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

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ISSUE20 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 impact of the Church's financial crises on 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	102	52.3%	52.3%	-.81
Serious	75	38.5%	90.8%	.54
Not really serious	12	6.2%	96.9%	1.89
Not an issue or problem at all	6	3.1%	100%	3.23

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	53.3% 16	47.1% 24	52.1% 37	57.1% 24	52.1% 101
Serious	36.7% 11	43.1% 22	40.8% 29	31.0% 13	38.7% 75
Not really serious	6.7% 2	5.9% 3	4.2% 3	9.5% 4	6.2% 12
Not an issue or problem at all	3.3% 1	3.9% 2	2.8% 2	2.4% 1	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 51	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	35.7% 10	75.0% 3	54.4% 43	47.2% 17	61.7% 29	52.6% 102
Serious	53.6% 15	25.0% 1	41.8% 33	36.1% 13	27.7% 13	38.7% 75
Not really serious	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	11.1% 4	4.3% 2	5.7% 11
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 2	6.4% 3	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 47	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	58.6% 82	37.3% 19	52.9% 101
Serious	33.6% 47	51.0% 26	38.2% 73
Not really serious	5.7% 8	5.9% 3	5.8% 11
Not an issue or problem at all	2.1% 3	5.9% 3	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 51	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	51.0% 25	50.0% 16	53.8% 14	56.3% 9	55.3% 21	52.8% 85
Serious	42.9% 21	40.6% 13	34.6% 9	37.5% 6	36.8% 14	39.1% 63
Not really serious	6.1% 3	9.4% 3	3.8% 1	6.3% 1	2.6% 1	5.6% 9
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	2.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 26	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161