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

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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. -- From the time of the Apostles until recently, all Catholic worship was in Latin.

	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	44	5.8%	5.8%	-1.98
Agree	173	22.9%	28.8%	-1.08
Not sure/I do not know	225	29.8%	58.6%	-.18
Disagree	214	28.4%	87%	.72
Strongly disagree	98	13%	100%	1.62

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	8.7% 4	4.1% 15	6.7% 13	8.7% 12	5.8% 44
Agree	66.7% 6	26.1% 12	19.6% 72	22.2% 43	29.0% 40	22.9% 173
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	39.1% 18	31.1% 114	25.8% 50	30.4% 42	29.8% 225
Disagree	11.1% 1	19.6% 9	33.0% 121	28.4% 55	20.3% 28	28.4% 214
Strongly disagree	11.1% 1	6.5% 3	12.3% 45	17.0% 33	11.6% 16	13.0% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 46	100.0% 367	100.0% 194	100.0% 138	754

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.9% 28	5.7% 16	5.8% 44
Agree	21.2% 100	25.8% 73	22.9% 173
Not sure/I do not know	31.6% 149	26.9% 76	29.8% 225
Disagree	29.9% 141	25.8% 73	28.4% 214
Strongly disagree	11.3% 53	15.9% 45	13.0% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 283	754

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 4	6.1% 37	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	5.8% 44
Agree	23.4% 11	21.6% 130	25.5% 12	35.1% 20	23.0% 173
Not sure/I do not know	21.3% 10	30.7% 185	31.9% 15	24.6% 14	29.7% 224
Disagree	38.3% 18	27.9% 168	31.9% 15	22.8% 13	28.4% 214
Strongly disagree	8.5% 4	13.6% 82	10.6% 5	12.3% 7	13.0% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 602	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	753

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.5% 38	9.1% 6	5.9% 44
Agree	22.8% 156	25.8% 17	23.0% 173
Not sure/I do not know	29.6% 203	30.3% 20	29.7% 223
Disagree	29.3% 201	19.7% 13	28.5% 214
Strongly disagree	12.7% 87	15.2% 10	12.9% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 66	751

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.7% 3	5.4% 3	4.6% 8	6.5% 13	8.1% 17	5.8% 44
Agree	17.0% 19	14.3% 8	20.6% 36	21.6% 43	31.3% 66	22.8% 172
Not sure/I do not know	19.6% 22	26.8% 15	32.6% 57	34.2% 68	29.9% 63	29.9% 225
Disagree	37.5% 42	32.1% 18	31.4% 55	25.6% 51	22.7% 48	28.4% 214
Strongly disagree	23.2% 26	21.4% 12	10.9% 19	12.1% 24	8.1% 17	13.0% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 199	100.0% 211	753

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 1	4.3% 5	7.8% 19	5.1% 10	5.8% 6	5.6% 41
Agree	18.2% 12	18.1% 21	23.3% 57	22.2% 44	31.7% 33	22.9% 167
Not sure/I do not know	31.8% 21	25.0% 29	25.7% 63	34.3% 68	33.7% 35	29.6% 216
Disagree	25.8% 17	33.6% 39	29.8% 73	30.3% 60	20.2% 21	28.8% 210
Strongly disagree	22.7% 15	19.0% 22	13.5% 33	8.1% 16	8.7% 9	13.0% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 245	100.0% 198	100.0% 104	729

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 13	4.3% 9	11.1% 7	8.9% 5	5.9% 34
Agree	27.8% 68	22.0% 46	20.6% 13	16.1% 9	23.7% 136
Not sure/I do not know	27.8% 68	28.7% 60	27.0% 17	25.0% 14	27.7% 159
Disagree	27.8% 68	32.1% 67	23.8% 15	33.9% 19	29.5% 169
Strongly disagree	11.4% 28	12.9% 27	17.5% 11	16.1% 9	13.1% 75
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 209	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	573

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.9% 6	5.3% 28	5.8% 34
Agree	30.9% 17	22.4% 119	23.2% 136
Not sure/I do not know	32.7% 18	28.6% 152	29.0% 170
Disagree	12.7% 7	30.6% 163	29.0% 170
Strongly disagree	12.7% 7	13.2% 70	13.1% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 532	587