148
Disagree	19.7% 13	16.9% 20	19.2% 47	21.3% 43	18.6% 19	19.4% 142
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	2.0% 5	2.0% 4	3.9% 4	2.0% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 118	100.0% 245	100.0% 202	100.0% 102	733

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.3% 48	16.9% 35	21.3% 13	19.6% 11	18.7% 107
Agree	39.8% 99	38.2% 79	41.0% 25	39.3% 22	39.3% 225
Not sure/I do not know	18.9% 47	23.2% 48	18.0% 11	19.6% 11	20.4% 117
Disagree	20.5% 51	20.3% 42	11.5% 7	17.9% 10	19.2% 110
Strongly disagree	1.6% 4	1.4% 3	8.2% 5	3.6% 2	2.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 207	100.0% 61	100.0% 56	573

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.4% 17	17.1% 91	18.4% 108
Agree	37.5% 21	39.3% 209	39.1% 230
Not sure/I do not know	14.3% 8	21.2% 113	20.6% 121
Disagree	8.9% 5	20.5% 109	19.4% 114
Strongly disagree	8.9% 5	1.9% 10	2.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 532	588