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

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YRVUS31

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 that sexual intercourse outside of marriage is seriously wrong under all circumstances.

	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	239	31.3%	31.3%	-1.09
Agree	219	28.7%	60%	-.35
Not sure/I do not know	77	10.1%	70.1%	.38
Disagree	157	20.6%	90.7%	1.12
Strongly disagree	71	9.3%	100%	1.85

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	55.6% 5	17.0% 8	19.2% 71	41.8% 82	51.4% 73	31.3% 239
Agree	22.2% 2	25.5% 12	29.5% 109	29.6% 58	26.8% 38	28.7% 219
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	12.8% 6	12.7% 47	8.2% 16	4.9% 7	10.1% 77
Disagree	11.1% 1	36.2% 17	26.3% 97	14.3% 28	9.9% 14	20.6% 157
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	8.5% 4	12.2% 45	6.1% 12	7.0% 10	9.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 196	100.0% 142	763

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	31.9% 153	30.4% 86	31.3% 239
Agree	25.2% 121	34.6% 98	28.7% 219
Not sure/I do not know	10.6% 51	9.2% 26	10.1% 77
Disagree	22.9% 110	16.6% 47	20.6% 157
Strongly disagree	9.4% 45	9.2% 26	9.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 480	100.0% 283	763

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.9% 11	31.8% 193	21.3% 10	40.0% 24	31.2% 238
Agree	22.9% 11	30.0% 182	14.9% 7	31.7% 19	28.7% 219
Not sure/I do not know	16.7% 8	9.7% 59	12.8% 6	6.7% 4	10.1% 77
Disagree	25.0% 12	20.3% 123	34.0% 16	10.0% 6	20.6% 157
Strongly disagree	12.5% 6	8.2% 50	17.0% 8	11.7% 7	9.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 607	100.0% 47	100.0% 60	762

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.3% 202	52.9% 37	31.4% 239
Agree	29.3% 202	20.0% 14	28.4% 216
Not sure/I do not know	10.4% 72	7.1% 5	10.1% 77
Disagree	21.6% 149	11.4% 8	20.7% 157
Strongly disagree	9.4% 65	8.6% 6	9.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 70	760

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.2% 26	26.8% 15	23.3% 41	31.7% 64	42.6% 92	31.2% 238
Agree	26.8% 30	21.4% 12	27.3% 48	29.7% 60	31.9% 69	28.7% 219
Not sure/I do not know	10.7% 12	8.9% 5	13.1% 23	9.4% 19	8.3% 18	10.1% 77
Disagree	21.4% 24	28.6% 16	28.4% 50	20.8% 42	11.6% 25	20.6% 157
Strongly disagree	17.9% 20	14.3% 8	8.0% 14	8.4% 17	5.6% 12	9.3% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 202	100.0% 216	762

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	34.8% 23	29.1% 34	22.4% 55	36.6% 74	44.4% 48	31.7% 234
Agree	16.7% 11	29.9% 35	31.4% 77	30.7% 62	21.3% 23	28.2% 208
Not sure/I do not know	10.6% 7	6.8% 8	12.2% 30	10.4% 21	9.3% 10	10.3% 76
Disagree	21.2% 14	21.4% 25	24.5% 60	16.3% 33	19.4% 21	20.7% 153
Strongly disagree	16.7% 11	12.8% 15	9.4% 23	5.9% 12	5.6% 6	9.1% 67
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	29.4% 73	29.4% 62	42.9% 27	28.6% 16	30.8% 178
Agree	26.6% 66	31.3% 66	20.6% 13	28.6% 16	27.9% 161
Not sure/I do not know	8.5% 21	12.8% 27	7.9% 5	8.9% 5	10.0% 58
Disagree	24.6% 61	19.9% 42	22.2% 14	16.1% 9	21.8% 126
Strongly disagree	10.9% 27	6.6% 14	6.3% 4	17.9% 10	9.5% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 248	100.0% 211	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	578

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.6% 30	28.3% 152	30.7% 182
Agree	17.9% 10	29.2% 157	28.2% 167
Not sure/I do not know	7.1% 4	10.2% 55	9.9% 59
Disagree	8.9% 5	23.3% 125	21.9% 130
Strongly disagree	12.5% 7	8.9% 48	9.3% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 537	593