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

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ISSUE15 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. -- An absence of clear goals/objectives for Catholic religious education at the various levels   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	31	15.8%	15.8%	-1.59
Serious	95	48.5%	64.3%	-.32
Not really serious	59	30.1%	94.4%	.94
Not an issue or problem at all	11	5.6%	100%	2.21

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	21.2% 11	15.7% 11	14.3% 6	15.9% 31
Serious	51.6% 16	57.7% 30	41.4% 29	45.2% 19	48.2% 94
Not really serious	38.7% 12	15.4% 8	35.7% 25	33.3% 14	30.3% 59
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	7.1% 5	7.1% 3	5.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 52	100.0% 70	100.0% 42	195

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	7.1% 2	50.0% 2	13.9% 11	17.1% 6	18.4% 9	15.4% 30
Serious	42.9% 12	0.0% 0	58.2% 46	37.1% 13	49.0% 24	48.7% 95
Not really serious	42.9% 12	50.0% 2	25.3% 20	37.1% 13	24.5% 12	30.3% 59
Not an issue or problem at all	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	8.6% 3	8.2% 4	5.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 79	100.0% 35	100.0% 49	195

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	12.9% 18	22.6% 12	15.6% 30
Serious	46.0% 64	52.8% 28	47.9% 92
Not really serious	35.3% 49	18.9% 10	30.7% 59
Not an issue or problem at all	5.8% 8	5.7% 3	5.7% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 53	192

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	20.4% 10	15.6% 5	14.3% 4	6.3% 1	15.8% 6	16.0% 26
Serious	46.9% 23	53.1% 17	46.4% 13	43.8% 7	47.4% 18	47.9% 78
Not really serious	28.6% 14	28.1% 9	32.1% 9	31.3% 5	34.2% 13	30.7% 50
Not an issue or problem at all	4.1% 2	3.1% 1	7.1% 2	18.8% 3	2.6% 1	5.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	163