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

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QUAL15A 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 knowledgeable about key elements in the Church's social doctrine   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	39	19.9%	19.9%	-1.57
Very important	111	56.6%	76.5%	-.05
Important	46	23.5%	100%	1.46

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	16.1% 5	21.6% 11	21.1% 15	19.0% 8	20.0% 39
Very important	51.6% 16	49.0% 25	57.7% 41	66.7% 28	56.4% 110
Important	32.3% 10	29.4% 15	21.1% 15	14.3% 6	23.6% 46
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	17.9% 5	0.0% 0	25.3% 20	11.1% 4	18.8% 9	19.5% 38
Very important	60.7% 17	25.0% 1	51.9% 41	66.7% 24	58.3% 28	56.9% 111
Important	21.4% 6	75.0% 3	22.8% 18	22.2% 8	22.9% 11	23.6% 46
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	19.3% 27	21.2% 11	19.8% 38
Very important	59.3% 83	48.1% 25	56.3% 108
Important	21.4% 30	30.8% 16	24.0% 46
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	18.4% 9	18.8% 6	25.0% 7	37.5% 6	13.5% 5	20.4% 33
Very important	63.3% 31	56.3% 18	57.1% 16	31.3% 5	51.4% 19	54.9% 89
Important	18.4% 9	25.0% 8	17.9% 5	31.3% 5	35.1% 13	24.7% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	162