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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. -- For Catholics, religious education should focus most of all on children in grades one to eight.

	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	70	9.2%	9.2%	-1.75
Agree	223	29.4%	38.7%	-.94
Not sure/I do not know	69	9.1%	47.8%	-.13
Disagree	306	40.4%	88.1%	.68
Strongly disagree	90	11.9%	100%	1.49

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.1% 1	2.1% 1	6.0% 22	12.9% 25	15.1% 21	9.2% 70
Agree	11.1% 1	14.9% 7	29.0% 107	26.3% 51	41.0% 57	29.4% 223
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	10.6% 5	8.1% 30	8.8% 17	11.5% 16	9.1% 69
Disagree	66.7% 6	61.7% 29	44.2% 163	38.1% 74	24.5% 34	40.4% 306
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	10.6% 5	12.7% 47	13.9% 27	7.9% 11	11.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 194	100.0% 139	758

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.8% 42	10.0% 28	9.2% 70
Agree	26.8% 128	33.8% 95	29.4% 223
Not sure/I do not know	8.2% 39	10.7% 30	9.1% 69
Disagree	41.9% 200	37.7% 106	40.4% 306
Strongly disagree	14.3% 68	7.8% 22	11.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 477	100.0% 281	758

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.3% 4	9.6% 58	6.4% 3	8.8% 5	9.2% 70
Agree	16.7% 8	27.9% 169	25.5% 12	57.9% 33	29.3% 222
Not sure/I do not know	14.6% 7	9.6% 58	4.3% 2	3.5% 2	9.1% 69
Disagree	50.0% 24	40.3% 244	53.2% 25	22.8% 13	40.4% 306
Strongly disagree	10.4% 5	12.6% 76	10.6% 5	7.0% 4	11.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 605	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	757

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.5% 58	17.4% 12	9.3% 70
Agree	30.3% 208	20.3% 14	29.4% 222
Not sure/I do not know	9.0% 62	8.7% 6	9.0% 68
Disagree	40.7% 279	37.7% 26	40.4% 305
Strongly disagree	11.5% 79	15.9% 11	11.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 686	100.0% 69	755

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 6	14.5% 8	6.8% 12	9.0% 18	12.2% 26	9.2% 70
Agree	20.5% 23	27.3% 15	31.8% 56	22.4% 45	39.4% 84	29.5% 223
Not sure/I do not know	8.0% 9	9.1% 5	9.1% 16	12.4% 25	6.6% 14	9.1% 69
Disagree	45.5% 51	32.7% 18	42.0% 74	43.8% 88	34.7% 74	40.3% 305
Strongly disagree	20.5% 23	16.4% 9	10.2% 18	12.4% 25	7.0% 15	11.9% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 55	100.0% 176	100.0% 201	100.0% 213	757

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	13.6% 9	4.3% 5	7.4% 18	8.0% 16	16.2% 17	8.9% 65
Agree	30.3% 20	23.1% 27	30.3% 74	30.8% 62	28.6% 30	29.1% 213
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 4	14.5% 17	8.2% 20	10.0% 20	5.7% 6	9.1% 67
Disagree	36.4% 24	43.6% 51	39.8% 97	42.8% 86	40.0% 42	40.9% 300
Strongly disagree	13.6% 9	14.5% 17	14.3% 35	8.5% 17	9.5% 10	12.0% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 201	100.0% 105	733

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.0% 22	7.6% 16	15.9% 10	10.7% 6	9.4% 54
Agree	35.9% 88	29.5% 62	20.6% 13	12.5% 7	29.6% 170
Not sure/I do not know	8.6% 21	10.0% 21	6.3% 4	8.9% 5	8.9% 51
Disagree	35.1% 86	41.4% 87	44.4% 28	51.8% 29	40.1% 230
Strongly disagree	11.4% 28	11.4% 24	12.7% 8	16.1% 9	12.0% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	574

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.5% 14	7.7% 41	9.3% 55
Agree	20.0% 11	30.9% 165	29.9% 176
Not sure/I do not know	7.3% 4	9.2% 49	9.0% 53
Disagree	36.4% 20	40.4% 216	40.1% 236
Strongly disagree	10.9% 6	11.8% 63	11.7% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 534	589