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

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ISSUE19 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 assessment tools and processes to evaluate local programs   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	48	24.4%	24.4%	-1.34
Serious	104	52.8%	77.2%	-.03
Not really serious	38	19.3%	96.4%	1.29
Not an issue or problem at all	7	3.6%	100%	2.6

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	34.6% 18	19.7% 14	31.0% 13	24.5% 48
Serious	58.1% 18	51.9% 27	53.5% 38	50.0% 21	53.1% 104
Not really serious	32.3% 10	13.5% 7	19.7% 14	14.3% 6	18.9% 37
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.0% 5	4.8% 2	3.6% 7
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	39.3% 11	25.0% 1	22.8% 18	16.7% 6	24.5% 12	24.5% 48
Serious	25.0% 7	50.0% 2	57.0% 45	75.0% 27	44.9% 22	52.6% 103
Not really serious	28.6% 8	25.0% 1	15.2% 12	8.3% 3	28.6% 14	19.4% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	3.6% 7
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	22.9% 32	26.4% 14	23.8% 46
Serious	52.1% 73	54.7% 29	52.8% 102
Not really serious	21.4% 30	15.1% 8	19.7% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 5	3.8% 2	3.6% 7
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	34.4% 11	25.0% 7	37.5% 6	21.1% 8	25.2% 41
Serious	55.1% 27	46.9% 15	57.1% 16	31.3% 5	50.0% 19	50.3% 82
Not really serious	18.4% 9	18.8% 6	14.3% 4	25.0% 4	28.9% 11	20.9% 34
Not an issue or problem at all	8.2% 4	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	163