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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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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY: Listed below are activities that may have helped you better understand and appreciate your Catholic faith. Please rate the activity as to how much difference it made in your life as a Catholic. -- Reading Bible, religious books or articles

	1) It made a great difference.
	2) It made some difference.
	3) It made a little difference.
	4) It made no difference at all.

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
It made a great difference.	43	13.9%	13.9%	-1.66
It made some difference.	145	46.8%	60.6%	-.41
It made a little difference.	101	32.6%	93.2%	.85
It made no difference at all.	21	6.8%	100%	2.11

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	17.7% 20	11.3% 17	13.3% 6	14.0% 43
It made some difference.	45.1% 51	47.3% 71	48.9% 22	46.8% 144
It made a little difference.	31.9% 36	34.7% 52	26.7% 12	32.5% 100
It made no difference at all.	5.3% 6	6.7% 10	11.1% 5	6.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 150	100.0% 45	308

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	14.5% 24	13.2% 19	13.9% 43
It made some difference.	47.6% 79	45.8% 66	46.8% 145
It made a little difference.	33.7% 56	31.3% 45	32.6% 101
It made no difference at all.	4.2% 7	9.7% 14	6.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 144	310

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	11.8% 29	21.3% 13	13.7% 42
It made some difference.	50.2% 123	34.4% 21	47.1% 144
It made a little difference.	31.4% 77	37.7% 23	32.7% 100
It made no difference at all.	6.5% 16	6.6% 4	6.5% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 61	306

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	16.7% 13	8.1% 5	15.0% 25	14.0% 43
It made some difference.	52.6% 41	45.2% 28	44.9% 75	46.9% 144
It made a little difference.	28.2% 22	33.9% 21	33.5% 56	32.2% 99
It made no difference at all.	2.6% 2	12.9% 8	6.6% 11	6.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 62	100.0% 167	307