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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 tend to avoid any kind of interfaith program.

	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	30	4%	4%	-2.31
Agree	150	20.1%	24.1%	-1.34
Not sure/I do not know	142	19%	43.1%	-.37
Disagree	357	47.8%	90.9%	.6
Strongly disagree	68	9.1%	100%	1.57

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	2.2% 1	2.5% 9	6.3% 12	5.9% 8	4.0% 30
Agree	0.0% 0	15.2% 7	17.8% 65	19.4% 37	30.1% 41	20.1% 150
Not sure/I do not know	44.4% 4	30.4% 14	19.7% 72	16.2% 31	15.4% 21	19.0% 142
Disagree	55.6% 5	43.5% 20	48.5% 177	49.2% 94	44.9% 61	47.8% 357
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	8.7% 4	11.5% 42	8.9% 17	3.7% 5	9.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 46	100.0% 365	100.0% 191	100.0% 136	747

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 18	4.3% 12	4.0% 30
Agree	17.2% 81	24.9% 69	20.1% 150
Not sure/I do not know	15.7% 74	24.5% 68	19.0% 142
Disagree	51.9% 244	40.8% 113	47.8% 357
Strongly disagree	11.3% 53	5.4% 15	9.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 277	747

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.3% 2	4.2% 25	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	4.0% 30
Agree	13.0% 6	20.6% 123	8.5% 4	28.1% 16	20.0% 149
Not sure/I do not know	19.6% 9	19.5% 116	23.4% 11	10.5% 6	19.0% 142
Disagree	45.7% 21	47.5% 283	53.2% 25	49.1% 28	47.9% 357
Strongly disagree	17.4% 8	8.2% 49	14.9% 7	7.0% 4	9.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 596	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	746

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.8% 26	6.0% 4	4.0% 30
Agree	19.9% 135	19.4% 13	19.9% 148
Not sure/I do not know	19.4% 131	16.4% 11	19.1% 142
Disagree	47.6% 322	50.7% 34	47.8% 356
Strongly disagree	9.3% 63	7.5% 5	9.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 677	100.0% 67	744

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 3	5.6% 3	0.0% 0	5.1% 10	6.7% 14	4.0% 30
Agree	18.0% 20	14.8% 8	20.9% 36	17.7% 35	24.3% 51	20.1% 150
Not sure/I do not know	18.0% 20	13.0% 7	18.6% 32	19.7% 39	21.0% 44	19.1% 142
Disagree	46.8% 52	55.6% 30	54.7% 94	46.5% 92	41.9% 88	47.8% 356
Strongly disagree	14.4% 16	11.1% 6	5.8% 10	11.1% 22	6.2% 13	9.0% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 54	100.0% 172	100.0% 198	100.0% 210	745

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 4	0.9% 1	2.9% 7	4.1% 8	8.6% 9	4.0% 29
Agree	19.7% 13	20.9% 24	20.4% 49	21.8% 43	11.4% 12	19.5% 141
Not sure/I do not know	19.7% 13	14.8% 17	19.6% 47	20.3% 40	22.9% 24	19.5% 141
Disagree	40.9% 27	53.0% 61	51.3% 123	47.2% 93	42.9% 45	48.3% 349
Strongly disagree	13.6% 9	10.4% 12	5.8% 14	6.6% 13	14.3% 15	8.7% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 115	100.0% 240	100.0% 197	100.0% 105	723

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 11	2.9% 6	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	3.5% 20
Agree	18.4% 45	23.5% 48	23.3% 14	23.2% 13	21.3% 120
Not sure/I do not know	18.9% 46	15.7% 32	15.0% 9	21.4% 12	17.6% 99
Disagree	48.0% 117	48.0% 98	46.7% 28	44.6% 25	47.5% 268
Strongly disagree	10.2% 25	9.8% 20	15.0% 9	5.4% 3	10.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 204	100.0% 60	100.0% 56	564

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.1% 4	3.1% 16	3.5% 20
Agree	25.0% 14	20.5% 107	20.9% 121
Not sure/I do not know	8.9% 5	18.5% 97	17.6% 102
Disagree	44.6% 25	48.4% 253	48.0% 278
Strongly disagree	14.3% 8	9.6% 50	10.0% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 523	579