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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. -- Taking part in the Sunday Eucharist (Mass)

	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.	109	33.6%	33.6%	-1.09
It made some difference.	123	38%	71.6%	-.05
It made a little difference.	61	18.8%	90.4%	1
It made no difference at all.	31	9.6%	100%	2.05

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	37.4% 43	28.8% 47	38.6% 17	33.2% 107
It made some difference.	40.9% 47	41.1% 67	20.5% 9	38.2% 123
It made a little difference.	11.3% 13	21.5% 35	29.5% 13	18.9% 61
It made no difference at all.	10.4% 12	8.6% 14	11.4% 5	9.6% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 163	100.0% 44	322

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	33.1% 55	34.2% 54	33.6% 109
It made some difference.	34.3% 57	41.8% 66	38.0% 123
It made a little difference.	21.1% 35	16.5% 26	18.8% 61
It made no difference at all.	11.4% 19	7.6% 12	9.6% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 166	100.0% 158	324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	32.6% 86	39.3% 22	33.8% 108
It made some difference.	40.2% 106	30.4% 17	38.4% 123
It made a little difference.	18.2% 48	19.6% 11	18.4% 59
It made no difference at all.	9.1% 24	10.7% 6	9.4% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 264	100.0% 56	320

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	37.9% 33	18.6% 11	37.1% 65	34.0% 109
It made some difference.	37.9% 33	37.3% 22	37.7% 66	37.7% 121
It made a little difference.	18.4% 16	27.1% 16	16.0% 28	18.7% 60
It made no difference at all.	5.7% 5	16.9% 10	9.1% 16	9.7% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 59	100.0% 175	321