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

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ISSUE18 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 need for more and better research in religious education   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	50	25.4%	25.4%	-1.31
Serious	95	48.2%	73.6%	-.06
Not really serious	44	22.3%	95.9%	1.19
Not an issue or problem at all	8	4.1%	100%	2.44

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	32.7% 17	21.1% 15	28.6% 12	25.5% 50
Serious	38.7% 12	50.0% 26	49.3% 35	52.4% 22	48.5% 95
Not really serious	41.9% 13	11.5% 6	26.8% 19	11.9% 5	21.9% 43
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	5.8% 3	2.8% 2	7.1% 3	4.1% 8
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	25.0% 7	25.0% 1	22.8% 18	30.6% 11	24.5% 12	25.0% 49
Serious	39.3% 11	50.0% 2	51.9% 41	55.6% 20	42.9% 21	48.5% 95
Not really serious	25.0% 7	0.0% 0	21.5% 17	13.9% 5	30.6% 15	22.4% 44
Not an issue or problem at all	10.7% 3	25.0% 1	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	4.1% 8
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	30.0% 42	9.4% 5	24.4% 47
Serious	44.3% 62	62.3% 33	49.2% 95
Not really serious	20.0% 28	28.3% 15	22.3% 43
Not an issue or problem at all	5.7% 8	0.0% 0	4.1% 8
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	18.4% 9	25.0% 8	21.4% 6	56.3% 9	21.1% 8	24.5% 40
Serious	51.0% 25	50.0% 16	39.3% 11	31.3% 5	57.9% 22	48.5% 79
Not really serious	22.4% 11	25.0% 8	28.6% 8	6.3% 1	21.1% 8	22.1% 36
Not an issue or problem at all	8.2% 4	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.9% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	163