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

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SOURCE3

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." -- Discussion with family/friends

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	61	8.2%	8.2%	-1.91
Very much	222	29.7%	37.8%	-.82
Somewhat	330	44.1%	82%	.27
Very little	110	14.7%	96.7%	1.36
Not at all	25	3.3%	100%	2.44

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	2.2% 1	4.6% 17	8.4% 16	20.1% 27	8.2% 61
Very much	50.0% 5	34.8% 16	31.8% 117	26.3% 50	25.4% 34	29.7% 222
Somewhat	50.0% 5	43.5% 20	45.9% 169	46.3% 88	35.8% 48	44.1% 330
Very little	0.0% 0	19.6% 9	14.7% 54	14.7% 28	14.2% 19	14.7% 110
Not at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 11	4.2% 8	4.5% 6	3.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 368	100.0% 190	100.0% 134	748

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	6.6% 31	10.7% 30	8.2% 61
Very much	34.0% 159	22.5% 63	29.7% 222
Somewhat	44.2% 207	43.9% 123	44.1% 330
Very little	12.6% 59	18.2% 51	14.7% 110
Not at all	2.6% 12	4.6% 13	3.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 468	100.0% 280	748

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	10.6% 5	7.0% 42	4.3% 2	22.2% 12	8.2% 61
Very much	40.4% 19	29.0% 174	30.4% 14	27.8% 15	29.7% 222
Somewhat	21.3% 10	46.5% 279	47.8% 22	35.2% 19	44.2% 330
Very little	17.0% 8	14.5% 87	13.0% 6	14.8% 8	14.6% 109
Not at all	10.6% 5	3.0% 18	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 600	100.0% 46	100.0% 54	747

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	8.6% 58	2.9% 2	8.1% 60
Very much	29.0% 196	37.7% 26	29.8% 222
Somewhat	44.1% 298	44.9% 31	44.2% 329
Very little	15.2% 103	8.7% 6	14.6% 109
Not at all	3.1% 21	5.8% 4	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 676	100.0% 69	745

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	5.4% 6	5.4% 3	6.3% 11	7.6% 15	12.7% 26	8.2% 61
Very much	25.9% 29	30.4% 17	31.3% 55	33.8% 67	26.3% 54	29.7% 222
Somewhat	57.1% 64	42.9% 24	42.6% 75	42.4% 84	40.0% 82	44.0% 329
Very little	10.7% 12	12.5% 7	15.3% 27	14.1% 28	17.6% 36	14.7% 110
Not at all	0.9% 1	8.9% 5	4.5% 8	2.0% 4	3.4% 7	3.3% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 56	100.0% 176	100.0% 198	100.0% 205	747

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	3.1% 2	5.1% 6	8.3% 20	8.9% 18	8.8% 9	7.6% 55
Very much	27.7% 18	33.1% 39	29.2% 70	27.2% 55	33.3% 34	29.7% 216
Somewhat	49.2% 32	49.2% 58	40.0% 96	48.0% 97	40.2% 41	44.6% 324
Very little	12.3% 8	11.0% 13	19.2% 46	12.9% 26	14.7% 15	14.9% 108
Not at all	7.7% 5	1.7% 2	3.3% 8	3.0% 6	2.9% 3	3.3% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 118	100.0% 240	100.0% 202	100.0% 102	727

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	7.5% 18	9.2% 19	4.8% 3	12.5% 7	8.3% 47
Very much	31.7% 76	31.6% 65	30.6% 19	30.4% 17	31.4% 177
Somewhat	41.3% 99	42.2% 87	45.2% 28	39.3% 22	41.8% 236
Very little	16.3% 39	15.5% 32	11.3% 7	14.3% 8	15.2% 86
Not at all	3.3% 8	1.5% 3	8.1% 5	3.6% 2	3.2% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 206	100.0% 62	100.0% 56	564

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	5.4% 3	8.6% 45	8.3% 48
Very much	37.5% 21	30.2% 158	30.9% 179
Somewhat	39.3% 22	42.9% 225	42.6% 247
Very little	10.7% 6	15.5% 81	15.0% 87
Not at all	7.1% 4	2.9% 15	3.3% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 56	100.0% 524	580