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

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YRVUS32

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 the BEST way a person can improve the world is to mind his or her own personal and family business.

	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	43	5.6%	5.6%	-2.4
Agree	101	13.3%	18.9%	-1.5
Not sure/I do not know	76	10%	28.9%	-.61
Disagree	381	50%	78.9%	.29
Strongly disagree	161	21.1%	100%	1.19

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	2.1% 1	3.0% 11	5.1% 10	14.9% 21	5.6% 43
Agree	11.1% 1	4.3% 2	10.0% 37	17.3% 34	19.1% 27	13.3% 101
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	12.8% 6	8.9% 33	10.7% 21	10.6% 15	10.0% 76
Disagree	44.4% 4	51.1% 24	54.7% 202	47.4% 93	41.1% 58	50.0% 381
Strongly disagree	33.3% 3	29.8% 14	23.3% 86	19.4% 38	14.2% 20	21.1% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 196	100.0% 141	762

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.5% 31	4.2% 12	5.6% 43
Agree	12.9% 62	13.8% 39	13.3% 101
Not sure/I do not know	9.4% 45	11.0% 31	10.0% 76
Disagree	49.7% 238	50.5% 143	50.0% 381
Strongly disagree	21.5% 103	20.5% 58	21.1% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 479	100.0% 283	762

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.3% 4	4.1% 25	8.5% 4	16.9% 10	5.7% 43
Agree	4.2% 2	13.0% 79	6.4% 3	28.8% 17	13.3% 101
Not sure/I do not know	4.2% 2	9.4% 57	19.1% 9	11.9% 7	9.9% 75
Disagree	66.7% 32	50.4% 306	51.1% 24	32.2% 19	50.1% 381
Strongly disagree	16.7% 8	23.1% 140	14.9% 7	10.2% 6	21.2% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 607	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	761

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 37	8.7% 6	5.7% 43
Agree	13.6% 94	10.1% 7	13.3% 101
Not sure/I do not know	9.7% 67	11.6% 8	9.9% 75
Disagree	50.7% 350	42.0% 29	49.9% 379
Strongly disagree	20.6% 142	27.5% 19	21.2% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 69	759

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 4	1.8% 1	1.7% 3	3.5% 7	12.6% 27	5.5% 42
Agree	8.9% 10	14.3% 8	11.4% 20	12.4% 25	17.2% 37	13.2% 100
Not sure/I do not know	5.4% 6	10.7% 6	14.8% 26	7.0% 14	11.2% 24	10.0% 76
Disagree	53.6% 60	39.3% 22	49.4% 87	53.2% 107	48.8% 105	50.1% 381
Strongly disagree	28.6% 32	33.9% 19	22.7% 40	23.9% 48	10.2% 22	21.2% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 201	100.0% 215	760

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.1% 4	0.9% 1	3.7% 9	3.5% 7	14.8% 16	5.0% 37
Agree	15.2% 10	9.4% 11	13.1% 32	12.4% 25	15.7% 17	12.9% 95
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 3	8.5% 10	11.4% 28	11.9% 24	10.2% 11	10.3% 76
Disagree	39.4% 26	53.0% 62	52.7% 129	54.5% 110	41.7% 45	50.4% 372
Strongly disagree	34.8% 23	28.2% 33	19.2% 47	17.8% 36	17.6% 19	21.4% 158
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	6.9% 17	4.3% 9	7.9% 5	3.6% 2	5.7% 33
Agree	13.3% 33	15.7% 33	17.5% 11	12.5% 7	14.6% 84
Not sure/I do not know	10.1% 25	10.0% 21	3.2% 2	8.9% 5	9.2% 53
Disagree	48.4% 120	52.9% 111	41.3% 26	48.2% 27	49.2% 284
Strongly disagree	21.4% 53	17.1% 36	30.2% 19	26.8% 15	21.3% 123
TOTAL	100.0% 248	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	577

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.1% 9	4.7% 25	5.7% 34
Agree	16.1% 9	14.2% 76	14.4% 85
Not sure/I do not know	10.7% 6	9.1% 49	9.3% 55
Disagree	39.3% 22	50.6% 271	49.5% 293
Strongly disagree	17.9% 10	21.5% 115	21.1% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 536	592