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

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QUAL8A The following is a list of the qualities of Catholic adults who embody the intended outcomes of catechesis. All of these qualities are important. You are asked to read through the entire list of qualities and then rate each one compared to the others in terms of the importance of that quality in Catholic life. -- Is committed to the transformation of society in the light of the Gospel   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	88	44.9%	44.9%	-.98
Very important	79	40.3%	85.2%	.42
Important	29	14.8%	100%	1.82

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
Extremely important	45.2% 14	41.2% 21	52.1% 37	38.1% 16	45.1% 88
Very important	41.9% 13	47.1% 24	32.4% 23	42.9% 18	40.0% 78
Important	12.9% 4	11.8% 6	15.5% 11	19.0% 8	14.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	195

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely important	21.4% 6	75.0% 3	49.4% 39	41.7% 15	50.0% 24	44.6% 87
Very important	53.6% 15	25.0% 1	40.5% 32	41.7% 15	33.3% 16	40.5% 79
Important	25.0% 7	0.0% 0	10.1% 8	16.7% 6	16.7% 8	14.9% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	195

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely important	46.4% 65	44.2% 23	45.8% 88
Very important	39.3% 55	38.5% 20	39.1% 75
Important	14.3% 20	17.3% 9	15.1% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	192

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely important	46.9% 23	40.6% 13	39.3% 11	43.8% 7	45.9% 17	43.8% 71
Very important	36.7% 18	43.8% 14	46.4% 13	31.3% 5	35.1% 13	38.9% 63
Important	16.3% 8	15.6% 5	14.3% 4	25.0% 4	18.9% 7	17.3% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	162