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

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ISSUE2 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 adults learn   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	42	21.4%	21.4%	-1.44
Serious	89	45.4%	66.8%	-.2
Not really serious	57	29.1%	95.9%	1.05
Not an issue or problem at all	8	4.1%	100%	2.29

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	25.8% 8	29.4% 15	18.3% 13	14.3% 6	21.5% 42
Serious	41.9% 13	31.4% 16	49.3% 35	57.1% 24	45.1% 88
Not really serious	22.6% 7	31.4% 16	32.4% 23	26.2% 11	29.2% 57
Not an issue or problem at all	9.7% 3	7.8% 4	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	4.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	195

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	14.3% 4	33.3% 1	19.0% 15	13.9% 5	34.7% 17	21.5% 42
Serious	28.6% 8	66.7% 2	49.4% 39	50.0% 18	42.9% 21	45.1% 88
Not really serious	50.0% 14	0.0% 0	27.8% 22	36.1% 13	16.3% 8	29.2% 57
Not an issue or problem at all	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.1% 3	4.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 79	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	195

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	24.5% 34	13.2% 7	21.4% 41
Serious	42.4% 59	52.8% 28	45.3% 87
Not really serious	30.2% 42	26.4% 14	29.2% 56
Not an issue or problem at all	2.9% 4	7.5% 4	4.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 53	192

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	22.9% 11	18.8% 6	14.3% 4	12.5% 2	21.1% 8	19.1% 31
Serious	37.5% 18	59.4% 19	42.9% 12	62.5% 10	42.1% 16	46.3% 75
Not really serious	37.5% 18	21.9% 7	32.1% 9	18.8% 3	31.6% 12	30.2% 49
Not an issue or problem at all	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	6.3% 1	5.3% 2	4.3% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	162