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

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ISSUE1 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. -- Discrepancy between the way most classes are taught and the way young people learn today   1) Very serious   2) Serious   3) Not really serious   4) Not an issue or problem at all

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	29	14.9%	14.9%	-1.62
Serious	110	56.4%	71.3%	-.25
Not really serious	48	24.6%	95.9%	1.13
Not an issue or problem at all	8	4.1%	100%	2.5

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	9.7% 3	23.5% 12	11.4% 8	14.3% 6	14.9% 29
Serious	64.5% 20	51.0% 26	60.0% 42	50.0% 21	56.2% 109
Not really serious	25.8% 8	17.6% 9	27.1% 19	28.6% 12	24.7% 48
Not an issue or problem at all	0.0% 0	7.8% 4	1.4% 1	7.1% 3	4.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 70	100.0% 42	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	10.7% 3	33.3% 1	17.7% 14	8.3% 3	16.7% 8	14.9% 29
Serious	67.9% 19	66.7% 2	53.2% 42	47.2% 17	60.4% 29	56.2% 109
Not really serious	14.3% 4	0.0% 0	26.6% 21	38.9% 14	18.8% 9	24.7% 48
Not an issue or problem at all	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	5.6% 2	4.2% 2	4.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	15.2% 21	13.2% 7	14.7% 28
Serious	58.7% 81	49.1% 26	56.0% 107
Not really serious	21.7% 30	34.0% 18	25.1% 48
Not an issue or problem at all	4.3% 6	3.8% 2	4.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 53	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	16.7% 8	12.5% 4	10.7% 3	25.0% 4	10.5% 4	14.2% 23
Serious	58.3% 28	56.3% 18	67.9% 19	37.5% 6	57.9% 22	57.4% 93
Not really serious	20.8% 10	31.3% 10	14.3% 4	25.0% 4	28.9% 11	24.1% 39
Not an issue or problem at all	4.2% 2	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	12.5% 2	2.6% 1	4.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	162