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

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YRVUS22

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 look for opportunities to privately read and reflect on the Scriptures or other religious works.

	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	69	9.2%	9.2%	-1.79
Agree	225	29.9%	39.1%	-.88
Not sure/I do not know	147	19.5%	58.6%	.02
Disagree	274	36.4%	95.1%	.92
Strongly disagree	37	4.9%	100%	1.82

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	2.1% 1	9.0% 33	9.9% 19	10.2% 14	9.2% 69
Agree	11.1% 1	14.9% 7	31.5% 116	28.3% 54	34.3% 47	29.9% 225
Not sure/I do not know	22.2% 2	19.1% 9	15.8% 58	24.1% 46	23.4% 32	19.5% 147
Disagree	44.4% 4	53.2% 25	38.0% 140	34.0% 65	29.2% 40	36.4% 274
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	5.7% 21	3.7% 7	2.9% 4	4.9% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 191	100.0% 137	752

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.6% 45	8.5% 24	9.2% 69
Agree	32.5% 152	25.7% 73	29.9% 225
Not sure/I do not know	19.2% 90	20.1% 57	19.5% 147
Disagree	34.0% 159	40.5% 115	36.4% 274
Strongly disagree	4.7% 22	5.3% 15	4.9% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 468	100.0% 284	752

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.6% 7	8.7% 52	8.7% 4	10.7% 6	9.2% 69
Agree	29.2% 14	28.8% 173	39.1% 18	35.7% 20	30.0% 225
Not sure/I do not know	14.6% 7	18.5% 111	17.4% 8	35.7% 20	19.4% 146
Disagree	35.4% 17	39.3% 236	28.3% 13	14.3% 8	36.5% 274
Strongly disagree	6.3% 3	4.8% 29	6.5% 3	3.6% 2	4.9% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 601	100.0% 46	100.0% 56	751

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.8% 53	23.9% 16	9.2% 69
Agree	29.8% 203	32.8% 22	30.0% 225
Not sure/I do not know	20.1% 137	14.9% 10	19.6% 147
Disagree	37.2% 254	26.9% 18	36.3% 272
Strongly disagree	5.1% 35	1.5% 1	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 682	100.0% 67	749

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.0% 9	8.9% 5	6.9% 12	12.0% 24	9.2% 19	9.2% 69
Agree	25.7% 29	30.4% 17	24.6% 43	36.0% 72	30.6% 63	29.9% 224
Not sure/I do not know	13.3% 15	10.7% 6	14.9% 26	21.5% 43	27.7% 57	19.6% 147
Disagree	45.1% 51	39.3% 22	49.7% 87	26.5% 53	29.6% 61	36.5% 274
Strongly disagree	8.0% 9	10.7% 6	4.0% 7	4.0% 8	2.9% 6	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 200	100.0% 206	750

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.6% 5	9.4% 11	7.8% 19	7.5% 15	16.3% 17	9.2% 67
Agree	25.8% 17	21.4% 25	28.7% 70	33.7% 67	35.6% 37	29.6% 216
Not sure/I do not know	13.6% 9	17.1% 20	18.9% 46	22.1% 44	23.1% 24	19.6% 143
Disagree	47.0% 31	47.0% 55	38.9% 95	32.2% 64	22.1% 23	36.7% 268
Strongly disagree	6.1% 4	5.1% 6	5.7% 14	4.5% 9	2.9% 3	4.9% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 199	100.0% 104	730

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.4% 18	7.7% 16	19.0% 12	12.7% 7	9.3% 53
Agree	30.2% 73	30.6% 64	33.3% 21	25.5% 14	30.2% 172
Not sure/I do not know	19.8% 48	18.2% 38	14.3% 9	20.0% 11	18.6% 106
Disagree	36.0% 87	39.7% 83	30.2% 19	34.5% 19	36.6% 208
Strongly disagree	6.6% 16	3.8% 8	3.2% 2	7.3% 4	5.3% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 55	569

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.1% 13	7.7% 41	9.2% 54
Agree	27.8% 15	30.9% 164	30.7% 179
Not sure/I do not know	18.5% 10	18.5% 98	18.5% 108
Disagree	24.1% 13	37.2% 197	36.0% 210
Strongly disagree	5.6% 3	5.7% 30	5.7% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 530	584