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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 in a parish fund-raising effort

	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	60	17.1%	17.1%	-.72
Past years, not this	212	60.4%	77.5%	-.48
This year and past years	79	22.5%	100%	1.85

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	5.9% 1	18.1% 32	18.1% 17	16.9% 10	17.1% 60
Past years, not this	75.0% 3	82.4% 14	57.6% 102	58.5% 55	64.4% 38	60.4% 212
This year and past years	25.0% 1	11.8% 2	24.3% 43	23.4% 22	18.6% 11	22.5% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 17	100.0% 177	100.0% 94	100.0% 59	351

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	21.0% 51	8.3% 9	17.1% 60
Past years, not this	56.4% 137	69.4% 75	60.4% 212
This year and past years	22.6% 55	22.2% 24	22.5% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 243	100.0% 108	351

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	16.7% 3	17.7% 50	13.0% 3	14.8% 4	17.1% 60
Past years, not this	50.0% 9	61.7% 174	65.2% 15	48.1% 13	60.3% 211
This year and past years	33.3% 6	20.6% 58	21.7% 5	37.0% 10	22.6% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 18	100.0% 282	100.0% 23	100.0% 27	350

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	17.2% 54	16.2% 6	17.1% 60
Past years, not this	60.5% 190	59.5% 22	60.4% 212
This year and past years	22.3% 70	24.3% 9	22.5% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 314	100.0% 37	351

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	20.0% 10	8.7% 2	19.3% 16	18.1% 17	14.9% 15	17.1% 60
Past years, not this	60.0% 30	73.9% 17	51.8% 43	59.6% 56	65.3% 66	60.4% 212
This year and past years	20.0% 10	17.4% 4	28.9% 24	22.3% 21	19.8% 20	22.5% 79
TOTAL	100.0% 50	100.0% 23	100.0% 83	100.0% 94	100.0% 101	351

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	15.2% 5	22.2% 12	15.8% 18	17.0% 16	14.6% 6	17.0% 57
Past years, not this	57.6% 19	44.4% 24	59.6% 68	70.2% 66	70.7% 29	61.3% 206
This year and past years	27.3% 9	33.3% 18	24.6% 28	12.8% 12	14.6% 6	21.7% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 54	100.0% 114	100.0% 94	100.0% 41	336

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	14.8% 17	25.5% 24	20.0% 5	6.5% 2	18.1% 48
Past years, not this	63.5% 73	55.3% 52	44.0% 11	71.0% 22	59.6% 158
This year and past years	21.7% 25	19.1% 18	36.0% 9	22.6% 7	22.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 94	100.0% 25	100.0% 31	265

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	22.7% 5	17.3% 43	17.7% 48
Past years, not this	59.1% 13	59.0% 147	59.0% 160
This year and past years	18.2% 4	23.7% 59	23.2% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 249	271