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

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QUAL17A 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 willing to face questions that challenge the faith   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	75	38.3%	38.3%	-1.1
Very important	86	43.9%	82.1%	.28
Important	35	17.9%	100%	1.67

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	38.7% 12	25.5% 13	46.5% 33	40.5% 17	38.5% 75
Very important	48.4% 15	54.9% 28	36.6% 26	40.5% 17	44.1% 86
Important	12.9% 4	19.6% 10	16.9% 12	19.0% 8	17.4% 34
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	25.0% 7	25.0% 1	32.9% 26	44.4% 16	50.0% 24	37.9% 74
Very important	50.0% 14	50.0% 2	44.3% 35	44.4% 16	39.6% 19	44.1% 86
Important	25.0% 7	25.0% 1	22.8% 18	11.1% 4	10.4% 5	17.9% 35
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	42.1% 59	28.8% 15	38.5% 74
Very important	39.3% 55	55.8% 29	43.8% 84
Important	18.6% 26	15.4% 8	17.7% 34
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	34.7% 17	46.9% 15	25.0% 7	43.8% 7	45.9% 17	38.9% 63
Very important	49.0% 24	40.6% 13	53.6% 15	37.5% 6	37.8% 14	44.4% 72
Important	16.3% 8	12.5% 4	21.4% 6	18.8% 3	16.2% 6	16.7% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	162