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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. -- Going to a Catholic school

	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.	113	50%	50%	-.84
It made some difference.	48	21.2%	71.2%	.03
It made a little difference.	26	11.5%	82.7%	.91
It made no difference at all.	39	17.3%	100%	1.78

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	52.3% 45	49.5% 53	43.8% 14	49.8% 112
It made some difference.	18.6% 16	23.4% 25	21.9% 7	21.3% 48
It made a little difference.	8.1% 7	10.3% 11	25.0% 8	11.6% 26
It made no difference at all.	20.9% 18	16.8% 18	9.4% 3	17.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 107	100.0% 32	225

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	53.3% 64	46.2% 49	50.0% 113
It made some difference.	20.8% 25	21.7% 23	21.2% 48
It made a little difference.	10.0% 12	13.2% 14	11.5% 26
It made no difference at all.	15.8% 19	18.9% 20	17.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 106	226

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	54.0% 95	38.3% 18	50.7% 113
It made some difference.	22.7% 40	14.9% 7	21.1% 47
It made a little difference.	9.1% 16	21.3% 10	11.7% 26
It made no difference at all.	14.2% 25	25.5% 12	16.6% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 47	223

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	0.0% 0	34.0% 16	56.5% 96	50.0% 112
It made some difference.	28.6% 2	29.8% 14	18.2% 31	21.0% 47
It made a little difference.	42.9% 3	10.6% 5	10.6% 18	11.6% 26
It made no difference at all.	28.6% 2	25.5% 12	14.7% 25	17.4% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 47	100.0% 170	224