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Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Adults, 1993

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YRVUS30

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 women and men can be equally effective as leaders in the Church.

	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	318	41.7%	41.7%	-.87
Agree	318	41.7%	83.4%	.12
Not sure/I do not know	53	6.9%	90.3%	1.11
Disagree	50	6.6%	96.9%	2.1
Strongly disagree	24	3.1%	100%	3.09

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	44.4% 4	44.7% 21	45.1% 166	42.3% 83	30.8% 44	41.7% 318
Agree	33.3% 3	42.6% 20	43.5% 160	38.3% 75	42.0% 60	41.7% 318
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	5.2% 19	6.1% 12	11.9% 17	6.9% 53
Disagree	11.1% 1	2.1% 1	4.6% 17	8.7% 17	9.8% 14	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	4.6% 9	5.6% 8	3.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 196	100.0% 143	763

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	45.2% 217	35.7% 101	41.7% 318
Agree	40.0% 192	44.5% 126	41.7% 318
Not sure/I do not know	6.5% 31	7.8% 22	6.9% 53
Disagree	6.0% 29	7.4% 21	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	2.3% 11	4.6% 13	3.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 480	100.0% 283	763

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	52.1% 25	41.7% 253	40.4% 19	34.4% 21	41.7% 318
Agree	29.2% 14	42.2% 256	46.8% 22	42.6% 26	41.7% 318
Not sure/I do not know	10.4% 5	6.4% 39	2.1% 1	11.5% 7	6.8% 52
Disagree	6.3% 3	6.6% 40	4.3% 2	8.2% 5	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	2.1% 1	3.0% 18	6.4% 3	3.3% 2	3.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 606	100.0% 47	100.0% 61	762

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.8% 282	52.2% 36	41.8% 318
Agree	42.7% 295	30.4% 21	41.6% 316
Not sure/I do not know	6.9% 48	7.2% 5	7.0% 53
Disagree	6.5% 45	7.2% 5	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	3.0% 21	2.9% 2	3.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 691	100.0% 69	760

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	49.1% 55	42.9% 24	45.2% 80	44.8% 90	32.1% 69	41.8% 318
Agree	36.6% 41	46.4% 26	45.8% 81	37.8% 76	43.3% 93	41.7% 317
Not sure/I do not know	6.3% 7	5.4% 3	3.4% 6	8.0% 16	9.3% 20	6.8% 52
Disagree	5.4% 6	1.8% 1	4.5% 8	7.5% 15	9.3% 20	6.6% 50
Strongly disagree	2.7% 3	3.6% 2	1.1% 2	2.0% 4	6.0% 13	3.2% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 201	100.0% 215	761

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.0% 31	53.0% 62	39.6% 97	35.1% 71	43.5% 47	41.7% 308
Agree	47.0% 31	30.8% 36	46.1% 113	44.6% 90	37.0% 40	42.0% 310
Not sure/I do not know	1.5% 1	6.8% 8	6.1% 15	9.4% 19	7.4% 8	6.9% 51
Disagree	3.0% 2	6.8% 8	5.7% 14	6.9% 14	8.3% 9	6.4% 47
Strongly disagree	1.5% 1	2.6% 3	2.4% 6	4.0% 8	3.7% 4	3.0% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 245	100.0% 202	100.0% 108	738

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.4% 103	37.9% 80	44.4% 28	48.2% 27	41.1% 238
Agree	42.2% 105	44.5% 94	41.3% 26	35.7% 20	42.3% 245
Not sure/I do not know	7.2% 18	8.5% 18	3.2% 2	7.1% 4	7.3% 42
Disagree	6.4% 16	6.6% 14	6.3% 4	5.4% 3	6.4% 37
Strongly disagree	2.8% 7	2.4% 5	4.8% 3	3.6% 2	2.9% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 211	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	579

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	55.4% 31	39.8% 214	41.2% 245
Agree	26.8% 15	43.5% 234	41.9% 249
Not sure/I do not know	3.6% 2	7.6% 41	7.2% 43
Disagree	8.9% 5	5.9% 32	6.2% 37
Strongly disagree	5.4% 3	3.2% 17	3.4% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 538	594