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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. -- Jesus asks a lot from His followers.

	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	146	19.4%	19.4%	-1.33
Agree	265	35.2%	54.6%	-.57
Not sure/I do not know	38	5%	59.6%	.18
Disagree	231	30.7%	90.3%	.93
Strongly disagree	73	9.7%	100%	1.68

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	14.9% 7	17.7% 65	21.9% 42	23.4% 32	19.4% 146
Agree	0.0% 0	31.9% 15	33.7% 124	38.0% 73	38.7% 53	35.2% 265
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	10.6% 5	3.8% 14	3.1% 6	8.8% 12	5.0% 38
Disagree	66.7% 6	27.7% 13	34.8% 128	27.1% 52	23.4% 32	30.7% 231
Strongly disagree	22.2% 2	14.9% 7	10.1% 37	9.9% 19	5.8% 8	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 192	100.0% 137	753

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.8% 98	17.1% 48	19.4% 146
Agree	33.3% 157	38.4% 108	35.2% 265
Not sure/I do not know	4.9% 23	5.3% 15	5.0% 38
Disagree	31.1% 147	29.9% 84	30.7% 231
Strongly disagree	10.0% 47	9.3% 26	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 472	100.0% 281	753

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.8% 10	19.7% 118	14.9% 7	19.0% 11	19.4% 146
Agree	33.3% 16	34.2% 205	40.4% 19	43.1% 25	35.2% 265
Not sure/I do not know	10.4% 5	4.5% 27	6.4% 3	5.2% 3	5.1% 38
Disagree	22.9% 11	31.9% 191	29.8% 14	24.1% 14	30.6% 230
Strongly disagree	12.5% 6	9.7% 58	8.5% 4	8.6% 5	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 599	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	752

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.4% 132	18.8% 13	19.3% 145
Agree	37.0% 252	18.8% 13	35.3% 265
Not sure/I do not know	5.4% 37	1.4% 1	5.1% 38
Disagree	29.5% 201	40.6% 28	30.5% 229
Strongly disagree	8.7% 59	20.3% 14	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 69	750

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.7% 23	14.3% 8	21.3% 37	18.6% 37	19.3% 41	19.4% 146
Agree	39.6% 44	39.3% 22	37.9% 66	34.7% 69	29.7% 63	35.1% 264
Not sure/I do not know	3.6% 4	3.6% 2	5.2% 9	6.0% 12	5.2% 11	5.1% 38
Disagree	25.2% 28	32.1% 18	28.7% 50	32.7% 65	33.0% 70	30.7% 231
Strongly disagree	10.8% 12	10.7% 6	6.9% 12	8.0% 16	12.7% 27	9.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 56	100.0% 174	100.0% 199	100.0% 212	752

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.2% 14	21.9% 25	20.6% 50	13.0% 26	22.9% 24	19.1% 139
Agree	28.8% 19	37.7% 43	35.8% 87	41.0% 82	26.7% 28	35.6% 259
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 3	2.6% 3	4.5% 11	7.0% 14	5.7% 6	5.1% 37
Disagree	30.3% 20	27.2% 31	32.5% 79	31.0% 62	30.5% 32	30.8% 224
Strongly disagree	15.2% 10	10.5% 12	6.6% 16	8.0% 16	14.3% 15	9.5% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 114	100.0% 243	100.0% 200	100.0% 105	728

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.7% 51	17.9% 37	16.1% 10	19.6% 11	19.1% 109
Agree	31.3% 77	38.6% 80	41.9% 26	37.5% 21	35.7% 204
Not sure/I do not know	4.9% 12	5.8% 12	1.6% 1	5.4% 3	4.9% 28
Disagree	32.5% 80	30.0% 62	27.4% 17	33.9% 19	31.2% 178
Strongly disagree	10.6% 26	7.7% 16	12.9% 8	3.6% 2	9.1% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 207	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	571

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.4% 12	18.9% 100	19.1% 112
Agree	19.6% 11	37.5% 199	35.8% 210
Not sure/I do not know	5.4% 3	5.1% 27	5.1% 30
Disagree	37.5% 21	30.0% 159	30.7% 180
Strongly disagree	16.1% 9	8.5% 45	9.2% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 530	586