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

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YRVUS41

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. -- I do not see the family as the place for any serious religious education.

	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	6	.8%	.8%	-4.16
Agree	31	4.1%	4.9%	-2.87
Not sure/I do not know	32	4.2%	9.1%	-1.57
Disagree	410	54.3%	63.4%	-.28
Strongly disagree	276	36.6%	100%	1.01

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	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	0.8% 6
Agree	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	3.0% 11	5.7% 11	5.8% 8	4.1% 31
Not sure/I do not know	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	3.0% 11	5.2% 10	6.6% 9	4.2% 32
Disagree	55.6% 5	53.2% 25	56.8% 209	47.9% 93	56.9% 78	54.3% 410
Strongly disagree	44.4% 4	40.4% 19	36.1% 133	41.2% 80	29.2% 40	36.6% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 194	100.0% 137	755

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 6
Agree	3.2% 15	5.7% 16	4.1% 31
Not sure/I do not know	3.2% 15	6.0% 17	4.2% 32
Disagree	51.9% 246	58.4% 164	54.3% 410
Strongly disagree	40.7% 193	29.5% 83	36.6% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 281	755

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.2% 2	0.5% 3	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 6
Agree	0.0% 0	4.2% 25	2.1% 1	8.8% 5	4.1% 31
Not sure/I do not know	6.3% 3	3.5% 21	6.4% 3	8.8% 5	4.2% 32
Disagree	43.8% 21	56.1% 338	48.9% 23	49.1% 28	54.4% 410
Strongly disagree	45.8% 22	35.7% 215	40.4% 19	33.3% 19	36.5% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 602	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	754

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.6% 4	3.0% 2	0.8% 6
Agree	4.4% 30	1.5% 1	4.1% 31
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 31	1.5% 1	4.3% 32
Disagree	55.2% 378	44.8% 30	54.3% 408
Strongly disagree	35.3% 242	49.3% 33	36.6% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 67	752

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 1	1.8% 1	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.8% 6
Agree	0.9% 1	7.1% 4	3.4% 6	2.5% 5	7.1% 15	4.1% 31
Not sure/I do not know	4.5% 5	0.0% 0	4.0% 7	3.0% 6	6.6% 14	4.2% 32
Disagree	52.7% 59	44.6% 25	58.0% 102	52.3% 104	56.9% 120	54.4% 410
Strongly disagree	41.1% 46	46.4% 26	33.5% 59	42.2% 84	28.4% 60	36.5% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 199	100.0% 211	754

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	3.8% 4	0.8% 6
Agree	4.5% 3	2.6% 3	3.7% 9	4.5% 9	5.7% 6	4.1% 30
Not sure/I do not know	6.1% 4	1.7% 2	2.9% 7	5.5% 11	4.8% 5	4.0% 29
Disagree	50.0% 33	53.8% 63	58.8% 143	57.0% 114	42.9% 45	54.4% 398
Strongly disagree	39.4% 26	41.9% 49	33.7% 82	33.0% 66	42.9% 45	36.7% 268
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 243	100.0% 200	100.0% 105	731

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.2% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	1.0% 6
Agree	5.3% 13	3.8% 8	3.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 23
Not sure/I do not know	5.3% 13	3.8% 8	3.2% 2	3.6% 2	4.4% 25
Disagree	51.8% 127	55.5% 116	32.3% 20	58.9% 33	51.7% 296
Strongly disagree	36.3% 89	35.9% 75	61.3% 38	35.7% 20	38.8% 222
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 209	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	3.6% 2	0.8% 4	1.0% 6
Agree	5.5% 3	3.9% 21	4.1% 24
Not sure/I do not know	1.8% 1	4.5% 24	4.3% 25
Disagree	43.6% 24	52.4% 279	51.6% 303
Strongly disagree	45.5% 25	38.3% 204	39.0% 229
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 532	587