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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 like to join in the singing at Sunday Mass.

	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	270	35.5%	35.5%	-.94
Agree	336	44.2%	79.7%	-.04
Not sure/I do not know	34	4.5%	84.2%	.86
Disagree	90	11.8%	96.1%	1.76
Strongly disagree	30	3.9%	100%	2.67

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	40.4% 19	36.2% 133	37.6% 73	30.1% 43	35.5% 270
Agree	66.7% 6	48.9% 23	43.9% 161	40.2% 78	47.6% 68	44.2% 336
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	3.5% 13	6.2% 12	5.6% 8	4.5% 34
Disagree	11.1% 1	6.4% 3	12.5% 46	12.4% 24	11.2% 16	11.8% 90
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	3.8% 14	3.6% 7	5.6% 8	3.9% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 367	100.0% 194	100.0% 143	760

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.6% 203	23.7% 67	35.5% 270
Agree	44.0% 210	44.5% 126	44.2% 336
Not sure/I do not know	2.9% 14	7.1% 20	4.5% 34
Disagree	7.8% 37	18.7% 53	11.8% 90
Strongly disagree	2.7% 13	6.0% 17	3.9% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 283	760

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.0% 24	34.2% 206	40.4% 19	34.4% 21	35.6% 270
Agree	33.3% 16	44.9% 271	46.8% 22	42.6% 26	44.1% 335
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	5.0% 30	2.1% 1	4.9% 3	4.5% 34
Disagree	10.4% 5	12.6% 76	6.4% 3	9.8% 6	11.9% 90
Strongly disagree	6.3% 3	3.3% 20	4.3% 2	8.2% 5	4.0% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 603	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	759

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	34.3% 236	47.8% 33	35.5% 269
Agree	45.6% 314	30.4% 21	44.3% 335
Not sure/I do not know	4.2% 29	7.2% 5	4.5% 34
Disagree	11.9% 82	10.1% 7	11.8% 89
Strongly disagree	3.9% 27	4.3% 3	4.0% 30
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	44.6% 50	35.7% 20	27.3% 48	36.1% 73	37.3% 79	35.6% 270
Agree	37.5% 42	41.1% 23	54.5% 96	42.6% 86	41.5% 88	44.2% 335
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 5	3.6% 2	4.5% 8	3.0% 6	6.1% 13	4.5% 34
Disagree	10.7% 12	8.9% 5	10.8% 19	14.4% 29	11.8% 25	11.9% 90
Strongly disagree	2.7% 3	10.7% 6	2.8% 5	4.0% 8	3.3% 7	3.8% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 202	100.0% 212	758

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	31.8% 21	35.0% 41	35.4% 86	33.3% 67	41.7% 45	35.4% 260
Agree	45.5% 30	46.2% 54	38.3% 93	50.7% 102	42.6% 46	44.2% 325
Not sure/I do not know	9.1% 6	5.1% 6	4.5% 11	4.0% 8	1.9% 2	4.5% 33
Disagree	9.1% 6	12.0% 14	16.9% 41	10.0% 20	7.4% 8	12.1% 89
Strongly disagree	4.5% 3	1.7% 2	4.9% 12	2.0% 4	6.5% 7	3.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 243	100.0% 201	100.0% 108	735

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.4% 90	36.8% 77	50.8% 32	28.6% 16	37.4% 215
Agree	39.7% 98	50.7% 106	36.5% 23	48.2% 27	44.2% 254
Not sure/I do not know	4.0% 10	1.4% 3	4.8% 3	5.4% 3	3.3% 19
Disagree	14.2% 35	10.0% 21	4.8% 3	12.5% 7	11.5% 66
Strongly disagree	5.7% 14	1.0% 2	3.2% 2	5.4% 3	3.7% 21
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	44.6% 25	37.1% 198	37.8% 223
Agree	37.5% 21	44.6% 238	43.9% 259
Not sure/I do not know	1.8% 1	3.4% 18	3.2% 19
Disagree	7.1% 4	11.6% 62	11.2% 66
Strongly disagree	8.9% 5	3.4% 18	3.9% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 534	590