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

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NFBOOKS During the past year, how many nonfiction books or serious articles have you read?   1) 1-3   2) 4-8   3) 9-15   4) Over 15

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
1-3	218	29.4%	29.4%	-1.23
4-8	174	23.5%	52.8%	-.42
9-15	98	13.2%	66%	.39
Over 15	252	34%	100%	1.2

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Marital status Race Education Household income Region Language of interview

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
1-3	30.0% 3	23.9% 11	22.4% 81	32.8% 62	44.9% 61	29.4% 218
4-8	40.0% 4	30.4% 14	24.4% 88	21.7% 41	19.9% 27	23.5% 174
9-15	10.0% 1	8.7% 4	15.8% 57	13.2% 25	8.1% 11	13.2% 98
Over 15	20.0% 2	37.0% 17	37.4% 135	32.3% 61	27.2% 37	34.0% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 361	100.0% 189	100.0% 136	742

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
1-3	24.4% 114	38.0% 104	29.4% 218
4-8	24.8% 116	21.2% 58	23.5% 174
9-15	14.1% 66	11.7% 32	13.2% 98
Over 15	36.8% 172	29.2% 80	34.0% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 468	100.0% 274	742

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
1-3	25.5% 12	28.2% 167	24.4% 11	47.4% 27	29.3% 217
4-8	29.8% 14	23.8% 141	26.7% 12	12.3% 7	23.5% 174
9-15	12.8% 6	13.3% 79	13.3% 6	12.3% 7	13.2% 98
Over 15	31.9% 15	34.6% 205	35.6% 16	28.1% 16	34.0% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 592	100.0% 45	100.0% 57	741

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
1-3	29.7% 199	26.1% 18	29.4% 217
4-8	22.8% 153	29.0% 20	23.4% 173
9-15	13.3% 89	13.0% 9	13.3% 98
Over 15	34.2% 229	31.9% 22	34.0% 251
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 69	739

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
1-3	14.3% 16	16.7% 9	27.8% 49	30.4% 59	41.2% 84	29.3% 217
4-8	17.0% 19	16.7% 9	27.3% 48	22.2% 43	26.5% 54	23.4% 173
9-15	14.3% 16	16.7% 9	11.9% 21	16.0% 31	10.3% 21	13.2% 98
Over 15	54.5% 61	50.0% 27	33.0% 58	31.4% 61	22.1% 45	34.1% 252
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 54	100.0% 176	100.0% 194	100.0% 204	740

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
1-3	24.2% 16	24.8% 29	26.1% 62	29.6% 58	44.7% 46	29.3% 211
4-8	15.2% 10	22.2% 26	26.1% 62	23.5% 46	20.4% 21	22.9% 165
9-15	18.2% 12	12.8% 15	12.2% 29	15.3% 30	9.7% 10	13.3% 96
Over 15	42.4% 28	40.2% 47	35.7% 85	31.6% 62	25.2% 26	34.4% 248
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 117	100.0% 238	100.0% 196	100.0% 103	720

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
1-3	33.5% 81	23.2% 48	34.4% 21	23.2% 13	28.8% 163
4-8	23.1% 56	21.3% 44	18.0% 11	35.7% 20	23.1% 131
9-15	12.8% 31	15.5% 32	4.9% 3	14.3% 8	13.1% 74
Over 15	30.6% 74	40.1% 83	42.6% 26	26.8% 15	35.0% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 207	100.0% 61	100.0% 56	566

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
1-3	31.6% 18	28.3% 149	28.6% 167
4-8	24.6% 14	23.5% 124	23.6% 138
9-15	15.8% 9	12.1% 64	12.5% 73
Over 15	28.1% 16	36.1% 190	35.3% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 527	584