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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. -- A girl can be as effective a leader as a boy.

	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	842	63.9%	63.9%	-.61
Agree	249	18.9%	82.8%	.3
Not sure/I do not know	111	8.4%	91.2%	1.2
Disagree	50	3.8%	95%	2.11
Strongly disagree	66	5%	100%	3.02

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	65.7% 186	64.6% 431	61.4% 223	64.0% 840
Agree	19.8% 56	17.2% 115	21.2% 77	18.9% 248
Not sure/I do not know	8.8% 25	8.4% 56	8.3% 30	8.5% 111
Disagree	1.8% 5	4.2% 28	4.7% 17	3.8% 50
Strongly disagree	3.9% 11	5.5% 37	4.4% 16	4.9% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 283	100.0% 667	100.0% 363	1313

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	82.2% 551	44.9% 290	63.9% 841
Agree	9.4% 63	28.6% 185	18.8% 248
Not sure/I do not know	4.0% 27	13.0% 84	8.4% 111
Disagree	1.6% 11	6.0% 39	3.8% 50
Strongly disagree	2.7% 18	7.4% 48	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 646	1316

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	64.6% 745	59.5% 94	64.0% 839
Agree	18.7% 216	19.6% 31	18.8% 247
Not sure/I do not know	7.9% 91	12.0% 19	8.4% 110
Disagree	3.6% 42	4.4% 7	3.7% 49
Strongly disagree	5.1% 59	4.4% 7	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 1153	100.0% 158	1311

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
Strongly agree	63.1% 380	60.5% 118	66.7% 334	64.1% 832
Agree	18.6% 112	22.1% 43	18.0% 90	18.9% 245
Not sure/I do not know	8.6% 52	10.3% 20	7.2% 36	8.3% 108
Disagree	3.7% 22	3.6% 7	3.8% 19	3.7% 48
Strongly disagree	6.0% 36	3.6% 7	4.4% 22	5.0% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 602	100.0% 195	100.0% 501	1298