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

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YRVUS21

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. -- Most Sunday sermons I have heard in the past year were inspiring or instructive or both.

	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	134	17.7%	17.7%	-1.27
Agree	379	50%	67.7%	-.39
Not sure/I do not know	50	6.6%	74.3%	.48
Disagree	159	21%	95.3%	1.36
Strongly disagree	36	4.7%	100%	2.23

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.1% 1	17.0% 8	16.2% 60	22.1% 42	16.3% 23	17.7% 134
Agree	66.7% 6	57.4% 27	49.3% 183	45.8% 87	53.9% 76	50.0% 379
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	8.5% 4	6.2% 23	7.9% 15	5.0% 7	6.6% 50
Disagree	11.1% 1	17.0% 8	22.9% 85	19.5% 37	19.9% 28	21.0% 159
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 20	4.7% 9	5.0% 7	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 371	100.0% 190	100.0% 141	758

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.5% 102	11.3% 32	17.7% 134
Agree	49.6% 235	50.7% 144	50.0% 379
Not sure/I do not know	4.6% 22	9.9% 28	6.6% 50
Disagree	19.0% 90	24.3% 69	21.0% 159
Strongly disagree	5.3% 25	3.9% 11	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 284	758

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.4% 5	18.4% 111	8.5% 4	22.4% 13	17.6% 133
Agree	60.4% 29	47.8% 289	61.7% 29	55.2% 32	50.1% 379
Not sure/I do not know	6.3% 3	7.3% 44	0.0% 0	5.2% 3	6.6% 50
Disagree	18.8% 9	22.0% 133	19.1% 9	13.8% 8	21.0% 159
Strongly disagree	4.2% 2	4.5% 27	10.6% 5	3.4% 2	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	757

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.1% 110	34.3% 24	17.7% 134
Agree	50.9% 349	40.0% 28	49.9% 377
Not sure/I do not know	6.6% 45	7.1% 5	6.6% 50
Disagree	22.0% 151	10.0% 7	20.9% 158
Strongly disagree	4.4% 30	8.6% 6	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 70	755

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.9% 17	17.9% 10	13.1% 23	18.8% 38	21.4% 45	17.6% 133
Agree	46.5% 53	48.2% 27	47.4% 83	55.4% 112	49.5% 104	50.1% 379
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 7	3.6% 2	8.0% 14	5.4% 11	7.6% 16	6.6% 50
Disagree	25.4% 29	17.9% 10	28.0% 49	16.8% 34	17.6% 37	21.0% 159
Strongly disagree	7.0% 8	12.5% 7	3.4% 6	3.5% 7	3.8% 8	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 202	100.0% 210	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.2% 12	17.2% 20	12.4% 30	19.1% 39	24.8% 26	17.3% 127
Agree	42.4% 28	42.2% 49	52.1% 126	59.3% 121	44.8% 47	50.6% 371
Not sure/I do not know	10.6% 7	6.9% 8	7.0% 17	5.4% 11	3.8% 4	6.4% 47
Disagree	19.7% 13	27.6% 32	24.0% 58	14.7% 30	20.0% 21	21.0% 154
Strongly disagree	9.1% 6	6.0% 7	4.5% 11	1.5% 3	6.7% 7	4.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 242	100.0% 204	100.0% 105	733

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.0% 44	17.6% 37	22.2% 14	16.4% 9	18.2% 104
Agree	50.2% 123	45.7% 96	50.8% 32	52.7% 29	48.9% 280
Not sure/I do not know	5.3% 13	8.1% 17	7.9% 5	1.8% 1	6.3% 36
Disagree	22.0% 54	23.3% 49	11.1% 7	25.5% 14	21.6% 124
Strongly disagree	4.5% 11	5.2% 11	7.9% 5	3.6% 2	5.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 55	573

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.1% 18	16.7% 89	18.2% 107
Agree	46.4% 26	49.0% 261	48.7% 287
Not sure/I do not know	5.4% 3	6.2% 33	6.1% 36
Disagree	5.4% 3	23.5% 125	21.7% 128
Strongly disagree	10.7% 6	4.7% 25	5.3% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 533	589