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

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SOURCE6

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." -- Adult programs (study or discussion group)

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	282	39.8%	39.8%	-1
Very much	102	14.4%	54.2%	-.34
Somewhat	120	16.9%	71.1%	.32
Very little	85	12%	83.1%	.98
Not at all	120	16.9%	100%	1.63

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Not apply	40.0% 4	57.8% 26	35.7% 129	36.7% 66	50.4% 57	39.8% 282
Very much	10.0% 1	8.9% 4	12.2% 44	20.6% 37	14.2% 16	14.4% 102
Somewhat	40.0% 4	8.9% 4	18.0% 65	18.3% 33	12.4% 14	16.9% 120
Very little	10.0% 1	13.3% 6	13.3% 48	13.3% 24	5.3% 6	12.0% 85
Not at all	0.0% 0	11.1% 5	20.8% 75	11.1% 20	17.7% 20	16.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 361	100.0% 180	100.0% 113	709

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	40.6% 179	38.4% 103	39.8% 282
Very much	17.5% 77	9.3% 25	14.4% 102
Somewhat	17.5% 77	16.0% 43	16.9% 120
Very little	10.0% 44	15.3% 41	12.0% 85
Not at all	14.5% 64	20.9% 56	16.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 268	709

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	43.5% 20	37.7% 214	43.5% 20	56.3% 27	39.7% 281
Very much	10.9% 5	14.3% 81	17.4% 8	16.7% 8	14.4% 102
Somewhat	28.3% 13	15.5% 88	26.1% 12	14.6% 7	16.9% 120
Very little	4.3% 2	13.7% 78	4.3% 2	6.3% 3	12.0% 85
Not at all	13.0% 6	18.8% 107	8.7% 4	6.3% 3	16.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 568	100.0% 46	100.0% 48	708

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	40.3% 259	31.7% 20	39.5% 279
Very much	13.8% 89	20.6% 13	14.4% 102
Somewhat	16.8% 108	19.0% 12	17.0% 120
Very little	11.8% 76	14.3% 9	12.0% 85
Not at all	17.3% 111	14.3% 9	17.0% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 63	706

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	29.7% 33	32.7% 18	42.3% 71	40.5% 77	45.1% 83	39.8% 282
Very much	13.5% 15	14.5% 8	13.7% 23	16.3% 31	13.0% 24	14.3% 101
Somewhat	17.1% 19	16.4% 9	17.9% 30	18.4% 35	14.7% 27	16.9% 120
Very little	22.5% 25	12.7% 7	8.9% 15	10.5% 20	9.8% 18	12.0% 85
Not at all	17.1% 19	23.6% 13	17.3% 29	14.2% 27	17.4% 32	16.9% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 55	100.0% 168	100.0% 190	100.0% 184	708

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	33.8% 22	28.7% 33	44.3% 102	42.4% 81	40.9% 36	39.8% 274
Very much	16.9% 11	16.5% 19	11.3% 26	14.1% 27	20.5% 18	14.7% 101
Somewhat	15.4% 10	22.6% 26	13.9% 32	17.8% 34	15.9% 14	16.8% 116
Very little	9.2% 6	13.0% 15	12.2% 28	12.0% 23	11.4% 10	11.9% 82
Not at all	24.6% 16	19.1% 22	18.3% 42	13.6% 26	11.4% 10	16.8% 116
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 115	100.0% 230	100.0% 191	100.0% 88	689

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	42.9% 97	39.5% 77	19.7% 12	38.9% 21	38.6% 207
Very much	12.8% 29	14.9% 29	27.9% 17	11.1% 6	15.1% 81
Somewhat	14.6% 33	21.0% 41	21.3% 13	18.5% 10	18.1% 97
Very little	12.8% 29	12.8% 25	8.2% 5	18.5% 10	12.9% 69
Not at all	16.8% 38	11.8% 23	23.0% 14	13.0% 7	15.3% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 226	100.0% 195	100.0% 61	100.0% 54	536

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	25.5% 13	39.9% 199	38.5% 212
Very much	25.5% 13	13.8% 69	14.9% 82
Somewhat	17.6% 9	18.4% 92	18.4% 101
Very little	19.6% 10	12.2% 61	12.9% 71
Not at all	11.8% 6	15.6% 78	15.3% 84
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 499	550