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

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YRVUS20

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 find it interesting to learn about the beliefs and practices of other religions.

	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	114	15%	15%	-1.35
Agree	485	63.8%	78.8%	-.23
Not sure/I do not know	75	9.9%	88.7%	.9
Disagree	67	8.8%	97.5%	2.03
Strongly disagree	19	2.5%	100%	3.16

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.2% 2	14.9% 7	19.4% 72	8.9% 17	11.3% 16	15.0% 114
Agree	55.6% 5	68.1% 32	60.9% 226	68.2% 131	64.5% 91	63.8% 485
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	6.4% 3	8.1% 30	11.5% 22	13.5% 19	9.9% 75
Disagree	11.1% 1	6.4% 3	9.7% 36	8.9% 17	7.1% 10	8.8% 67
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	1.9% 7	2.6% 5	3.5% 5	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 371	100.0% 192	100.0% 141	760

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.0% 86	9.9% 28	15.0% 114
Agree	63.1% 301	65.0% 184	63.8% 485
Not sure/I do not know	9.2% 44	11.0% 31	9.9% 75
Disagree	7.5% 36	11.0% 31	8.8% 67
Strongly disagree	2.1% 10	3.2% 9	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 283	760

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	33.3% 16	14.4% 87	14.9% 7	6.7% 4	15.0% 114
Agree	56.3% 27	64.1% 387	70.2% 33	63.3% 38	63.9% 485
Not sure/I do not know	2.1% 1	9.6% 58	8.5% 4	18.3% 11	9.7% 74
Disagree	8.3% 4	9.4% 57	2.1% 1	8.3% 5	8.8% 67
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.5% 15	4.3% 2	3.3% 2	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 60	759

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.0% 103	15.9% 11	15.1% 114
Agree	64.8% 446	55.1% 38	63.9% 484
Not sure/I do not know	9.6% 66	11.6% 8	9.8% 74
Disagree	8.9% 61	7.2% 5	8.7% 66
Strongly disagree	1.7% 12	10.1% 7	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 688	100.0% 69	757

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.9% 27	12.5% 7	13.1% 23	18.7% 38	9.0% 19	15.0% 114
Agree	62.8% 71	69.6% 39	69.9% 123	60.6% 123	61.4% 129	64.0% 485
Not sure/I do not know	4.4% 5	5.4% 3	6.3% 11	10.8% 22	15.7% 33	9.8% 74
Disagree	8.0% 9	10.7% 6	10.2% 18	7.4% 15	8.6% 18	8.7% 66
Strongly disagree	0.9% 1	1.8% 1	0.6% 1	2.5% 5	5.2% 11	2.5% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 203	100.0% 210	758

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.3% 18	16.2% 19	14.3% 35	11.3% 23	13.3% 14	14.8% 109
Agree	56.1% 37	67.5% 79	67.2% 164	65.0% 132	57.1% 60	64.2% 472
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	8.5% 10	8.6% 21	12.3% 25	14.3% 15	9.7% 71
Disagree	13.6% 9	7.7% 9	8.6% 21	8.9% 18	7.6% 8	8.8% 65
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	2.5% 5	7.6% 8	2.4% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 203	100.0% 105	735

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.6% 41	14.4% 30	9.5% 6	12.5% 7	14.6% 84
Agree	63.6% 157	66.0% 138	60.3% 38	69.6% 39	64.7% 372
Not sure/I do not know	10.9% 27	8.6% 18	14.3% 9	3.6% 2	9.7% 56
Disagree	6.9% 17	10.5% 22	9.5% 6	14.3% 8	9.2% 53
Strongly disagree	2.0% 5	0.5% 1	6.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 247	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	575

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.0% 11	14.6% 78	15.1% 89
Agree	56.4% 31	64.7% 347	64.0% 378
Not sure/I do not know	3.6% 2	10.3% 55	9.6% 57
Disagree	9.1% 5	9.5% 51	9.5% 56
Strongly disagree	10.9% 6	0.9% 5	1.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 536	591