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

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ISSUE24 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. -- Increasing presence of traditionalist groups seeking to shape 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	77	39.5%	39.5%	-1.02
Serious	70	35.9%	75.4%	.11
Not really serious	38	19.5%	94.9%	1.24
Not an issue or problem at all	10	5.1%	100%	2.36

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	26.7% 8	47.1% 24	40.8% 29	38.1% 16	39.7% 77
Serious	36.7% 11	29.4% 15	36.6% 26	40.5% 17	35.6% 69
Not really serious	30.0% 9	17.6% 9	18.3% 13	16.7% 7	19.6% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	6.7% 2	5.9% 3	4.2% 3	4.8% 2	5.2% 10
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	39.3% 11	50.0% 2	47.4% 37	22.2% 8	39.6% 19	39.7% 77
Serious	32.1% 9	0.0% 0	38.5% 30	33.3% 12	39.6% 19	36.1% 70
Not really serious	25.0% 7	50.0% 2	9.0% 7	36.1% 13	18.8% 9	19.6% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	8.3% 3	2.1% 1	4.6% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 78	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	42.4% 59	34.6% 18	40.3% 77
Serious	37.4% 52	28.8% 15	35.1% 67
Not really serious	16.5% 23	28.8% 15	19.9% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 5	7.7% 4	4.7% 9
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	38.8% 19	46.9% 15	55.6% 15	43.8% 7	29.7% 11	41.6% 67
Serious	32.7% 16	34.4% 11	22.2% 6	50.0% 8	37.8% 14	34.2% 55
Not really serious	22.4% 11	15.6% 5	11.1% 3	6.3% 1	29.7% 11	19.3% 31
Not an issue or problem at all	6.1% 3	3.1% 1	11.1% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.0% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	161