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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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MYVU21

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 consider myself a follower of Christ.

	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	528	40.4%	40.4%	-.93
Agree	530	40.5%	80.9%	.14
Not sure/I do not know	175	13.4%	94.3%	1.2
Disagree	41	3.1%	97.4%	2.27
Strongly disagree	34	2.6%	100%	3.34

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	45.2% 128	40.1% 264	37.0% 134	40.4% 526
Agree	38.5% 109	40.9% 269	41.7% 151	40.6% 529
Not sure/I do not know	9.9% 28	13.2% 87	16.3% 59	13.4% 174
Disagree	4.2% 12	3.2% 21	2.2% 8	3.1% 41
Strongly disagree	2.1% 6	2.6% 17	2.8% 10	2.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 283	100.0% 658	100.0% 362	1303

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.4% 261	41.3% 266	40.4% 527
Agree	42.0% 278	39.0% 251	40.5% 529
Not sure/I do not know	11.9% 79	14.9% 96	13.4% 175
Disagree	3.8% 25	2.5% 16	3.1% 41
Strongly disagree	2.9% 19	2.3% 15	2.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 662	100.0% 644	1306

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.1% 459	43.6% 68	40.5% 527
Agree	41.0% 470	35.9% 56	40.4% 526
Not sure/I do not know	13.2% 151	14.7% 23	13.4% 174
Disagree	3.2% 37	1.9% 3	3.1% 40
Strongly disagree	2.4% 28	3.8% 6	2.6% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 1145	100.0% 156	1301

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	36.7% 219	39.0% 76	46.0% 228	40.6% 523
Agree	40.9% 244	36.4% 71	41.3% 205	40.4% 520
Not sure/I do not know	15.4% 92	19.5% 38	8.5% 42	13.4% 172
Disagree	4.0% 24	3.6% 7	1.8% 9	3.1% 40
Strongly disagree	3.0% 18	1.5% 3	2.4% 12	2.6% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 597	100.0% 195	100.0% 496	1288