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

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ISSUE4 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 lack of top-quality video presentations as a basic classroom tool for catechists/religion teachers   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	7	3.6%	3.6%	-2.58
Serious	39	20.1%	23.7%	-1.26
Not really serious	104	53.6%	77.3%	.06
Not an issue or problem at all	44	22.7%	100%	1.38

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	3.2% 1	3.9% 2	4.3% 3	2.4% 1	3.6% 7
Serious	19.4% 6	23.5% 12	14.3% 10	26.8% 11	20.2% 39
Not really serious	48.4% 15	49.0% 25	58.6% 41	53.7% 22	53.4% 103
Not an issue or problem at all	29.0% 9	23.5% 12	22.9% 16	17.1% 7	22.8% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 70	100.0% 41	193

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Very serious	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	8.6% 3	2.0% 1	3.6% 7
Serious	21.4% 6	0.0% 0	14.1% 11	17.1% 6	32.7% 16	20.2% 39
Not really serious	57.1% 16	100.0% 3	62.8% 49	45.7% 16	40.8% 20	53.9% 104
Not an issue or problem at all	17.9% 5	0.0% 0	20.5% 16	28.6% 10	24.5% 12	22.3% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 3	100.0% 78	100.0% 35	100.0% 49	193

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Very serious	2.2% 3	3.9% 2	2.6% 5
Serious	19.4% 27	21.6% 11	20.0% 38
Not really serious	52.5% 73	60.8% 31	54.7% 104
Not an issue or problem at all	25.9% 36	13.7% 7	22.6% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 51	190

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Very serious	2.1% 1	9.4% 3	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 5
Serious	23.4% 11	25.0% 8	17.9% 5	37.5% 6	15.8% 6	22.4% 36
Not really serious	48.9% 23	50.0% 16	64.3% 18	37.5% 6	63.2% 24	54.0% 87
Not an issue or problem at all	25.5% 12	15.6% 5	14.3% 4	25.0% 4	21.1% 8	20.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 32	100.0% 28	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161