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

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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." -- Conversations with persons of faith

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	82	11.2%	11.2%	-1.75
Very much	215	29.5%	40.7%	-.71
Somewhat	307	42.1%	82.9%	.33
Very little	99	13.6%	96.4%	1.36
Not at all	26	3.6%	100%	2.4

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	8.7% 4	8.5% 31	11.3% 21	21.3% 26	11.2% 82
Very much	40.0% 4	30.4% 14	27.1% 99	31.7% 59	32.0% 39	29.5% 215
Somewhat	50.0% 5	37.0% 17	47.1% 172	39.8% 74	32.0% 39	42.1% 307
Very little	10.0% 1	19.6% 9	13.7% 50	12.9% 24	12.3% 15	13.6% 99
Not at all	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	3.6% 13	4.3% 8	2.5% 3	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 46	100.0% 365	100.0% 186	100.0% 122	729

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	10.3% 47	12.8% 35	11.2% 82
Very much	34.5% 157	21.2% 58	29.5% 215
Somewhat	40.4% 184	44.9% 123	42.1% 307
Very little	11.9% 54	16.4% 45	13.6% 99
Not at all	2.9% 13	4.7% 13	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 455	100.0% 274	729

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	17.4% 8	9.6% 56	8.9% 4	25.9% 14	11.3% 82
Very much	34.8% 16	28.3% 165	35.6% 16	33.3% 18	29.5% 215
Somewhat	37.0% 17	44.4% 259	33.3% 15	29.6% 16	42.2% 307
Very little	8.7% 4	13.9% 81	15.6% 7	11.1% 6	13.5% 98
Not at all	2.2% 1	3.8% 22	6.7% 3	0.0% 0	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 583	100.0% 45	100.0% 54	728

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	11.4% 75	8.7% 6	11.2% 81
Very much	29.7% 195	29.0% 20	29.6% 215
Somewhat	41.4% 272	49.3% 34	42.1% 306
Very little	14.0% 92	10.1% 7	13.6% 99
Not at all	3.5% 23	2.9% 2	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 657	100.0% 69	726

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	8.1% 9	16.4% 9	11.0% 19	10.8% 21	12.3% 24	11.3% 82
Very much	30.6% 34	27.3% 15	26.2% 45	31.8% 62	29.7% 58	29.4% 214
Somewhat	51.4% 57	40.0% 22	44.2% 76	36.9% 72	41.0% 80	42.2% 307
Very little	7.2% 8	12.7% 7	14.0% 24	16.4% 32	14.4% 28	13.6% 99
Not at all	2.7% 3	3.6% 2	4.7% 8	4.1% 8	2.6% 5	3.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 55	100.0% 172	100.0% 195	100.0% 195	728

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	9.4% 6	6.0% 7	13.2% 31	10.2% 20	12.2% 12	10.7% 76
Very much	21.9% 14	36.2% 42	25.1% 59	29.6% 58	36.7% 36	29.5% 209
Somewhat	51.6% 33	42.2% 49	44.3% 104	38.8% 76	40.8% 40	42.6% 302
Very little	10.9% 7	11.2% 13	12.8% 30	18.4% 36	10.2% 10	13.5% 96
Not at all	6.3% 4	4.3% 5	4.7% 11	3.1% 6	0.0% 0	3.7% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 116	100.0% 235	100.0% 196	100.0% 98	709

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	12.9% 30	11.9% 24	3.2% 2	12.7% 7	11.4% 63
Very much	27.2% 63	33.7% 68	38.7% 24	34.5% 19	31.6% 174
Somewhat	44.4% 103	36.6% 74	38.7% 24	41.8% 23	40.7% 224
Very little	12.1% 28	14.9% 30	14.5% 9	10.9% 6	13.2% 73
Not at all	3.4% 8	3.0% 6	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	3.1% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 232	100.0% 202	100.0% 62	100.0% 55	551

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	11.1% 6	11.1% 57	11.1% 63
Very much	40.7% 22	30.3% 155	31.3% 177
Somewhat	38.9% 21	41.0% 210	40.8% 231
Very little	7.4% 4	14.1% 72	13.4% 76
Not at all	1.9% 1	3.5% 18	3.4% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 512	566