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

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ISSUE10 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. -- Inadequate recognition of value conflicts experienced by language-minority families and children   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	38	20.4%	20.4%	-1.45
Serious	112	60.2%	80.6%	-.03
Not really serious	30	16.1%	96.8%	1.39
Not an issue or problem at all	6	3.2%	100%	2.81

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	13.8% 4	22.0% 11	22.7% 15	20.0% 8	20.5% 38
Serious	48.3% 14	68.0% 34	62.1% 41	55.0% 22	60.0% 111
Not really serious	27.6% 8	10.0% 5	12.1% 8	22.5% 9	16.2% 30
Not an issue or problem at all	10.3% 3	0.0% 0	3.0% 2	2.5% 1	3.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 50	100.0% 66	100.0% 40	185

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	14.3% 4	33.3% 1	22.4% 17	8.8% 3	27.3% 12	20.0% 37
Serious	64.3% 18	33.3% 1	67.1% 51	50.0% 17	56.8% 25	60.5% 112
Not really serious	21.4% 6	33.3% 1	6.6% 5	38.2% 13	11.4% 5	16.2% 30
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	2.9% 1	4.5% 2	3.2% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 76	100.0% 34	100.0% 44	185

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	21.6% 29	16.7% 8	20.3% 37
Serious	60.4% 81	64.6% 31	61.5% 112
Not really serious	16.4% 22	12.5% 6	15.4% 28
Not an issue or problem at all	1.5% 2	6.3% 3	2.7% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 48	182

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	25.5% 12	16.1% 5	14.8% 4	25.0% 4	13.2% 5	18.9% 30
Serious	53.2% 25	61.3% 19	63.0% 17	68.8% 11	68.4% 26	61.6% 98
Not really serious	14.9% 7	19.4% 6	18.5% 5	6.3% 1	18.4% 7	16.4% 26
Not an issue or problem at all	6.4% 3	3.2% 1	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 31	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	159