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

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YRVUS23

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 see deciding to follow Christ as a one-time event rather than a daily challenge.

	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	26	3.4%	3.4%	-3.12
Agree	48	6.3%	9.8%	-2.11
Not sure/I do not know	39	5.2%	14.9%	-1.11
Disagree	352	46.5%	61.4%	-.1
Strongly disagree	292	38.6%	100%	.9

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	2.4% 9	3.1% 6	6.4% 9	3.4% 26
Agree	0.0% 0	8.5% 4	5.7% 21	6.8% 13	7.1% 10	6.3% 48
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	2.1% 1	5.4% 20	3.1% 6	7.8% 11	5.2% 39
Disagree	44.4% 4	51.1% 24	43.1% 159	49.7% 95	49.6% 70	46.5% 352
Strongly disagree	44.4% 4	34.0% 16	43.4% 160	37.2% 71	29.1% 41	38.6% 292
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 191	100.0% 141	757

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 18	2.8% 8	3.4% 26
Agree	5.3% 25	8.1% 23	6.3% 48
Not sure/I do not know	4.2% 20	6.7% 19	5.2% 39
Disagree	45.6% 216	48.1% 136	46.5% 352
Strongly disagree	41.1% 195	34.3% 97	38.6% 292
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 283	757

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.4% 5	3.2% 19	0.0% 0	3.4% 2	3.4% 26
Agree	6.3% 3	6.3% 38	6.4% 3	6.8% 4	6.3% 48
Not sure/I do not know	2.1% 1	5.6% 34	0.0% 0	6.8% 4	5.2% 39
Disagree	33.3% 16	46.7% 281	53.2% 25	50.8% 30	46.6% 352
Strongly disagree	47.9% 23	38.2% 230	40.4% 19	32.2% 19	38.5% 291
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 602	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	756

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 23	4.5% 3	3.4% 26
Agree	6.3% 43	7.5% 5	6.4% 48
Not sure/I do not know	5.2% 36	3.0% 2	5.0% 38
Disagree	47.6% 327	35.8% 24	46.6% 351
Strongly disagree	37.6% 258	49.3% 33	38.6% 291
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 67	754

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 1	1.8% 1	1.7% 3	4.5% 9	5.7% 12	3.4% 26
Agree	4.5% 5	7.1% 4	4.6% 8	6.5% 13	8.0% 17	6.2% 47
Not sure/I do not know	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.7% 10	4.5% 9	8.0% 17	5.2% 39
Disagree	41.1% 46	44.6% 25	52.6% 92	46.8% 94	44.8% 95	46.6% 352
Strongly disagree	50.9% 57	46.4% 26	35.4% 62	37.8% 76	33.5% 71	38.6% 292
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 201	100.0% 212	756

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	3.3% 8	4.5% 9	4.8% 5	3.4% 25
Agree	9.1% 6	3.4% 4	5.8% 14	5.5% 11	11.4% 12	6.4% 47
Not sure/I do not know	3.0% 2	2.6% 3	4.5% 11	7.0% 14	5.7% 6	4.9% 36
Disagree	43.9% 29	48.7% 57	47.3% 115	49.3% 99	41.0% 43	46.9% 343
Strongly disagree	43.9% 29	42.7% 50	39.1% 95	33.8% 68	37.1% 39	38.4% 281
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 243	100.0% 201	100.0% 105	732

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.3% 8	1.4% 3	7.9% 5	1.8% 1	3.0% 17
Agree	6.1% 15	5.2% 11	9.5% 6	3.6% 2	5.9% 34
Not sure/I do not know	5.7% 14	6.7% 14	3.2% 2	3.6% 2	5.6% 32
Disagree	44.7% 110	50.5% 106	33.3% 21	50.9% 28	46.2% 265
Strongly disagree	40.2% 99	36.2% 76	46.0% 29	40.0% 22	39.4% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 55	574

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 2	3.0% 16	3.1% 18
Agree	7.3% 4	5.6% 30	5.8% 34
Not sure/I do not know	12.7% 7	5.1% 27	5.8% 34
Disagree	29.1% 16	47.4% 253	45.7% 269
Strongly disagree	47.3% 26	39.0% 208	39.7% 234
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 534	589