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

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SERVE1

Listed below are various ways of being active in a parish. Please indicate any of the ways in which you are serving this year and/or have served in years past in this or other parishes. -- Member of parish or pastoral council

	1) This year, not past
	2) Past years, not this
	12) This year and past years

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
This year, not past	23	16.7%	16.7%	-.61
Past years, not this	98	71%	87.7%	-.31
This year and past years	17	12.3%	100%	2.64

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
This year, not past	0.0% 0	40.0% 2	17.5% 11	15.9% 7	12.0% 3	16.7% 23
Past years, not this	100.0% 1	40.0% 2	66.7% 42	77.3% 34	76.0% 19	71.0% 98
This year and past years	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	15.9% 10	6.8% 3	12.0% 3	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 5	100.0% 63	100.0% 44	100.0% 25	138

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	17.8% 16	14.6% 7	16.7% 23
Past years, not this	68.9% 62	75.0% 36	71.0% 98
This year and past years	13.3% 12	10.4% 5	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 48	138

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	33.3% 2	14.4% 16	42.9% 3	14.3% 2	16.7% 23
Past years, not this	50.0% 3	73.0% 81	42.9% 3	78.6% 11	71.0% 98
This year and past years	16.7% 1	12.6% 14	14.3% 1	7.1% 1	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 111	100.0% 7	100.0% 14	138

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	15.9% 20	25.0% 3	16.7% 23
Past years, not this	73.0% 92	50.0% 6	71.0% 98
This year and past years	11.1% 14	25.0% 3	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 126	100.0% 12	138

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	33.3% 6	16.7% 1	15.4% 6	10.0% 4	17.1% 6	16.7% 23
Past years, not this	50.0% 9	66.7% 4	71.8% 28	85.0% 34	65.7% 23	71.0% 98
This year and past years	16.7% 3	16.7% 1	12.8% 5	5.0% 2	17.1% 6	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	100.0% 40	100.0% 35	138

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	18.2% 2	16.7% 3	9.8% 4	15.8% 6	34.8% 8	17.6% 23
Past years, not this	81.8% 9	61.1% 11	75.6% 31	73.7% 28	52.2% 12	69.5% 91
This year and past years	0.0% 0	22.2% 4	14.6% 6	10.5% 4	13.0% 3	13.0% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 18	100.0% 41	100.0% 38	100.0% 23	131

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	9.5% 4	18.6% 8	36.4% 4	9.1% 1	15.9% 17
Past years, not this	81.0% 34	72.1% 31	36.4% 4	72.7% 8	72.0% 77
This year and past years	9.5% 4	9.3% 4	27.3% 3	18.2% 2	12.1% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 43	100.0% 11	100.0% 11	107

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	30.0% 3	14.3% 14	15.7% 17
Past years, not this	60.0% 6	73.5% 72	72.2% 78
This year and past years	10.0% 1	12.2% 12	12.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 98	108