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

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ISSUE23

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. -- Lack of broad agreement on the priorities of the religious educational mission

	1) Very serious
	2) Serious
	3) Not really serious
	4) Not an issue or problem at all

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	85	43.6%	43.6%	-.97
Serious	88	45.1%	88.7%	.42
Not really serious	18	9.2%	97.9%	1.8
Not an issue or problem at all	4	2.1%	100%	3.19

Variable Comparisons

Tenure (I-TENURE)

	Less than two years	2-4 years	5-10 years	Over 10 years	TOTAL
Very serious	50.0% 15	48.1% 25	43.7% 31	34.1% 14	43.8% 85
Serious	40.0% 12	36.5% 19	47.9% 34	53.7% 22	44.8% 87
Not really serious	10.0% 3	11.5% 6	5.6% 4	12.2% 5	9.3% 18
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	2.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 52	100.0% 71	100.0% 41	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	29.6% 8	50.0% 2	39.2% 31	30.6% 11	66.7% 32	43.3% 84
Serious	48.1% 13	25.0% 1	55.7% 44	55.6% 20	20.8% 10	45.4% 88
Not really serious	22.2% 6	25.0% 1	3.8% 3	11.1% 4	8.3% 4	9.3% 18
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.8% 1	4.2% 2	2.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 4	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	48.2% 67	30.8% 16	43.5% 83
Serious	41.0% 57	55.8% 29	45.0% 86
Not really serious	10.1% 14	7.7% 4	9.4% 18
Not an issue or problem at all	0.7% 1	5.8% 3	2.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	39.6% 19	43.8% 14	51.9% 14	68.8% 11	23.7% 9	41.6% 67
Serious	45.8% 22	50.0% 16	40.7% 11	12.5% 2	63.2% 24	46.6% 75
Not really serious	14.6% 7	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	18.8% 3	10.5% 4	9.9% 16
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	1.9% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161