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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. -- Every Catholic is called in some way to serve others.

	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	425	32.3%	32.3%	-1.09
Agree	538	40.9%	73.2%	-.03
Not sure/I do not know	277	21.1%	94.3%	1.04
Disagree	45	3.4%	97.7%	2.11
Strongly disagree	30	2.3%	100%	3.18

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	37.4% 105	31.9% 212	29.0% 106	32.3% 423
Agree	35.9% 101	41.6% 276	43.6% 159	40.9% 536
Not sure/I do not know	19.9% 56	21.4% 142	21.6% 79	21.1% 277
Disagree	3.6% 10	3.6% 24	3.0% 11	3.4% 45
Strongly disagree	3.2% 9	1.5% 10	2.7% 10	2.2% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 281	100.0% 664	100.0% 365	1310

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	31.7% 211	32.9% 213	32.3% 424
Agree	41.8% 278	40.0% 259	40.9% 537
Not sure/I do not know	20.9% 139	21.3% 138	21.1% 277
Disagree	3.5% 23	3.4% 22	3.4% 45
Strongly disagree	2.1% 14	2.5% 16	2.3% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 648	1313

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.6% 375	30.8% 49	32.4% 424
Agree	41.4% 476	37.1% 59	40.9% 535
Not sure/I do not know	20.5% 235	24.5% 39	20.9% 274
Disagree	3.4% 39	3.8% 6	3.4% 45
Strongly disagree	2.1% 24	3.8% 6	2.3% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 1149	100.0% 159	1308

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	29.1% 175	24.0% 46	40.3% 202	32.7% 423
Agree	41.4% 249	42.2% 81	39.9% 200	41.0% 530
Not sure/I do not know	23.5% 141	28.1% 54	15.2% 76	20.9% 271
Disagree	3.5% 21	4.2% 8	2.6% 13	3.2% 42
Strongly disagree	2.5% 15	1.6% 3	2.0% 10	2.2% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 601	100.0% 192	100.0% 501	1294