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

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YRVUS34

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 it is by their own efforts that people earn their place in heaven.

	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	201	26.8%	26.8%	-1.07
Agree	347	46.3%	73.1%	-.21
Not sure/I do not know	66	8.8%	81.9%	.65
Disagree	86	11.5%	93.3%	1.5
Strongly disagree	50	6.7%	100%	2.36

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	23.4% 11	25.1% 92	32.3% 61	25.4% 35	26.8% 201
Agree	33.3% 3	51.1% 24	48.0% 176	42.3% 80	46.4% 64	46.3% 347
Not sure/I do not know	22.2% 2	14.9% 7	7.1% 26	9.5% 18	9.4% 13	8.8% 66
Disagree	11.1% 1	8.5% 4	12.3% 45	9.5% 18	13.0% 18	11.5% 86
Strongly disagree	11.1% 1	2.1% 1	7.6% 28	6.3% 12	5.8% 8	6.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 367	100.0% 189	100.0% 138	750

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.4% 129	25.7% 72	26.8% 201
Agree	43.6% 205	50.7% 142	46.3% 347
Not sure/I do not know	10.2% 48	6.4% 18	8.8% 66
Disagree	12.6% 59	9.6% 27	11.5% 86
Strongly disagree	6.2% 29	7.5% 21	6.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 470	100.0% 280	750

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.5% 12	25.8% 154	27.7% 13	36.8% 21	26.7% 200
Agree	27.7% 13	48.0% 287	48.9% 23	42.1% 24	46.3% 347
Not sure/I do not know	25.5% 12	7.9% 47	4.3% 2	8.8% 5	8.8% 66
Disagree	12.8% 6	12.0% 72	8.5% 4	7.0% 4	11.5% 86
Strongly disagree	8.5% 4	6.4% 38	10.6% 5	5.3% 3	6.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 598	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	749

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.5% 173	39.7% 27	26.8% 200
Agree	47.4% 322	33.8% 23	46.2% 345
Not sure/I do not know	8.5% 58	11.8% 8	8.8% 66
Disagree	12.1% 82	5.9% 4	11.5% 86
Strongly disagree	6.5% 44	8.8% 6	6.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 679	100.0% 68	747

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.8% 24	28.6% 16	23.0% 40	28.8% 57	30.3% 64	26.8% 201
Agree	40.0% 44	37.5% 21	52.9% 92	46.5% 92	46.0% 97	46.2% 346
Not sure/I do not know	11.8% 13	14.3% 8	9.2% 16	6.6% 13	7.6% 16	8.8% 66
Disagree	17.3% 19	10.7% 6	10.3% 18	11.1% 22	10.0% 21	11.5% 86
Strongly disagree	9.1% 10	8.9% 5	4.6% 8	7.1% 14	6.2% 13	6.7% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 56	100.0% 174	100.0% 198	100.0% 211	749

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.8% 21	25.9% 30	23.5% 57	26.0% 51	31.1% 33	26.5% 192
Agree	43.8% 28	44.8% 52	48.6% 118	48.0% 94	39.6% 42	46.1% 334
Not sure/I do not know	14.1% 9	6.0% 7	9.1% 22	8.2% 16	11.3% 12	9.1% 66
Disagree	4.7% 3	12.9% 15	11.5% 28	13.8% 27	9.4% 10	11.4% 83
Strongly disagree	4.7% 3	10.3% 12	7.4% 18	4.1% 8	8.5% 9	6.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 116	100.0% 243	100.0% 196	100.0% 106	725

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.2% 73	22.8% 47	30.6% 19	25.0% 14	27.0% 153
Agree	47.1% 114	48.1% 99	33.9% 21	35.7% 20	44.9% 254
Not sure/I do not know	7.0% 17	9.7% 20	14.5% 9	12.5% 7	9.4% 53
Disagree	11.2% 27	13.6% 28	12.9% 8	10.7% 6	12.2% 69
Strongly disagree	4.5% 11	5.8% 12	8.1% 5	16.1% 9	6.5% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 206	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	566

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.8% 23	25.5% 134	27.1% 157
Agree	30.9% 17	45.5% 239	44.1% 256
Not sure/I do not know	10.9% 6	9.5% 50	9.7% 56
Disagree	9.1% 5	12.8% 67	12.4% 72
Strongly disagree	7.3% 4	6.7% 35	6.7% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 525	580