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

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SOURCE1

Listed here are possible sources of your present understanding and views of your Catholic faith. Please evaluate each of these possible sources on how each has contributed to your present knowledge and understanding of your Faith. If you have not been involved with a possible source, check "not apply." -- Reading Bible/religious works

	1) Not apply
	2) Very much
	3) Somewhat
	4) Very little
	5) Not at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	138	18.5%	18.5%	-1.47
Very much	224	30.1%	48.6%	-.5
Somewhat	273	36.6%	85.2%	.47
Very little	83	11.1%	96.4%	1.44
Not at all	27	3.6%	100%	2.41

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Not apply	0.0% 0	13.0% 6	13.4% 49	22.3% 42	30.6% 41	18.5% 138
Very much	20.0% 2	15.2% 7	29.7% 109	33.5% 63	32.1% 43	30.1% 224
Somewhat	60.0% 6	50.0% 23	40.6% 149	30.3% 57	28.4% 38	36.6% 273
Very little	20.0% 2	19.6% 9	11.7% 43	11.2% 21	6.0% 8	11.1% 83
Not at all	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	4.6% 17	2.7% 5	3.0% 4	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 367	100.0% 188	100.0% 134	745

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	17.6% 82	20.0% 56	18.5% 138
Very much	32.0% 149	26.8% 75	30.1% 224
Somewhat	37.6% 175	35.0% 98	36.6% 273
Very little	9.9% 46	13.2% 37	11.1% 83
Not at all	2.8% 13	5.0% 14	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 465	100.0% 280	745

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	10.9% 5	18.0% 107	14.9% 7	33.3% 19	18.5% 138
Very much	32.6% 15	28.7% 171	31.9% 15	40.4% 23	30.1% 224
Somewhat	39.1% 18	38.5% 229	34.0% 16	17.5% 10	36.6% 273
Very little	15.2% 7	11.1% 66	14.9% 7	5.3% 3	11.1% 83
Not at all	2.2% 1	3.7% 22	4.3% 2	3.5% 2	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 595	100.0% 47	100.0% 57	745

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	19.2% 129	11.6% 8	18.5% 137
Very much	28.7% 193	43.5% 30	30.1% 223
Somewhat	37.6% 253	27.5% 19	36.7% 272
Very little	11.0% 74	13.0% 9	11.2% 83
Not at all	3.6% 24	4.3% 3	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 69	742

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	10.8% 12	12.5% 7	17.1% 30	18.7% 37	25.6% 52	18.6% 138
Very much	34.2% 38	26.8% 15	24.0% 42	34.8% 69	29.6% 60	30.1% 224
Somewhat	37.8% 42	50.0% 28	41.7% 73	33.8% 67	30.5% 62	36.6% 272
Very little	17.1% 19	5.4% 3	13.1% 23	9.6% 19	8.9% 18	11.0% 82
Not at all	0.0% 0	5.4% 3	4.0% 7	3.0% 6	5.4% 11	3.6% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 56	100.0% 175	100.0% 198	100.0% 203	743

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	20.3% 13	20.3% 24	17.6% 42	18.5% 37	12.9% 13	17.9% 129
Very much	34.4% 22	30.5% 36	27.6% 66	30.0% 60	35.6% 36	30.5% 220
Somewhat	32.8% 21	33.9% 40	41.0% 98	37.5% 75	33.7% 34	37.1% 268
Very little	9.4% 6	11.9% 14	10.0% 24	11.5% 23	11.9% 12	10.9% 79
Not at all	3.1% 2	3.4% 4	3.8% 9	2.5% 5	5.9% 6	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 118	100.0% 239	100.0% 200	100.0% 101	722

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	20.5% 48	19.7% 41	4.8% 3	19.6% 11	18.4% 103
Very much	32.5% 76	26.4% 55	43.5% 27	32.1% 18	31.4% 176
Somewhat	32.9% 77	38.9% 81	33.9% 21	35.7% 20	35.5% 199
Very little	10.7% 25	11.1% 23	12.9% 8	10.7% 6	11.1% 62
Not at all	3.4% 8	3.8% 8	4.8% 3	1.8% 1	3.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 208	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	560

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	13.2% 7	18.5% 97	18.1% 104
Very much	41.5% 22	30.0% 157	31.1% 179
Somewhat	28.3% 15	36.9% 193	36.1% 208
Very little	11.3% 6	11.1% 58	11.1% 64
Not at all	5.7% 3	3.4% 18	3.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 523	576