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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 believe I have a serious moral obligation to take care of my health and avoid unhealthy habits.

	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	230	30.3%	30.3%	-1.15
Agree	446	58.7%	88.9%	.19
Not sure/I do not know	48	6.3%	95.3%	1.52
Disagree	32	4.2%	99.5%	2.85
Strongly disagree	4	.5%	100%	4.19

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	14.9% 7	23.4% 86	36.5% 70	45.1% 65	30.3% 230
Agree	44.4% 4	68.1% 32	61.4% 226	58.3% 112	50.0% 72	58.7% 446
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 3	8.5% 4	9.2% 34	3.1% 6	0.7% 1	6.3% 48
Disagree	0.0% 0	8.5% 4	5.7% 21	2.1% 4	2.1% 3	4.2% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 192	100.0% 144	760

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.4% 155	26.6% 75	30.3% 230
Agree	56.5% 270	62.4% 176	58.7% 446
Not sure/I do not know	6.3% 30	6.4% 18	6.3% 48
Disagree	4.0% 19	4.6% 13	4.2% 32
Strongly disagree	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 478	100.0% 282	760

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.0% 12	28.9% 174	29.8% 14	49.2% 30	30.3% 230
Agree	58.3% 28	60.4% 364	55.3% 26	44.3% 27	58.6% 445
Not sure/I do not know	12.5% 6	6.0% 36	12.8% 6	0.0% 0	6.3% 48
Disagree	4.2% 2	4.6% 28	2.1% 1	1.6% 1	4.2% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.9% 3	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 603	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	759

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.1% 193	52.2% 36	30.3% 229
Agree	61.3% 422	34.8% 24	58.9% 446
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 42	5.8% 4	6.1% 46
Disagree	4.1% 28	5.8% 4	4.2% 32
Strongly disagree	0.4% 3	1.4% 1	0.5% 4
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	26.8% 30	30.4% 17	23.3% 41	30.2% 61	38.2% 81	30.3% 230
Agree	59.8% 67	53.6% 30	65.3% 115	57.4% 116	55.2% 117	58.7% 445
Not sure/I do not know	8.9% 10	5.4% 3	6.8% 12	7.9% 16	3.3% 7	6.3% 48
Disagree	4.5% 5	10.7% 6	4.5% 8	4.0% 8	2.4% 5	4.2% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.9% 2	0.4% 3
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	33.3% 22	30.4% 35	25.4% 62	28.2% 57	38.9% 42	29.7% 218
Agree	54.5% 36	58.3% 67	61.5% 150	62.9% 127	49.1% 53	58.9% 433
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 4	6.1% 7	7.0% 17	6.9% 14	5.6% 6	6.5% 48
Disagree	6.1% 4	5.2% 6	6.1% 15	2.0% 4	2.8% 3	4.4% 32
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 115	100.0% 244	100.0% 202	100.0% 108	735

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.3% 72	26.1% 55	44.4% 28	28.6% 16	29.7% 171
Agree	58.9% 145	63.5% 134	47.6% 30	58.9% 33	59.4% 342
Not sure/I do not know	6.5% 16	6.6% 14	4.8% 3	8.9% 5	6.6% 38
Disagree	4.5% 11	3.3% 7	3.2% 2	3.6% 2	3.8% 22
Strongly disagree	0.8% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 211	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	576

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.3% 26	28.7% 154	30.5% 180
Agree	41.8% 23	60.4% 324	58.7% 347
Not sure/I do not know	7.3% 4	6.5% 35	6.6% 39
Disagree	1.8% 1	3.9% 21	3.7% 22
Strongly disagree	1.8% 1	0.4% 2	0.5% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 536	591