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

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YRVUS39

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. -- Our parish has a program that serves teenagers at least adequately.

	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	58	7.6%	7.6%	-1.66
Agree	363	47.8%	55.5%	-.6
Not sure/I do not know	226	29.8%	85.2%	.46
Disagree	76	10%	95.3%	1.53
Strongly disagree	36	4.7%	100%	2.59

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	8.5% 4	5.7% 21	9.8% 19	9.9% 14	7.6% 58
Agree	44.4% 4	40.4% 19	45.0% 166	48.7% 94	56.7% 80	47.8% 363
Not sure/I do not know	44.4% 4	51.1% 24	30.4% 112	25.4% 49	26.2% 37	29.8% 226
Disagree	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	13.0% 48	9.8% 19	5.7% 8	10.0% 76
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 22	6.2% 12	1.4% 2	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 369	100.0% 193	100.0% 141	759

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.4% 40	6.4% 18	7.6% 58
Agree	48.9% 233	45.9% 130	47.8% 363
Not sure/I do not know	28.4% 135	32.2% 91	29.8% 226
Disagree	9.5% 45	11.0% 31	10.0% 76
Strongly disagree	4.8% 23	4.6% 13	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 283	759

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.6% 7	7.6% 46	2.1% 1	6.8% 4	7.7% 58
Agree	37.5% 18	47.8% 289	40.4% 19	61.0% 36	47.8% 362
Not sure/I do not know	39.6% 19	29.3% 177	34.0% 16	23.7% 14	29.8% 226
Disagree	8.3% 4	10.3% 62	17.0% 8	3.4% 2	10.0% 76
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	5.0% 30	6.4% 3	5.1% 3	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 604	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	758

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.0% 48	14.5% 10	7.7% 58
Agree	48.3% 332	43.5% 30	47.9% 362
Not sure/I do not know	30.0% 206	26.1% 18	29.6% 224
Disagree	9.6% 66	14.5% 10	10.1% 76
Strongly disagree	5.1% 35	1.4% 1	4.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 69	756

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.5% 5	3.6% 2	7.9% 14	8.0% 16	9.9% 21	7.7% 58
Agree	46.4% 52	50.0% 28	39.5% 70	49.8% 100	52.8% 112	47.8% 362
Not sure/I do not know	22.3% 25	35.7% 20	36.7% 65	30.3% 61	25.9% 55	29.8% 226
Disagree	15.2% 17	8.9% 5	13.6% 24	6.0% 12	8.5% 18	10.0% 76
Strongly disagree	11.6% 13	1.8% 1	2.3% 4	6.0% 12	2.8% 6	4.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 177	100.0% 201	100.0% 212	758

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 6	5.1% 6	7.3% 18	7.5% 15	10.5% 11	7.6% 56
Agree	47.0% 31	44.4% 52	45.7% 112	50.7% 102	54.3% 57	48.2% 354
Not sure/I do not know	31.8% 21	29.9% 35	29.8% 73	30.8% 62	24.8% 26	29.6% 217
Disagree	7.6% 5	9.4% 11	11.4% 28	9.5% 19	9.5% 10	9.9% 73
Strongly disagree	4.5% 3	11.1% 13	5.7% 14	1.5% 3	1.0% 1	4.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 245	100.0% 201	100.0% 105	734

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.9% 22	4.8% 10	9.5% 6	7.1% 4	7.3% 42
Agree	48.4% 119	48.1% 101	60.3% 38	37.5% 21	48.5% 279
Not sure/I do not know	29.7% 73	31.0% 65	15.9% 10	33.9% 19	29.0% 167
Disagree	10.2% 25	9.5% 20	12.7% 8	17.9% 10	11.0% 63
Strongly disagree	2.8% 7	6.7% 14	1.6% 1	3.6% 2	4.2% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 210	100.0% 63	100.0% 56	575

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	12.7% 7	6.9% 37	7.5% 44
Agree	49.1% 27	48.0% 257	48.1% 284
Not sure/I do not know	21.8% 12	30.3% 162	29.5% 174
Disagree	10.9% 6	10.8% 58	10.8% 64
Strongly disagree	5.5% 3	3.9% 21	4.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 535	590