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

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YRVUS40

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. -- Religious education seems to be a casual affair carried out mostly by volunteers without much advanced preparation.

	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	30	4%	4%	-2.21
Agree	172	22.8%	26.7%	-1.22
Not sure/I do not know	198	26.2%	52.9%	-.24
Disagree	300	39.7%	92.6%	.75
Strongly disagree	56	7.4%	100%	1.74

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	0.0% 0	5.4% 20	1.5% 3	4.3% 6	4.0% 30
Agree	11.1% 1	17.0% 8	22.8% 84	23.7% 46	23.9% 33	22.8% 172
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	34.0% 16	22.3% 82	28.4% 55	32.6% 45	26.2% 198
Disagree	66.7% 6	42.6% 20	42.7% 157	39.2% 76	29.7% 41	39.7% 300
Strongly disagree	11.1% 1	6.4% 3	6.8% 25	7.2% 14	9.4% 13	7.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 194	100.0% 138	756

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.6% 22	2.8% 8	4.0% 30
Agree	21.3% 101	25.2% 71	22.8% 172
Not sure/I do not know	24.5% 116	29.1% 82	26.2% 198
Disagree	40.3% 191	38.7% 109	39.7% 300
Strongly disagree	9.3% 44	4.3% 12	7.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 282	756

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 3	4.1% 25	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 30
Agree	18.8% 9	23.1% 139	19.1% 9	26.3% 15	22.8% 172
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 16	24.4% 147	23.4% 11	40.4% 23	26.1% 197
Disagree	35.4% 17	41.3% 249	44.7% 21	22.8% 13	39.7% 300
Strongly disagree	6.3% 3	7.1% 43	8.5% 4	10.5% 6	7.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 603	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	755

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.9% 27	3.0% 2	3.9% 29
Agree	23.3% 160	18.2% 12	22.8% 172
Not sure/I do not know	26.5% 182	22.7% 15	26.2% 197
Disagree	39.4% 271	42.4% 28	39.7% 299
Strongly disagree	6.8% 47	13.6% 9	7.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 687	100.0% 66	753

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.6% 4	7.1% 4	2.9% 5	3.5% 7	4.7% 10	4.0% 30
Agree	25.0% 28	26.8% 15	25.1% 44	22.1% 44	18.8% 40	22.6% 171
Not sure/I do not know	23.2% 26	25.0% 14	24.6% 43	26.1% 52	29.6% 63	26.2% 198
Disagree	41.1% 46	35.7% 20	42.9% 75	38.7% 77	38.5% 82	39.7% 300
Strongly disagree	7.1% 8	5.4% 3	4.6% 8	9.5% 19	8.5% 18	7.4% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 199	100.0% 213	755

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 2	3.4% 4	4.5% 11	4.0% 8	3.8% 4	4.0% 29
Agree	34.8% 23	21.4% 25	22.1% 54	19.0% 38	27.9% 29	23.1% 169
Not sure/I do not know	25.8% 17	23.1% 27	24.6% 60	32.0% 64	17.3% 18	25.4% 186
Disagree	33.3% 22	46.2% 54	42.2% 103	36.0% 72	40.4% 42	40.1% 293
Strongly disagree	3.0% 2	6.0% 7	6.6% 16	9.0% 18	10.6% 11	7.4% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 200	100.0% 104	731

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 12	3.8% 8	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	4.0% 23
Agree	22.8% 56	25.5% 53	22.6% 14	16.1% 9	23.1% 132
Not sure/I do not know	30.5% 75	22.6% 47	16.1% 10	30.4% 17	26.0% 149
Disagree	35.0% 86	41.3% 86	50.0% 31	35.7% 20	39.0% 223
Strongly disagree	6.9% 17	6.7% 14	11.3% 7	12.5% 7	7.9% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 208	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	572

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 5	3.8% 20	4.3% 25
Agree	23.6% 13	22.6% 120	22.7% 133
Not sure/I do not know	18.2% 10	27.1% 144	26.2% 154
Disagree	40.0% 22	39.1% 208	39.2% 230
Strongly disagree	9.1% 5	7.5% 40	7.7% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 532	587