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

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ISSUE9 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. -- The absence of market incentives for publishers to develop quality materials for Hispanic and multicultural programs   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	45	24.1%	24.1%	-1.29
Serious	105	56.1%	80.2%	-.02
Not really serious	26	13.9%	94.1%	1.25
Not an issue or problem at all	11	5.9%	100%	2.52

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	23.3% 7	24.0% 12	23.5% 16	25.6% 10	24.1% 45
Serious	46.7% 14	58.0% 29	58.8% 40	56.4% 22	56.1% 105
Not really serious	13.3% 4	14.0% 7	14.7% 10	12.8% 5	13.9% 26
Not an issue or problem at all	16.7% 5	4.0% 2	2.9% 2	5.1% 2	5.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 50	100.0% 68	100.0% 39	187

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	21.4% 6	66.7% 2	20.0% 15	23.5% 8	30.4% 14	24.2% 45
Serious	60.7% 17	0.0% 0	62.7% 47	47.1% 16	54.3% 25	56.5% 105
Not really serious	10.7% 3	33.3% 1	13.3% 10	23.5% 8	6.5% 3	13.4% 25
Not an issue or problem at all	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 3	5.9% 2	8.7% 4	5.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 75	100.0% 34	100.0% 46	186

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	25.0% 34	21.3% 10	24.0% 44
Serious	58.8% 80	51.1% 24	56.8% 104
Not really serious	12.5% 17	17.0% 8	13.7% 25
Not an issue or problem at all	3.7% 5	10.6% 5	5.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 47	183

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	27.7% 13	19.4% 6	19.2% 5	25.0% 4	21.1% 8	22.8% 36
Serious	46.8% 22	61.3% 19	61.5% 16	50.0% 8	60.5% 23	55.7% 88
Not really serious	17.0% 8	16.1% 5	19.2% 5	12.5% 2	13.2% 5	15.8% 25
Not an issue or problem at all	8.5% 4	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 2	5.3% 2	5.7% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 31	100.0% 26	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	158