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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 be more of a family matter than it is now.

	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	168	22.1%	22.1%	-1.28
Agree	432	56.8%	78.8%	-.09
Not sure/I do not know	102	13.4%	92.2%	1.1
Disagree	52	6.8%	99.1%	2.29
Strongly disagree	7	.9%	100%	3.48

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	21.3% 10	21.1% 78	23.7% 46	22.5% 32	22.1% 168
Agree	77.8% 7	63.8% 30	56.6% 209	51.0% 99	61.3% 87	56.8% 432
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	14.9% 7	13.3% 49	13.4% 26	14.1% 20	13.4% 102
Disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.6% 28	11.3% 22	1.4% 2	6.8% 52
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 5	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 194	100.0% 142	761

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.9% 119	17.3% 49	22.1% 168
Agree	54.2% 259	61.1% 173	56.8% 432
Not sure/I do not know	12.3% 59	15.2% 43	13.4% 102
Disagree	7.9% 38	4.9% 14	6.8% 52
Strongly disagree	0.6% 3	1.4% 4	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 478	100.0% 283	761

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.0% 8	22.1% 134	29.8% 14	20.3% 12	22.1% 168
Agree	63.8% 30	56.7% 344	38.3% 18	66.1% 39	56.7% 431
Not sure/I do not know	14.9% 7	13.8% 84	12.8% 6	8.5% 5	13.4% 102
Disagree	4.3% 2	6.6% 40	17.0% 8	3.4% 2	6.8% 52
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	2.1% 1	1.7% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 607	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	760

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.9% 137	45.6% 31	22.2% 168
Agree	59.1% 408	33.8% 23	56.9% 431
Not sure/I do not know	13.5% 93	11.8% 8	13.3% 101
Disagree	6.8% 47	7.4% 5	6.9% 52
Strongly disagree	0.7% 5	1.5% 1	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 690	100.0% 68	758

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.6% 22	25.0% 14	19.2% 34	24.3% 49	23.0% 49	22.1% 168
Agree	58.9% 66	55.4% 31	64.4% 114	55.9% 113	50.2% 107	56.7% 431
Not sure/I do not know	9.8% 11	12.5% 7	11.3% 20	13.4% 27	17.4% 37	13.4% 102
Disagree	9.8% 11	1.8% 1	5.1% 9	5.9% 12	8.9% 19	6.8% 52
Strongly disagree	1.8% 2	5.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 202	100.0% 213	760

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.2% 16	17.9% 21	20.4% 50	18.9% 38	34.6% 37	22.0% 162
Agree	59.1% 39	63.2% 74	55.1% 135	59.7% 120	47.7% 51	56.9% 419
Not sure/I do not know	7.6% 5	12.8% 15	15.9% 39	14.4% 29	9.3% 10	13.3% 98
Disagree	7.6% 5	5.1% 6	8.2% 20	7.0% 14	5.6% 6	6.9% 51
Strongly disagree	1.5% 1	0.9% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	0.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 245	100.0% 201	100.0% 107	736

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.3% 50	22.6% 48	32.3% 20	23.2% 13	22.7% 131
Agree	59.3% 146	56.1% 119	53.2% 33	55.4% 31	57.1% 329
Not sure/I do not know	14.2% 35	11.8% 25	9.7% 6	8.9% 5	12.3% 71
Disagree	4.9% 12	9.0% 19	4.8% 3	10.7% 6	6.9% 40
Strongly disagree	1.2% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 212	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	576

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.7% 22	20.7% 111	22.5% 133
Agree	46.3% 25	58.3% 313	57.2% 338
Not sure/I do not know	7.4% 4	12.8% 69	12.4% 73
Disagree	5.6% 3	7.1% 38	6.9% 41
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 537	591