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

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SOURCE2

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." -- Private prayer/reflection

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	56	7.4%	7.4%	-1.78
Very much	397	52.6%	60%	-.54
Somewhat	231	30.6%	90.6%	.7
Very little	58	7.7%	98.3%	1.93
Not at all	13	1.7%	100%	3.17

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	4.3% 2	3.8% 14	9.4% 18	15.9% 22	7.4% 56
Very much	50.0% 5	41.3% 19	52.2% 193	53.9% 103	55.8% 77	52.6% 397
Somewhat	50.0% 5	41.3% 19	33.8% 125	28.8% 55	19.6% 27	30.6% 231
Very little	0.0% 0	13.0% 6	8.1% 30	7.3% 14	5.8% 8	7.7% 58
Not at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8	0.5% 1	2.9% 4	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 370	100.0% 191	100.0% 138	755

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	5.5% 26	10.7% 30	7.4% 56
Very much	59.2% 281	41.4% 116	52.6% 397
Somewhat	28.8% 137	33.6% 94	30.6% 231
Very little	5.3% 25	11.8% 33	7.7% 58
Not at all	1.3% 6	2.5% 7	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 280	755

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	6.4% 3	6.8% 41	4.3% 2	15.3% 9	7.3% 55
Very much	48.9% 23	51.2% 308	53.2% 25	69.5% 41	52.7% 397
Somewhat	36.2% 17	31.6% 190	34.0% 16	13.6% 8	30.6% 231
Very little	6.4% 3	8.7% 52	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	7.7% 58
Not at all	2.1% 1	1.7% 10	2.1% 1	1.7% 1	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 601	100.0% 47	100.0% 59	754

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	7.5% 51	5.6% 4	7.3% 55
Very much	51.4% 350	64.8% 46	52.7% 396
Somewhat	31.6% 215	21.1% 15	30.6% 230
Very little	7.8% 53	7.0% 5	7.7% 58
Not at all	1.8% 12	1.4% 1	1.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 681	100.0% 71	752

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	7.1% 8	5.4% 3	6.3% 11	7.0% 14	9.6% 20	7.4% 56
Very much	51.8% 58	48.2% 27	46.6% 82	55.2% 111	57.2% 119	52.7% 397
Somewhat	32.1% 36	33.9% 19	36.4% 64	27.9% 56	26.4% 55	30.5% 230
Very little	8.0% 9	8.9% 5	9.7% 17	9.0% 18	4.3% 9	7.7% 58
Not at all	0.9% 1	3.6% 2	1.1% 2	1.0% 2	2.4% 5	1.6% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 201	100.0% 208	753

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	7.7% 5	8.5% 10	5.0% 12	8.9% 18	7.5% 8	7.3% 53
Very much	44.6% 29	51.7% 61	52.1% 125	50.0% 101	64.2% 68	52.5% 384
Somewhat	38.5% 25	29.7% 35	32.9% 79	32.2% 65	18.9% 20	30.6% 224
Very little	9.2% 6	6.8% 8	8.8% 21	7.4% 15	6.6% 7	7.8% 57
Not at all	0.0% 0	3.4% 4	1.3% 3	1.5% 3	2.8% 3	1.8% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 118	100.0% 240	100.0% 202	100.0% 106	731

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	6.6% 16	8.6% 18	3.2% 2	12.5% 7	7.5% 43
Very much	50.4% 122	53.3% 112	58.1% 36	69.6% 39	54.2% 309
Somewhat	34.3% 83	30.0% 63	27.4% 17	12.5% 7	29.8% 170
Very little	6.6% 16	8.1% 17	9.7% 6	3.6% 2	7.2% 41
Not at all	2.1% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.8% 1	1.2% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 242	100.0% 210	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	570

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	7.3% 4	7.3% 39	7.3% 43
Very much	56.4% 31	54.2% 288	54.4% 319
Somewhat	27.3% 15	29.9% 159	29.7% 174
Very little	7.3% 4	7.2% 38	7.2% 42
Not at all	1.8% 1	1.3% 7	1.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 531	586