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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. -- Parishes seem to be funding religious education at an appropriate level.

	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	34	4.5%	4.5%	-1.92
Agree	297	39.4%	44%	-.83
Not sure/I do not know	265	35.2%	79.2%	.26
Disagree	129	17.1%	96.3%	1.35
Strongly disagree	28	3.7%	100%	2.44

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	6.4% 3	2.7% 10	6.2% 12	6.5% 9	4.5% 34
Agree	44.4% 4	34.0% 16	37.7% 138	42.0% 81	42.0% 58	39.4% 297
Not sure/I do not know	11.1% 1	57.4% 27	33.9% 124	32.1% 62	37.0% 51	35.2% 265
Disagree	44.4% 4	2.1% 1	20.5% 75	16.6% 32	12.3% 17	17.1% 129
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.2% 19	3.1% 6	2.2% 3	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 366	100.0% 193	100.0% 138	753

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 25	3.2% 9	4.5% 34
Agree	36.9% 174	43.6% 123	39.4% 297
Not sure/I do not know	37.2% 175	31.9% 90	35.2% 265
Disagree	16.1% 76	18.8% 53	17.1% 129
Strongly disagree	4.5% 21	2.5% 7	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 471	100.0% 282	753

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 3	4.3% 26	0.0% 0	8.8% 5	4.5% 34
Agree	39.6% 19	39.4% 237	30.4% 14	45.6% 26	39.4% 296
Not sure/I do not know	35.4% 17	34.9% 210	39.1% 18	35.1% 20	35.2% 265
Disagree	14.6% 7	17.3% 104	28.3% 13	8.8% 5	17.2% 129
Strongly disagree	4.2% 2	4.0% 24	2.2% 1	1.8% 1	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 601	100.0% 46	100.0% 57	752

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.1% 28	9.1% 6	4.5% 34
Agree	40.2% 275	31.8% 21	39.5% 296
Not sure/I do not know	35.1% 240	36.4% 24	35.2% 264
Disagree	16.8% 115	21.2% 14	17.2% 129
Strongly disagree	3.8% 26	1.5% 1	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 66	750

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 4	1.8% 1	4.5% 8	3.0% 6	7.2% 15	4.5% 34
Agree	39.3% 44	32.1% 18	35.2% 62	39.2% 78	45.0% 94	39.4% 296
Not sure/I do not know	36.6% 41	39.3% 22	38.1% 67	37.2% 74	29.2% 61	35.2% 265
Disagree	17.9% 20	21.4% 12	19.3% 34	14.6% 29	16.3% 34	17.2% 129
Strongly disagree	2.7% 3	5.4% 3	2.8% 5	6.0% 12	2.4% 5	3.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 199	100.0% 209	752

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 3	4.3% 5	4.5% 11	3.5% 7	5.7% 6	4.4% 32
Agree	40.9% 27	35.0% 41	35.2% 86	41.9% 83	45.7% 48	39.0% 285
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 22	37.6% 44	34.4% 84	39.4% 78	29.5% 31	35.5% 259
Disagree	15.2% 10	17.9% 21	20.5% 50	13.6% 27	17.1% 18	17.3% 126
Strongly disagree	6.1% 4	5.1% 6	5.3% 13	1.5% 3	1.9% 2	3.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 198	100.0% 105	730

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 12	3.3% 7	1.6% 1	5.4% 3	4.0% 23
Agree	41.8% 102	43.5% 91	35.5% 22	30.4% 17	40.6% 232
Not sure/I do not know	34.0% 83	34.4% 72	35.5% 22	42.9% 24	35.2% 201
Disagree	16.4% 40	14.8% 31	22.6% 14	19.6% 11	16.8% 96
Strongly disagree	2.9% 7	3.8% 8	4.8% 3	1.8% 1	3.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 244	100.0% 209	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	571

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.9% 6	3.2% 17	3.9% 23
Agree	40.0% 22	40.9% 217	40.9% 239
Not sure/I do not know	25.5% 14	35.8% 190	34.9% 204
Disagree	21.8% 12	16.2% 86	16.8% 98
Strongly disagree	1.8% 1	3.8% 20	3.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 530	585