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

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ISSUE12 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. -- Selection of diocesan educational leaders without regard to their theological qualifications   1) Very serious   2) Serious   3) Not really serious   4) Not an issue or problem at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	40	20.5%	20.5%	-1.46
Serious	63	32.3%	52.8%	-.42
Not really serious	66	33.8%	86.7%	.63
Not an issue or problem at all	26	13.3%	100%	1.67

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	19.4% 6	21.6% 11	25.7% 18	11.9% 5	20.6% 40
Serious	22.6% 7	27.5% 14	28.6% 20	50.0% 21	32.0% 62
Not really serious	48.4% 15	23.5% 12	38.6% 27	28.6% 12	34.0% 66
Not an issue or problem at all	9.7% 3	27.5% 14	7.1% 5	9.5% 4	13.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 70	100.0% 42	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	17.9% 5	25.0% 1	21.8% 17	17.1% 6	20.4% 10	20.1% 39
Serious	21.4% 6	25.0% 1	33.3% 26	37.1% 13	34.7% 17	32.5% 63
Not really serious	35.7% 10	25.0% 1	37.2% 29	34.3% 12	28.6% 14	34.0% 66
Not an issue or problem at all	25.0% 7	25.0% 1	7.7% 6	11.4% 4	16.3% 8	13.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 78	100.0% 35	100.0% 49	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	21.0% 29	20.8% 11	20.9% 40
Serious	32.6% 45	30.2% 16	31.9% 61
Not really serious	31.9% 44	39.6% 21	34.0% 65
Not an issue or problem at all	14.5% 20	9.4% 5	13.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	16.3% 8	34.4% 11	0.0% 0	37.5% 6	21.6% 8	20.5% 33
Serious	26.5% 13	28.1% 9	44.4% 12	31.3% 5	24.3% 9	29.8% 48
Not really serious	40.8% 20	28.1% 9	40.7% 11	25.0% 4	37.8% 14	36.0% 58
Not an issue or problem at all	16.3% 8	9.4% 3	14.8% 4	6.3% 1	16.2% 6	13.7% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	161