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

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ISSUE17 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 absence of uniformity in religious education within and among dioceses   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	15	7.7%	7.7%	-2.11
Serious	55	28.1%	35.7%	-.88
Not really serious	96	49%	84.7%	.34
Not an issue or problem at all	30	15.3%	100%	1.57

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	10.0% 3	13.5% 7	7.0% 5	0.0% 0	7.7% 15
Serious	26.7% 8	26.9% 14	23.9% 17	35.7% 15	27.7% 54
Not really serious	43.3% 13	48.1% 25	54.9% 39	45.2% 19	49.2% 96
Not an issue or problem at all	20.0% 6	11.5% 6	14.1% 10	19.0% 8	15.4% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 52	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	195

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	7.7% 6	11.1% 4	6.1% 3	7.2% 14
Serious	42.9% 12	0.0% 0	28.2% 22	27.8% 10	22.4% 11	28.2% 55
Not really serious	35.7% 10	50.0% 2	51.3% 40	38.9% 14	61.2% 30	49.2% 96
Not an issue or problem at all	21.4% 6	25.0% 1	12.8% 10	22.2% 8	10.2% 5	15.4% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 78	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	195

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	6.5% 9	11.3% 6	7.8% 15
Serious	25.9% 36	30.2% 16	27.1% 52
Not really serious	48.9% 68	50.9% 27	49.5% 95
Not an issue or problem at all	18.7% 26	7.5% 4	15.6% 30
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	10.4% 5	3.1% 1	10.7% 3	6.3% 1	7.9% 3	8.0% 13
Serious	18.8% 9	28.1% 9	32.1% 9	18.8% 3	31.6% 12	25.9% 42
Not really serious	52.1% 25	59.4% 19	42.9% 12	62.5% 10	42.1% 16	50.6% 82
Not an issue or problem at all	18.8% 9	9.4% 3	14.3% 4	12.5% 2	18.4% 7	15.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	162