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

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ISSUE11 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 development of secure and financially viable careers for lay persons in Church ministry   1) Very serious   2) Serious   3) Not really serious

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	120	60.9%	60.9%	-.74
Serious	65	33%	93.9%	.9
Not really serious	12	6.1%	100%	2.54

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	58.1% 18	67.3% 35	60.6% 43	54.8% 23	60.7% 119
Serious	35.5% 11	26.9% 14	33.8% 24	38.1% 16	33.2% 65
Not really serious	6.5% 2	5.8% 3	5.6% 4	7.1% 3	6.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 52	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	196

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	46.4% 13	100.0% 4	59.5% 47	61.1% 22	69.4% 34	61.2% 120
Serious	42.9% 12	0.0% 0	34.2% 27	36.1% 13	26.5% 13	33.2% 65
Not really serious	10.7% 3	0.0% 0	6.3% 5	2.8% 1	4.1% 2	5.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	196

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	63.6% 89	56.6% 30	61.7% 119
Serious	30.7% 43	39.6% 21	33.2% 64
Not really serious	5.7% 8	3.8% 2	5.2% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 53	193

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	53.1% 26	62.5% 20	75.0% 21	81.3% 13	44.7% 17	59.5% 97
Serious	36.7% 18	37.5% 12	17.9% 5	18.8% 3	50.0% 19	35.0% 57
Not really serious	10.2% 5	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	5.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	163