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

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YRVUS44

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 would contribute to an annual collection in all parishes to fund the development of top-quality videos for 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	61	8.1%	8.1%	-1.73
Agree	294	39%	47.1%	-.71
Not sure/I do not know	240	31.8%	78.9%	.3
Disagree	125	16.6%	95.5%	1.31
Strongly disagree	34	4.5%	100%	2.33

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	4.3% 2	7.1% 26	10.4% 20	8.6% 12	8.1% 61
Agree	22.2% 2	38.3% 18	37.3% 137	41.7% 80	41.0% 57	39.0% 294
Not sure/I do not know	44.4% 4	27.7% 13	33.8% 124	31.3% 60	28.1% 39	31.8% 240
Disagree	11.1% 1	25.5% 12	17.4% 64	12.5% 24	17.3% 24	16.6% 125
Strongly disagree	11.1% 1	4.3% 2	4.4% 16	4.2% 8	5.0% 7	4.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 9	100.0% 47	100.0% 367	100.0% 192	100.0% 139	754

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	8.7% 41	7.1% 20	8.1% 61
Agree	37.4% 177	41.6% 117	39.0% 294
Not sure/I do not know	34.2% 162	27.8% 78	31.8% 240
Disagree	15.4% 73	18.5% 52	16.6% 125
Strongly disagree	4.2% 20	5.0% 14	4.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 473	100.0% 281	754

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.4% 5	8.3% 50	8.5% 4	3.4% 2	8.1% 61
Agree	39.6% 19	39.0% 234	42.6% 20	36.2% 21	39.0% 294
Not sure/I do not know	29.2% 14	31.2% 187	31.9% 15	39.7% 23	31.7% 239
Disagree	16.7% 8	17.2% 103	8.5% 4	17.2% 10	16.6% 125
Strongly disagree	4.2% 2	4.3% 26	8.5% 4	3.4% 2	4.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 600	100.0% 47	100.0% 58	753

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.3% 43	26.9% 18	8.1% 61
Agree	39.0% 267	38.8% 26	39.0% 293
Not sure/I do not know	32.6% 223	23.9% 16	31.8% 239
Disagree	17.4% 119	9.0% 6	16.6% 125
Strongly disagree	4.7% 32	1.5% 1	4.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 67	751

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.4% 6	5.4% 3	8.0% 14	7.0% 14	11.5% 24	8.1% 61
Agree	45.5% 51	41.1% 23	42.0% 74	38.0% 76	33.0% 69	38.9% 293
Not sure/I do not know	29.5% 33	30.4% 17	27.8% 49	37.5% 75	31.6% 66	31.9% 240
Disagree	14.3% 16	21.4% 12	18.8% 33	12.5% 25	18.7% 39	16.6% 125
Strongly disagree	5.4% 6	1.8% 1	3.4% 6	5.0% 10	5.3% 11	4.5% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 200	100.0% 209	753

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	7.4% 18	8.5% 17	11.7% 12	8.1% 59
Agree	42.4% 28	45.3% 53	36.9% 90	41.2% 82	32.0% 33	39.2% 286
Not sure/I do not know	33.3% 22	26.5% 31	32.8% 80	31.2% 62	35.9% 37	31.8% 232
Disagree	10.6% 7	17.9% 21	17.6% 43	17.1% 34	14.6% 15	16.5% 120
Strongly disagree	6.1% 4	4.3% 5	5.3% 13	2.0% 4	5.8% 6	4.4% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 244	100.0% 199	100.0% 103	729

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 12	6.7% 14	17.7% 11	10.7% 6	7.5% 43
Agree	44.4% 108	30.6% 64	45.2% 28	42.9% 24	39.3% 224
Not sure/I do not know	27.6% 67	40.7% 85	25.8% 16	28.6% 16	32.3% 184
Disagree	18.5% 45	18.2% 38	8.1% 5	12.5% 7	16.7% 95
Strongly disagree	4.5% 11	3.8% 8	3.2% 2	5.4% 3	4.2% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 243	100.0% 209	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	570

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.8% 12	6.2% 33	7.7% 45
Agree	45.5% 25	38.5% 204	39.1% 229
Not sure/I do not know	20.0% 11	33.8% 179	32.5% 190
Disagree	7.3% 4	17.2% 91	16.2% 95
Strongly disagree	5.5% 3	4.3% 23	4.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 530	585