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

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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. -- Participate in social service program (e.g., St. Vincent de Paul Society)

	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	31	33.3%	33.3%	-.57
Past years, not this	49	52.7%	86%	-.29
This year and past years	13	14%	100%	2.45

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	0.00% 0	33.3% 1	21.4% 9	47.8% 11	40.0% 10	33.3% 31
Past years, not this	0.00% 0	33.3% 1	64.3% 27	43.5% 10	44.0% 11	52.7% 49
This year and past years	0.00% 0	33.3% 1	14.3% 6	8.7% 2	16.0% 4	14.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 0	100.0% 3	100.0% 42	100.0% 23	100.0% 25	93

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	36.7% 22	27.3% 9	33.3% 31
Past years, not this	48.3% 29	60.6% 20	52.7% 49
This year and past years	15.0% 9	12.1% 4	14.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 33	93

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	50.0% 1	30.0% 24	0.0% 0	66.7% 6	33.3% 31
Past years, not this	0.0% 0	56.3% 45	50.0% 1	33.3% 3	52.7% 49
This year and past years	50.0% 1	13.8% 11	50.0% 1	0.0% 0	14.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 80	100.0% 2	100.0% 9	93

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	33.3% 29	33.3% 2	33.3% 31
Past years, not this	52.9% 46	50.0% 3	52.7% 49
This year and past years	13.8% 12	16.7% 1	14.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 6	93

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	28.6% 2	37.5% 3	19.0% 4	37.9% 11	39.3% 11	33.3% 31
Past years, not this	57.1% 4	50.0% 4	61.9% 13	48.3% 14	50.0% 14	52.7% 49
This year and past years	14.3% 1	12.5% 1	19.0% 4	13.8% 4	10.7% 3	14.0% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	100.0% 21	100.0% 29	100.0% 28	93

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	20.0% 2	46.2% 6	37.0% 10	26.1% 6	38.9% 7	34.1% 31
Past years, not this	80.0% 8	30.8% 4	44.4% 12	56.5% 13	55.6% 10	51.6% 47
This year and past years	0.0% 0	23.1% 3	18.5% 5	17.4% 4	5.6% 1	14.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 13	100.0% 27	100.0% 23	100.0% 18	91

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	40.0% 12	40.0% 8	22.2% 2	22.2% 2	35.3% 24
Past years, not this	50.0% 15	60.0% 12	55.6% 5	44.4% 4	52.9% 36
This year and past years	10.0% 3	0.0% 0	22.2% 2	33.3% 3	11.8% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 20	100.0% 9	100.0% 9	68

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	50.0% 3	32.8% 22	34.2% 25
Past years, not this	33.3% 2	52.2% 35	50.7% 37
This year and past years	16.7% 1	14.9% 10	15.1% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 67	73