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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. -- Teacher or aide in a parish religious education program

	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	35	16.2%	16.2%	-.65
Past years, not this	146	67.6%	83.8%	-.39
This year and past years	35	16.2%	100%	2.26

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	50.0% 1	9.1% 1	25.7% 26	8.1% 5	5.0% 2	16.2% 35
Past years, not this	0.0% 0	81.8% 9	58.4% 59	77.4% 48	75.0% 30	67.6% 146
This year and past years	50.0% 1	9.1% 1	15.8% 16	14.5% 9	20.0% 8	16.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 11	100.0% 101	100.0% 62	100.0% 40	216

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	18.4% 28	10.9% 7	16.2% 35
Past years, not this	67.8% 103	67.2% 43	67.6% 146
This year and past years	13.8% 21	21.9% 14	16.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 64	216

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	25.0% 3	16.5% 29	21.4% 3	0.0% 0	16.2% 35
Past years, not this	41.7% 5	66.5% 117	71.4% 10	100.0% 14	67.6% 146
This year and past years	33.3% 4	17.0% 30	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	16.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 176	100.0% 14	100.0% 14	216

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	16.9% 33	9.5% 2	16.2% 35
Past years, not this	67.2% 131	71.4% 15	67.6% 146
This year and past years	15.9% 31	19.0% 4	16.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 21	216

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	23.1% 9	13.3% 2	12.2% 6	18.2% 10	13.8% 8	16.2% 35
Past years, not this	59.0% 23	66.7% 10	65.3% 32	74.5% 41	69.0% 40	67.6% 146
This year and past years	17.9% 7	20.0% 3	22.4% 11	7.3% 4	17.2% 10	16.2% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 15	100.0% 49	100.0% 55	100.0% 58	216

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	29.4% 5	7.9% 3	16.1% 10	12.7% 8	30.0% 9	16.7% 35
Past years, not this	64.7% 11	68.4% 26	61.3% 38	74.6% 47	63.3% 19	67.1% 141
This year and past years	5.9% 1	23.7% 9	22.6% 14	12.7% 8	6.7% 2	16.2% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 38	100.0% 62	100.0% 63	100.0% 30	210

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	18.8% 13	15.3% 9	16.7% 3	15.0% 3	16.9% 28
Past years, not this	69.6% 48	69.5% 41	66.7% 12	70.0% 14	69.3% 115
This year and past years	11.6% 8	15.3% 9	16.7% 3	15.0% 3	13.9% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 59	100.0% 18	100.0% 20	166

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	21.4% 3	15.9% 25	16.4% 28
Past years, not this	71.4% 10	68.2% 107	68.4% 117
This year and past years	7.1% 1	15.9% 25	15.2% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 157	171