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

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ISSUE3 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. -- The scarcity of family-focused learning programs   1) Very serious   2) Serious   3) Not really serious   4) Not an issue or problem at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very serious	42	21.5%	21.5%	-1.4
Serious	107	54.9%	76.4%	-.08
Not really serious	38	19.5%	95.9%	1.24
Not an issue or problem at all	8	4.1%	100%	2.56

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	35.5% 11	18.0% 9	19.7% 14	19.0% 8	21.6% 42
Serious	35.5% 11	50.0% 25	62.0% 44	64.3% 27	55.2% 107
Not really serious	25.8% 8	26.0% 13	16.9% 12	9.5% 4	19.1% 37
Not an issue or problem at all	3.2% 1	6.0% 3	1.4% 1	7.1% 3	4.1% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 50	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	21.5% 17	25.0% 9	27.1% 13	21.1% 41
Serious	67.9% 19	66.7% 2	55.7% 44	55.6% 20	45.8% 22	55.2% 107
Not really serious	21.4% 6	33.3% 1	17.7% 14	16.7% 6	22.9% 11	19.6% 38
Not an issue or problem at all	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	2.8% 1	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	20.1% 28	23.1% 12	20.9% 40
Serious	58.3% 81	48.1% 25	55.5% 106
Not really serious	16.5% 23	26.9% 14	19.4% 37
Not an issue or problem at all	5.0% 7	1.9% 1	4.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 52	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	33.3% 16	21.9% 7	25.9% 7	6.3% 1	10.5% 4	21.7% 35
Serious	45.8% 22	50.0% 16	40.7% 11	75.0% 12	63.2% 24	52.8% 85
Not really serious	18.8% 9	28.1% 9	22.2% 6	12.5% 2	26.3% 10	22.4% 36
Not an issue or problem at all	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 3	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161