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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 Sunday Eucharist means a lot to me; I look forward to it.

	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	212	16%	16%	-1.47
Agree	472	35.6%	51.7%	-.51
Not sure/I do not know	419	31.6%	83.3%	.44
Disagree	158	11.9%	95.2%	1.4
Strongly disagree	63	4.8%	100%	2.35

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	16.1% 46	16.9% 113	14.0% 51	15.9% 210
Agree	38.5% 110	33.9% 227	36.8% 134	35.7% 471
Not sure/I do not know	30.1% 86	32.1% 215	32.1% 117	31.7% 418
Disagree	11.9% 34	12.1% 81	11.8% 43	12.0% 158
Strongly disagree	3.5% 10	4.9% 33	5.2% 19	4.7% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 286	100.0% 669	100.0% 364	1319

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 96	17.8% 116	16.0% 212
Agree	37.7% 252	33.4% 218	35.6% 470
Not sure/I do not know	30.2% 202	33.2% 217	31.7% 419
Disagree	13.6% 91	10.3% 67	12.0% 158
Strongly disagree	4.2% 28	5.4% 35	4.8% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 653	1322

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.7% 182	19.0% 30	16.1% 212
Agree	35.5% 411	37.3% 59	35.7% 470
Not sure/I do not know	31.4% 364	32.3% 51	31.5% 415
Disagree	12.3% 142	9.5% 15	11.9% 157
Strongly disagree	5.2% 60	1.9% 3	4.8% 63
TOTAL	100.0% 1159	100.0% 158	1317

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.4% 87	17.1% 33	18.3% 92	16.3% 212
Agree	33.5% 203	32.1% 62	39.7% 200	35.7% 465
Not sure/I do not know	35.6% 216	36.8% 71	24.6% 124	31.5% 411
Disagree	10.2% 62	11.9% 23	13.9% 70	11.9% 155
Strongly disagree	6.3% 38	2.1% 4	3.6% 18	4.6% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 606	100.0% 193	100.0% 504	1303