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Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Children Aged 12-14, 1993

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In this section, you are asked to express your perceptions and personal views on a number of statements about the teachings of the Church. Remember that this survey is confidential. Please candidly share your views and perceptions by responding to each statement. -- The Gospel was preached before it was written down.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Not sure/I do not know
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	369	27.8%	27.8%	-1.26
Agree	439	33.1%	60.9%	-.19
Not sure/I do not know	457	34.5%	95.4%	.87
Disagree	32	2.4%	97.8%	1.94
Strongly disagree	29	2.2%	100%	3

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.5% 70	29.4% 197	27.6% 101	27.9% 368
Agree	29.0% 83	32.4% 217	38.0% 139	33.2% 439
Not sure/I do not know	40.2% 115	34.7% 232	29.5% 108	34.4% 455
Disagree	3.1% 9	1.9% 13	2.5% 9	2.3% 31
Strongly disagree	3.1% 9	1.5% 10	2.5% 9	2.1% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 286	100.0% 669	100.0% 366	1321

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.2% 162	31.6% 207	27.9% 369
Agree	37.2% 249	28.7% 188	33.0% 437
Not sure/I do not know	35.6% 238	33.4% 219	34.5% 457
Disagree	1.9% 13	2.9% 19	2.4% 32
Strongly disagree	1.0% 7	3.4% 22	2.2% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 655	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.9% 335	20.3% 32	27.8% 367
Agree	33.9% 393	27.2% 43	33.1% 436
Not sure/I do not know	33.4% 387	42.4% 67	34.4% 454
Disagree	1.8% 21	7.0% 11	2.4% 32
Strongly disagree	2.1% 24	3.2% 5	2.2% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 1160	100.0% 158	1318

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.3% 165	21.9% 43	31.2% 157	28.0% 365
Agree	30.9% 187	36.7% 72	34.3% 173	33.1% 432
Not sure/I do not know	37.9% 229	34.7% 68	30.4% 153	34.5% 450
Disagree	2.0% 12	3.6% 7	2.4% 12	2.4% 31
Strongly disagree	2.0% 12	3.1% 6	1.8% 9	2.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 605	100.0% 196	100.0% 504	1305