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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. -- Lector or Eucharistic Minister

	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	49	27.2%	27.2%	-.83
Past years, not this	70	38.9%	66.1%	-.63
This year and past years	61	33.9%	100%	1.39

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	10.0% 1	26.1% 23	32.7% 16	28.1% 9	27.2% 49
Past years, not this	100.0% 1	50.0% 5	36.4% 32	34.7% 17	46.9% 15	38.9% 70
This year and past years	0.0% 0	40.0% 4	37.5% 33	32.7% 16	25.0% 8	33.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 10	100.0% 88	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	180

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
This year, not past	29.1% 34	23.8% 15	27.2% 49
Past years, not this	37.6% 44	41.3% 26	38.9% 70
This year and past years	33.3% 39	34.9% 22	33.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 63	180

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
This year, not past	12.5% 1	28.0% 42	12.5% 1	35.7% 5	27.2% 49
Past years, not this	50.0% 4	38.7% 58	25.0% 2	42.9% 6	38.9% 70
This year and past years	37.5% 3	33.3% 50	62.5% 5	21.4% 3	33.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 150	100.0% 8	100.0% 14	180

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
This year, not past	26.1% 42	41.2% 7	27.5% 49
Past years, not this	39.8% 64	23.5% 4	38.2% 68
This year and past years	34.2% 55	35.3% 6	34.3% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 17	178

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
This year, not past	26.1% 6	18.8% 3	24.5% 13	30.4% 14	31.0% 13	27.2% 49
Past years, not this	47.8% 11	31.3% 5	37.7% 20	39.1% 18	38.1% 16	38.9% 70
This year and past years	26.1% 6	50.0% 8	37.7% 20	30.4% 14	31.0% 13	33.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 16	100.0% 53	100.0% 46	100.0% 42	180

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
This year, not past	17.6% 3	26.9% 7	23.2% 13	33.3% 17	36.4% 8	27.9% 48
Past years, not this	41.2% 7	30.8% 8	35.7% 20	41.2% 21	50.0% 11	39.0% 67
This year and past years	41.2% 7	42.3% 11	41.1% 23	25.5% 13	13.6% 3	33.1% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 26	100.0% 56	100.0% 51	100.0% 22	172

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
This year, not past	22.0% 13	36.4% 16	31.3% 5	20.0% 3	27.6% 37
Past years, not this	47.5% 28	34.1% 15	37.5% 6	33.3% 5	40.3% 54
This year and past years	30.5% 18	29.5% 13	31.3% 5	46.7% 7	32.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 44	100.0% 16	100.0% 15	134

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
This year, not past	38.5% 5	26.4% 33	27.5% 38
Past years, not this	38.5% 5	40.8% 51	40.6% 56
This year and past years	23.1% 3	32.8% 41	31.9% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 125	138