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

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ISSUE21 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. -- Widespread perception that religious educational/catechetical programs can be offered at no significant cost   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	120	61.5%	61.5%	-.71
Serious	58	29.7%	91.3%	.78
Not really serious	16	8.2%	99.5%	2.28
Not an issue or problem at all	1	.5%	100%	3.78

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	56.7% 17	58.8% 30	62.0% 44	69.0% 29	61.9% 120
Serious	30.0% 9	31.4% 16	31.0% 22	23.8% 10	29.4% 57
Not really serious	13.3% 4	7.8% 4	7.0% 5	7.1% 3	8.2% 16
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
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	46.4% 13	100.0% 4	63.3% 50	58.3% 21	68.1% 32	61.9% 120
Serious	39.3% 11	0.0% 0	30.4% 24	30.6% 11	25.5% 12	29.9% 58
Not really serious	14.3% 4	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	11.1% 4	6.4% 3	7.7% 15
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
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	66.4% 93	49.0% 25	61.8% 118
Serious	26.4% 37	37.3% 19	29.3% 56
Not really serious	7.1% 10	11.8% 6	8.4% 16
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.5% 1
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	65.3% 32	56.3% 18	53.8% 14	81.3% 13	55.3% 21	60.9% 98
Serious	30.6% 15	37.5% 12	30.8% 8	12.5% 2	34.2% 13	31.1% 50
Not really serious	4.1% 2	3.1% 1	15.4% 4	6.3% 1	10.5% 4	7.5% 12
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 26	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161