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

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Please identify how many times you participated in or did each of the following during the past 12 months. -- Participated in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance or Confession)

	1) None
	2) Once
	3) 2-3
	4) 4-5
	5) 6 or more

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
None	336	49.9%	49.9%	-.8
Once	160	23.8%	73.7%	.08
2-3	114	16.9%	90.6%	.95
4-5	27	4%	94.7%	1.83
6 or more	36	5.3%	100%	2.7

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
None	50.0% 5	51.1% 23	52.9% 171	46.6% 83	46.2% 54	49.9% 336
Once	10.0% 1	37.8% 17	21.7% 70	26.4% 47	21.4% 25	23.8% 160
2-3	30.0% 3	8.9% 4	17.3% 56	15.7% 28	19.7% 23	16.9% 114
4-5	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 11	4.5% 8	6.0% 7	4.0% 27
6 or more	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	4.6% 15	6.7% 12	6.8% 8	5.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 323	100.0% 178	100.0% 117	673

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
None	49.2% 209	51.2% 127	49.9% 336
Once	23.8% 101	23.8% 59	23.8% 160
2-3	19.1% 81	13.3% 33	16.9% 114
4-5	3.8% 16	4.4% 11	4.0% 27
6 or more	4.2% 18	7.3% 18	5.3% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 248	673

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
None	51.2% 22	51.1% 274	53.7% 22	34.6% 18	50.0% 336
Once	14.0% 6	24.8% 133	14.6% 6	26.9% 14	23.7% 159
2-3	27.9% 12	14.9% 80	26.8% 11	21.2% 11	17.0% 114
4-5	4.7% 2	3.4% 18	2.4% 1	11.5% 6	4.0% 27
6 or more	2.3% 1	5.8% 31	2.4% 1	5.8% 3	5.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 536	100.0% 41	100.0% 52	672

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
None	50.6% 308	41.9% 26	49.8% 334
Once	24.5% 149	17.7% 11	23.8% 160
2-3	17.1% 104	16.1% 10	17.0% 114
4-5	3.4% 21	9.7% 6	4.0% 27
6 or more	4.4% 27	14.5% 9	5.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 609	100.0% 62	671

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
None	46.5% 46	42.6% 23	57.7% 94	52.0% 92	45.3% 81	50.0% 336
Once	23.2% 23	29.6% 16	24.5% 40	22.6% 40	22.9% 41	23.8% 160
2-3	24.2% 24	24.1% 13	10.4% 17	17.5% 31	15.6% 28	16.8% 113
4-5	3.0% 3	0.0% 0	4.9% 8	2.8% 5	6.1% 11	4.0% 27
6 or more	3.0% 3	3.7% 2	2.5% 4	5.1% 9	10.1% 18	5.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 54	100.0% 163	100.0% 177	100.0% 179	672

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
None	54.1% 33	50.5% 53	51.9% 112	47.3% 86	47.7% 42	50.0% 326
Once	23.0% 14	27.6% 29	24.1% 52	24.2% 44	19.3% 17	23.9% 156
2-3	14.8% 9	12.4% 13	16.2% 35	18.1% 33	19.3% 17	16.4% 107
4-5	1.6% 1	5.7% 6	3.7% 8	4.4% 8	4.5% 4	4.1% 27
6 or more	6.6% 4	3.8% 4	4.2% 9	6.0% 11	9.1% 8	5.5% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 61	100.0% 105	100.0% 216	100.0% 182	100.0% 88	652

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
None	50.9% 112	50.0% 91	38.6% 22	44.2% 23	48.5% 248
Once	22.7% 50	24.7% 45	19.3% 11	23.1% 12	23.1% 118
2-3	15.9% 35	17.6% 32	26.3% 15	25.0% 13	18.6% 95
4-5	4.1% 9	3.8% 7	8.8% 5	0.0% 0	4.1% 21
6 or more	6.4% 14	3.8% 7	7.0% 4	7.7% 4	5.7% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 182	100.0% 57	100.0% 52	511

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
None	36.7% 18	49.9% 237	48.7% 255
Once	24.5% 12	23.4% 111	23.5% 123
2-3	12.2% 6	18.7% 89	18.1% 95
4-5	10.2% 5	3.6% 17	4.2% 22
6 or more	16.3% 8	4.4% 21	5.5% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 475	524