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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. -- Worked at parish social event(s)

	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	76	19.9%	19.9%	-.73
Past years, not this	212	55.5%	75.4%	-.51
This year and past years	94	24.6%	100%	1.74

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	14.3% 3	20.5% 38	20.8% 21	20.0% 14	19.9% 76
Past years, not this	80.0% 4	76.2% 16	53.0% 98	52.5% 53	58.6% 41	55.5% 212
This year and past years	20.0% 1	9.5% 2	26.5% 49	26.7% 27	21.4% 15	24.6% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 21	100.0% 185	100.0% 101	100.0% 70	382

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	22.5% 57	14.7% 19	19.9% 76
Past years, not this	53.4% 135	59.7% 77	55.5% 212
This year and past years	24.1% 61	25.6% 33	24.6% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 253	100.0% 129	382

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	4.5% 1	20.3% 62	10.0% 2	32.4% 11	19.9% 76
Past years, not this	59.1% 13	56.7% 173	50.0% 10	44.1% 15	55.4% 211
This year and past years	36.4% 8	23.0% 70	40.0% 8	23.5% 8	24.7% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 305	100.0% 20	100.0% 34	381

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	19.7% 68	22.2% 8	19.9% 76
Past years, not this	55.4% 191	55.6% 20	55.4% 211
This year and past years	24.9% 86	22.2% 8	24.7% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 36	381

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	24.1% 14	11.5% 3	20.4% 20	17.2% 17	21.8% 22	19.9% 76
Past years, not this	51.7% 30	65.4% 17	54.1% 53	58.6% 58	53.5% 54	55.5% 212
This year and past years	24.1% 14	23.1% 6	25.5% 25	24.2% 24	24.8% 25	24.6% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 26	100.0% 98	100.0% 99	100.0% 101	382

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	19.4% 7	24.2% 15	18.6% 22	19.2% 20	20.4% 10	20.1% 74
Past years, not this	52.8% 19	38.7% 24	51.7% 61	68.3% 71	59.2% 29	55.3% 204
This year and past years	27.8% 10	37.1% 23	29.7% 35	12.5% 13	20.4% 10	24.7% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 62	100.0% 118	100.0% 104	100.0% 49	369

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	19.7% 24	21.2% 24	24.0% 6	11.8% 4	19.7% 58
Past years, not this	59.0% 72	54.0% 61	48.0% 12	61.8% 21	56.5% 166
This year and past years	21.3% 26	24.8% 28	28.0% 7	26.5% 9	23.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 122	100.0% 113	100.0% 25	100.0% 34	294

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	35.0% 7	18.3% 51	19.4% 58
Past years, not this	50.0% 10	57.0% 159	56.5% 169
This year and past years	15.0% 3	24.7% 69	24.1% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 279	299