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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 value and seek out opportunities to discuss my faith with individuals or groups that share my faith.

	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	79	10.5%	10.5%	-1.71
Agree	236	31.5%	42%	-.81
Not sure/I do not know	154	20.5%	62.5%	.1
Disagree	252	33.6%	96.1%	1.01
Strongly disagree	29	3.9%	100%	1.91

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	4.3% 2	9.6% 35	12.5% 24	12.4% 17	10.5% 79
Agree	44.4% 4	27.7% 13	30.7% 112	30.2% 58	35.8% 49	31.5% 236
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 3	23.4% 11	21.1% 77	18.8% 36	19.7% 27	20.5% 154
Disagree	11.1% 1	42.6% 20	34.5% 126	34.4% 66	28.5% 39	33.6% 252
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	4.1% 15	4.2% 8	3.6% 5	3.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 365	100.0% 192	100.0% 137	750

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.8% 60	6.8% 19	10.5% 79
Agree	34.3% 161	26.7% 75	31.5% 236
Not sure/I do not know	18.6% 87	23.8% 67	20.5% 154
Disagree	30.3% 142	39.1% 110	33.6% 252
Strongly disagree	4.1% 19	3.6% 10	3.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 281	750

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 5	10.4% 62	8.9% 4	13.8% 8	10.5% 79
Agree	29.8% 14	30.4% 182	35.6% 16	41.4% 24	31.5% 236
Not sure/I do not know	29.8% 14	19.7% 118	20.0% 9	22.4% 13	20.6% 154
Disagree	25.5% 12	35.9% 215	28.9% 13	20.7% 12	33.6% 252
Strongly disagree	4.3% 2	3.7% 22	6.7% 3	1.7% 1	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 599	100.0% 45	100.0% 58	749

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.0% 61	26.1% 18	10.6% 79
Agree	32.0% 217	27.5% 19	31.6% 236
Not sure/I do not know	21.4% 145	13.0% 9	20.6% 154
Disagree	34.1% 231	27.5% 19	33.5% 250
Strongly disagree	3.5% 24	5.8% 4	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 69	747

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.4% 7	10.9% 6	8.0% 14	11.1% 22	13.8% 29	10.4% 78
Agree	34.5% 38	21.8% 12	26.3% 46	33.7% 67	34.8% 73	31.5% 236
Not sure/I do not know	18.2% 20	25.5% 14	17.7% 31	21.1% 42	22.4% 47	20.6% 154
Disagree	34.5% 38	38.2% 21	46.9% 82	28.1% 56	26.2% 55	33.6% 252
Strongly disagree	6.4% 7	3.6% 2	1.1% 2	6.0% 12	2.9% 6	3.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 55	100.0% 175	100.0% 199	100.0% 210	749

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.6% 7	9.5% 11	7.4% 18	11.1% 22	19.2% 20	10.7% 78
Agree	27.3% 18	31.0% 36	32.5% 79	30.8% 61	33.7% 35	31.5% 229
Not sure/I do not know	19.7% 13	15.5% 18	18.9% 46	25.8% 51	23.1% 24	20.9% 152
Disagree	39.4% 26	40.5% 47	37.0% 90	29.3% 58	20.2% 21	33.3% 242
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	3.4% 4	4.1% 10	3.0% 6	3.8% 4	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 243	100.0% 198	100.0% 104	727

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.6% 28	9.2% 19	18.0% 11	8.9% 5	11.1% 63
Agree	33.1% 80	32.9% 68	26.2% 16	39.3% 22	32.9% 186
Not sure/I do not know	17.4% 42	24.2% 50	16.4% 10	14.3% 8	19.4% 110
Disagree	33.1% 80	31.4% 65	31.1% 19	37.5% 21	32.7% 185
Strongly disagree	5.0% 12	2.4% 5	8.2% 5	0.0% 0	3.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 207	100.0% 61	100.0% 56	566

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	34.5% 19	9.1% 48	11.5% 67
Agree	25.5% 14	33.8% 178	33.0% 192
Not sure/I do not know	10.9% 6	19.6% 103	18.8% 109
Disagree	21.8% 12	33.7% 177	32.5% 189
Strongly disagree	7.3% 4	3.8% 20	4.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 526	581