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

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SOURCE7

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." -- Going to Catholic school

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not apply	249	35%	35%	-.95
Very much	268	37.6%	72.6%	-.13
Somewhat	97	13.6%	86.2%	.68
Very little	28	3.9%	90.2%	1.5
Not at all	70	9.8%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years	25-29 years	30-49 years	50-64 years	65 and older	TOTAL
Not apply	60.0% 6	42.2% 19	28.5% 103	37.5% 69	46.8% 52	35.0% 249
Very much	10.0% 1	37.8% 17	39.8% 144	40.2% 74	28.8% 32	37.6% 268
Somewhat	20.0% 2	4.4% 2	16.6% 60	12.0% 22	9.9% 11	13.6% 97
Very little	10.0% 1	2.2% 1	4.7% 17	2.7% 5	3.6% 4	3.9% 28
Not at all	0.0% 0	13.3% 6	10.5% 38	7.6% 14	10.8% 12	9.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 45	100.0% 362	100.0% 184	100.0% 111	712

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Not apply	33.9% 150	36.7% 99	35.0% 249
Very much	37.1% 164	38.5% 104	37.6% 268
Somewhat	14.5% 64	12.2% 33	13.6% 97
Very little	5.0% 22	2.2% 6	3.9% 28
Not at all	9.5% 42	10.4% 28	9.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 442	100.0% 270	712

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Divorced/Separated	Widow/Widower	TOTAL
Not apply	36.4% 16	31.9% 182	39.1% 18	64.0% 32	34.9% 248
Very much	34.1% 15	39.8% 227	32.6% 15	22.0% 11	37.7% 268
Somewhat	15.9% 7	14.9% 85	6.5% 3	4.0% 2	13.6% 97
Very little	6.8% 3	3.3% 19	8.7% 4	4.0% 2	3.9% 28
Not at all	6.8% 3	10.2% 58	13.0% 6	6.0% 3	9.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 571	100.0% 46	100.0% 50	711

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Not apply	33.4% 216	52.4% 33	35.1% 249
Very much	39.2% 253	23.8% 15	37.8% 268
Somewhat	13.6% 88	9.5% 6	13.3% 94
Very little	4.2% 27	1.6% 1	3.9% 28
Not at all	9.6% 62	12.7% 8	9.9% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 63	709

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	No HS grad	HS grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl.	TOTAL
Not apply	21.6% 24	23.6% 13	28.5% 49	40.3% 77	46.7% 85	34.9% 248
Very much	49.5% 55	49.1% 27	40.7% 70	36.1% 69	25.8% 47	37.7% 268
Somewhat	14.4% 16	12.7% 7	16.9% 29	12.6% 24	11.5% 21	13.6% 97
Very little	5.4% 6	3.6% 2	4.1% 7	3.1% 6	3.8% 7	3.9% 28
Not at all	9.0% 10	10.9% 6	9.9% 17	7.9% 15	12.1% 22	9.8% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 55	100.0% 172	100.0% 191	100.0% 182	711

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 15K	15K-24,999	35K-39,999	40K-59,999	60K & up	TOTAL
Not apply	18.5% 12	28.2% 33	31.6% 74	38.6% 73	56.8% 50	34.9% 242
Very much	46.2% 30	45.3% 53	43.2% 101	35.4% 67	11.4% 10	37.7% 261
Somewhat	18.5% 12	15.4% 18	13.7% 32	11.1% 21	13.6% 12	13.7% 95
Very little	4.6% 3	2.6% 3	3.4% 8	3.7% 7	8.0% 7	4.0% 28
Not at all	12.3% 8	8.5% 10	8.1% 19	11.1% 21	10.2% 9	9.7% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 117	100.0% 234	100.0% 189	100.0% 88	693

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Not apply	35.7% 81	34.7% 68	36.1% 22	24.1% 13	34.2% 184
Very much	36.1% 82	40.8% 80	34.4% 21	50.0% 27	39.0% 210
Somewhat	15.9% 36	16.3% 32	6.6% 4	14.8% 8	14.9% 80
Very little	3.5% 8	1.0% 2	6.6% 4	3.7% 2	3.0% 16
Not at all	8.8% 20	7.1% 14	16.4% 10	7.4% 4	8.9% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 227	100.0% 196	100.0% 61	100.0% 54	538

Language of interview (I-LANGUAGE)

	Other languages spoken at home	Only English spoken at home	TOTAL
Not apply	44.2% 23	33.2% 166	34.2% 189
Very much	28.8% 15	39.6% 198	38.6% 213
Somewhat	9.6% 5	15.4% 77	14.9% 82
Very little	3.8% 2	3.4% 17	3.4% 19
Not at all	13.5% 7	8.4% 42	8.9% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 500	552