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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. -- I think that people who know me know that I'm a Catholic.

	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	336	25.6%	25.6%	-1.19
Agree	475	36.2%	61.8%	-.3
Not sure/I do not know	292	22.2%	84%	.58
Disagree	136	10.4%	94.4%	1.46
Strongly disagree	74	5.6%	100%	2.35

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.1% 73	25.5% 169	25.0% 91	25.5% 333
Agree	36.4% 102	35.7% 237	37.4% 136	36.3% 475
Not sure/I do not know	22.1% 62	23.2% 154	20.6% 75	22.2% 291
Disagree	10.4% 29	10.7% 71	9.9% 36	10.4% 136
Strongly disagree	5.0% 14	5.0% 33	7.1% 26	5.6% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 280	100.0% 664	100.0% 364	1308

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.4% 156	27.8% 179	25.6% 335
Agree	39.6% 264	32.6% 210	36.2% 474
Not sure/I do not know	20.7% 138	23.9% 154	22.3% 292
Disagree	11.0% 73	9.8% 63	10.4% 136
Strongly disagree	5.3% 35	6.0% 39	5.6% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 666	100.0% 645	1311

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.6% 306	18.7% 29	25.7% 335
Agree	36.0% 414	38.1% 59	36.2% 473
Not sure/I do not know	21.7% 250	25.2% 39	22.1% 289
Disagree	10.4% 120	9.7% 15	10.3% 135
Strongly disagree	5.3% 61	8.4% 13	5.7% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 155	1306

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.8% 137	23.2% 44	30.1% 151	25.7% 332
Agree	39.4% 237	33.7% 64	33.9% 170	36.4% 471
Not sure/I do not know	22.3% 134	25.3% 48	20.8% 104	22.1% 286
Disagree	9.6% 58	12.1% 23	10.6% 53	10.4% 134
Strongly disagree	6.0% 36	5.8% 11	4.6% 23	5.4% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 602	100.0% 190	100.0% 501	1293