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

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ISSUE14 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. -- Absence of a national approach to the certification of catechists/religion teachers   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	29	14.9%	14.9%	-1.67
Serious	60	30.8%	45.6%	-.6
Not really serious	74	37.9%	83.6%	.47
Not an issue or problem at all	32	16.4%	100%	1.54

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	9.7% 3	25.5% 13	12.7% 9	9.8% 4	14.9% 29
Serious	25.8% 8	23.5% 12	38.0% 27	31.7% 13	30.9% 60
Not really serious	38.7% 12	39.2% 20	32.4% 23	46.3% 19	38.1% 74
Not an issue or problem at all	25.8% 8	11.8% 6	16.9% 12	12.2% 5	16.0% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 71	100.0% 41	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	17.9% 5	33.3% 1	13.9% 11	11.4% 4	16.3% 8	14.9% 29
Serious	21.4% 6	33.3% 1	38.0% 30	22.9% 8	28.6% 14	30.4% 59
Not really serious	50.0% 14	33.3% 1	30.4% 24	45.7% 16	38.8% 19	38.1% 74
Not an issue or problem at all	10.7% 3	0.0% 0	17.7% 14	20.0% 7	16.3% 8	16.5% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 79	100.0% 35	100.0% 49	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	12.2% 17	21.2% 11	14.7% 28
Serious	28.1% 39	38.5% 20	30.9% 59
Not really serious	43.2% 60	25.0% 13	38.2% 73
Not an issue or problem at all	16.5% 23	15.4% 8	16.2% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	16.7% 8	18.8% 6	17.9% 5	25.0% 4	10.5% 4	16.7% 27
Serious	37.5% 18	46.9% 15	21.4% 6	31.3% 5	21.1% 8	32.1% 52
Not really serious	29.2% 14	25.0% 8	46.4% 13	37.5% 6	50.0% 19	37.0% 60
Not an issue or problem at all	16.7% 8	9.4% 3	14.3% 4	6.3% 1	18.4% 7	14.2% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	162