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

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YRVUS43

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. -- Families would welcome and use first-rate videos to create informed discussions about religion at home.

	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	71	9.4%	9.4%	-1.83
Agree	291	38.5%	47.9%	-.66
Not sure/I do not know	299	39.6%	87.5%	.51
Disagree	85	11.3%	98.8%	1.68
Strongly disagree	9	1.2%	100%	2.85

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	8.5% 4	9.0% 33	9.9% 19	10.1% 14	9.4% 71
Agree	33.3% 3	29.8% 14	36.4% 134	43.8% 84	40.3% 56	38.5% 291
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 3	48.9% 23	40.2% 148	35.4% 68	41.0% 57	39.6% 299
Disagree	22.2% 2	12.8% 6	12.8% 47	10.4% 20	7.2% 10	11.3% 85
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	0.5% 1	1.4% 2	1.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 368	100.0% 192	100.0% 139	755

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	11.2% 53	6.4% 18	9.4% 71
Agree	35.4% 168	43.8% 123	38.5% 291
Not sure/I do not know	41.8% 198	35.9% 101	39.6% 299
Disagree	10.5% 50	12.5% 35	11.3% 85
Strongly disagree	1.1% 5	1.4% 4	1.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 281	755

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.7% 8	8.3% 50	17.0% 8	8.6% 5	9.4% 71
Agree	27.1% 13	40.1% 241	31.9% 15	37.9% 22	38.6% 291
Not sure/I do not know	43.8% 21	38.8% 233	40.4% 19	43.1% 25	39.5% 298
Disagree	12.5% 6	11.6% 70	8.5% 4	8.6% 5	11.3% 85
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.2% 7	2.1% 1	1.7% 1	1.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 601	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	754

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.9% 54	25.4% 17	9.4% 71
Agree	38.4% 263	41.8% 28	38.7% 291
Not sure/I do not know	40.4% 277	29.9% 20	39.5% 297
Disagree	12.1% 83	3.0% 2	11.3% 85
Strongly disagree	1.2% 8	0.0% 0	1.1% 8
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	8.0% 9	8.9% 5	8.0% 14	9.0% 18	11.9% 25	9.4% 71
Agree	36.6% 41	48.2% 27	31.3% 55	44.0% 88	37.6% 79	38.5% 290
Not sure/I do not know	40.2% 45	33.9% 19	45.5% 80	36.0% 72	39.5% 83	39.7% 299
Disagree	11.6% 13	8.9% 5	15.3% 27	10.0% 20	9.5% 20	11.3% 85
Strongly disagree	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	1.4% 3	1.2% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 200	100.0% 210	754

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Strongly agree	7.6% 5	6.0% 7	8.2% 20	8.5% 17	15.4% 16	8.9% 65
Agree	47.0% 31	37.6% 44	34.8% 85	39.2% 78	43.3% 45	38.8% 283
Not sure/I do not know	34.8% 23	38.5% 45	43.0% 105	42.2% 84	32.7% 34	39.9% 291
Disagree	6.1% 4	17.1% 20	12.3% 30	10.1% 20	8.7% 9	11.4% 83
Strongly disagree	4.5% 3	0.9% 1	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 199	100.0% 104	730

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 16	6.7% 14	25.8% 16	10.7% 6	9.1% 52
Agree	43.4% 106	35.9% 75	40.3% 25	30.4% 17	39.1% 223
Not sure/I do not know	39.8% 97	44.5% 93	27.4% 17	48.2% 27	41.0% 234
Disagree	9.0% 22	12.0% 25	6.5% 4	10.7% 6	10.0% 57
Strongly disagree	1.2% 3	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 5
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	25.5% 14	7.5% 40	9.2% 54
Agree	50.9% 28	38.2% 203	39.4% 231
Not sure/I do not know	21.8% 12	42.4% 225	40.4% 237
Disagree	1.8% 1	10.7% 57	9.9% 58
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	1.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 531	586