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

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ISSUE6 Listed below are possible issues or problems facing religious education today. You are asked to rate each possible issue or problem in terms of its seriousness or importance. -- Need for top-quality text and video materials at the youth and adult levels   1) Very serious   2) Serious   3) Not really serious   4) Not an issue or problem at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	26	13.7%	13.7%	-1.7
Serious	70	36.8%	50.5%	-.54
Not really serious	73	38.4%	88.9%	.62
Not an issue or problem at all	21	11.1%	100%	1.77

Variable Comparisons

Tenure Vocation Education Number of students

Tenure (I-TENURE)

	Less than two years	2-4 years	5-10 years	Over 10 years	TOTAL
Very serious	0.0% 0	23.5% 12	14.5% 10	10.0% 4	13.7% 26
Serious	40.0% 12	35.3% 18	37.7% 26	35.0% 14	36.8% 70
Not really serious	50.0% 15	33.3% 17	34.8% 24	42.5% 17	38.4% 73
Not an issue or problem at all	10.0% 3	7.8% 4	13.0% 9	12.5% 5	11.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 51	100.0% 69	100.0% 40	190

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	17.9% 5	33.3% 1	8.1% 6	17.1% 6	16.3% 8	13.8% 26
Serious	39.3% 11	66.7% 2	43.2% 32	28.6% 10	30.6% 15	37.0% 70
Not really serious	39.3% 11	0.0% 0	36.5% 27	40.0% 14	40.8% 20	38.1% 72
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	12.2% 9	14.3% 5	12.2% 6	11.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 74	100.0% 35	100.0% 49	189

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	10.9% 15	18.8% 9	12.9% 24
Serious	34.8% 48	45.8% 22	37.6% 70
Not really serious	41.3% 57	31.3% 15	38.7% 72
Not an issue or problem at all	13.0% 18	4.2% 2	10.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 48	186

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	15.9% 7	15.6% 5	18.5% 5	12.5% 2	7.9% 3	14.0% 22
Serious	27.3% 12	43.8% 14	44.4% 12	50.0% 8	36.8% 14	38.2% 60
Not really serious	47.7% 21	31.3% 10	29.6% 8	18.8% 3	47.4% 18	38.2% 60
Not an issue or problem at all	9.1% 4	9.4% 3	7.4% 2	18.8% 3	7.9% 3	9.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	157