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

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QUAL19A 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. -- Has a practical spirituality for today's world   1) Extremely important   2) Very important   3) Important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely important	116	59.2%	59.2%	-.76
Very important	63	32.1%	91.3%	.77
Important	17	8.7%	100%	2.31

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	74.2% 23	51.0% 26	64.8% 46	50.0% 21	59.5% 116
Very important	19.4% 6	35.3% 18	28.2% 20	42.9% 18	31.8% 62
Important	6.5% 2	13.7% 7	7.0% 5	7.1% 3	8.7% 17
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	42.9% 12	100.0% 4	60.8% 48	55.6% 20	64.6% 31	59.0% 115
Very important	46.4% 13	0.0% 0	30.4% 24	33.3% 12	29.2% 14	32.3% 63
Important	10.7% 3	0.0% 0	8.9% 7	11.1% 4	6.3% 3	8.7% 17
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	60.7% 85	57.7% 30	59.9% 115
Very important	32.1% 45	30.8% 16	31.8% 61
Important	7.1% 10	11.5% 6	8.3% 16
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	61.2% 30	56.3% 18	53.6% 15	68.8% 11	64.9% 24	60.5% 98
Very important	28.6% 14	31.3% 10	35.7% 10	25.0% 4	32.4% 12	30.9% 50
Important	10.2% 5	12.5% 4	10.7% 3	6.3% 1	2.7% 1	8.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 37	162