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

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YRVUS42

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. -- Adults should be the main focus in Catholic 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	30	4%	4%	-2.52
Agree	111	14.9%	18.9%	-1.54
Not sure/I do not know	109	14.6%	33.5%	-.55
Disagree	407	54.5%	88%	.44
Strongly disagree	90	12%	100%	1.42

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	3.0% 11	3.6% 7	9.0% 12	4.0% 30
Agree	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	10.7% 39	15.5% 30	29.1% 39	14.9% 111
Not sure/I do not know	22.2% 2	17.0% 8	12.1% 44	14.9% 29	19.4% 26	14.6% 109
Disagree	55.6% 5	57.4% 27	64.7% 235	49.5% 96	32.8% 44	54.5% 407
Strongly disagree	22.2% 2	19.1% 9	9.4% 34	16.5% 32	9.7% 13	12.0% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 363	100.0% 194	100.0% 134	747

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 23	2.5% 7	4.0% 30
Agree	14.8% 69	14.9% 42	14.9% 111
Not sure/I do not know	12.0% 56	18.9% 53	14.6% 109
Disagree	55.6% 259	52.7% 148	54.5% 407
Strongly disagree	12.7% 59	11.0% 31	12.0% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 466	100.0% 281	747

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 4	2.8% 17	6.5% 3	10.9% 6	4.0% 30
Agree	10.9% 5	13.2% 79	17.4% 8	34.5% 19	14.9% 111
Not sure/I do not know	17.4% 8	14.0% 84	13.0% 6	20.0% 11	14.6% 109
Disagree	52.2% 24	57.1% 342	52.2% 24	30.9% 17	54.6% 407
Strongly disagree	10.9% 5	12.9% 77	10.9% 5	3.6% 2	11.9% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 599	100.0% 46	100.0% 55	746

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.5% 24	9.1% 6	4.0% 30
Agree	14.2% 96	21.2% 14	14.8% 110
Not sure/I do not know	14.6% 99	13.6% 9	14.5% 108
Disagree	55.9% 379	40.9% 27	54.6% 406
Strongly disagree	11.8% 80	15.2% 10	12.1% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 678	100.0% 66	744

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 2	1.8% 1	2.9% 5	3.5% 7	7.2% 15	4.0% 30
Agree	9.0% 10	12.5% 7	10.4% 18	15.6% 31	21.3% 44	14.7% 110
Not sure/I do not know	11.7% 13	21.4% 12	10.4% 18	15.1% 30	17.4% 36	14.6% 109
Disagree	64.0% 71	57.1% 32	63.0% 109	48.7% 97	47.3% 98	54.6% 407
Strongly disagree	13.5% 15	7.1% 4	13.3% 23	17.1% 34	6.8% 14	12.1% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 56	100.0% 173	100.0% 199	100.0% 207	746

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 9	2.6% 5	10.7% 11	3.7% 27
Agree	9.1% 6	10.3% 12	14.0% 34	16.3% 32	22.3% 23	14.8% 107
Not sure/I do not know	13.6% 9	14.7% 17	13.2% 32	15.8% 31	14.6% 15	14.4% 104
Disagree	59.1% 39	60.3% 70	56.4% 137	57.1% 112	39.8% 41	55.1% 399
Strongly disagree	15.2% 10	14.7% 17	12.8% 31	8.2% 16	12.6% 13	12.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 116	100.0% 243	100.0% 196	100.0% 103	724

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.0% 12	2.9% 6	8.1% 5	0.0% 0	4.1% 23
Agree	20.0% 48	13.1% 27	16.1% 10	14.5% 8	16.5% 93
Not sure/I do not know	15.4% 37	13.6% 28	11.3% 7	14.5% 8	14.2% 80
Disagree	50.0% 120	59.2% 122	45.2% 28	52.7% 29	53.1% 299
Strongly disagree	9.6% 23	11.2% 23	19.4% 12	18.2% 10	12.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 206	100.0% 62	100.0% 55	563

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.1% 6	3.2% 17	4.0% 23
Agree	20.4% 11	16.0% 84	16.4% 95
Not sure/I do not know	18.5% 10	13.5% 71	14.0% 81
Disagree	31.5% 17	55.7% 292	53.5% 309
Strongly disagree	18.5% 10	11.5% 60	12.1% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 524	578