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

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YRVUS33

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 a woman is morally free to have a legal abortion if she so chooses.

	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	79	10.4%	10.4%	-1.88
Agree	121	16%	26.5%	-1.17
Not sure/I do not know	90	11.9%	38.4%	-.46
Disagree	160	21.2%	59.5%	.25
Strongly disagree	306	40.5%	100%	.96

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	33.3% 3	8.5% 4	12.5% 46	8.7% 17	6.5% 9	10.4% 79
Agree	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	17.7% 65	15.9% 31	15.9% 22	16.0% 121
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	17.0% 8	13.1% 48	11.8% 23	7.2% 10	11.9% 90
Disagree	11.1% 1	27.7% 13	23.4% 86	15.9% 31	21.0% 29	21.2% 160
Strongly disagree	44.4% 4	40.4% 19	33.2% 122	47.7% 93	49.3% 68	40.5% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 367	100.0% 195	100.0% 138	756

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.2% 58	7.4% 21	10.4% 79
Agree	13.9% 66	19.5% 55	16.0% 121
Not sure/I do not know	12.0% 57	11.7% 33	11.9% 90
Disagree	20.9% 99	21.6% 61	21.2% 160
Strongly disagree	40.9% 194	39.7% 112	40.5% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 282	756

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.7% 8	10.0% 60	17.0% 8	5.2% 3	10.5% 79
Agree	14.6% 7	16.6% 100	10.6% 5	15.5% 9	16.0% 121
Not sure/I do not know	8.3% 4	11.6% 70	12.8% 6	15.5% 9	11.8% 89
Disagree	14.6% 7	22.3% 134	21.3% 10	15.5% 9	21.2% 160
Strongly disagree	45.8% 22	39.5% 238	38.3% 18	48.3% 28	40.5% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 602	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	755

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.1% 69	12.9% 9	10.4% 78
Agree	16.0% 109	17.1% 12	16.1% 121
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 76	17.1% 12	11.7% 88
Disagree	22.0% 150	14.3% 10	21.2% 160
Strongly disagree	40.8% 279	38.6% 27	40.6% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 683	100.0% 70	753

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.7% 13	14.3% 8	12.0% 21	10.0% 20	8.0% 17	10.5% 79
Agree	18.9% 21	16.1% 9	16.6% 29	17.0% 34	13.1% 28	16.0% 121
Not sure/I do not know	9.0% 10	8.9% 5	13.7% 24	12.5% 25	12.2% 26	11.9% 90
Disagree	18.9% 21	19.6% 11	22.3% 39	18.5% 37	23.9% 51	21.1% 159
Strongly disagree	41.4% 46	41.1% 23	35.4% 62	42.0% 84	42.7% 91	40.5% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 200	100.0% 213	755

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.8% 9	11.1% 13	11.5% 28	8.5% 17	10.3% 11	10.7% 78
Agree	9.2% 6	24.8% 29	13.2% 32	15.1% 30	15.9% 17	15.6% 114
Not sure/I do not know	6.2% 4	12.0% 14	15.2% 37	11.6% 23	11.2% 12	12.3% 90
Disagree	21.5% 14	19.7% 23	18.1% 44	21.1% 42	26.2% 28	20.7% 151
Strongly disagree	49.2% 32	32.5% 38	42.0% 102	43.7% 87	36.4% 39	40.8% 298
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 117	100.0% 243	100.0% 199	100.0% 107	731

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.4% 35	9.6% 20	7.9% 5	8.9% 5	11.4% 65
Agree	16.9% 41	10.0% 21	19.0% 12	19.6% 11	14.9% 85
Not sure/I do not know	12.3% 30	9.6% 20	15.9% 10	5.4% 3	11.0% 63
Disagree	21.4% 52	26.3% 55	9.5% 6	21.4% 12	21.9% 125
Strongly disagree	35.0% 85	44.5% 93	47.6% 30	44.6% 25	40.8% 233
TOTAL	100.0% 243	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	571

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 8	10.9% 58	11.3% 66
Agree	16.1% 9	14.7% 78	14.8% 87
Not sure/I do not know	12.5% 7	11.5% 61	11.6% 68
Disagree	17.9% 10	22.3% 118	21.8% 128
Strongly disagree	39.3% 22	40.6% 215	40.4% 237
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 530	586