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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. -- Receiving the Sacraments

	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.	118	38.1%	38.1%	-1.02
It made some difference.	116	37.4%	75.5%	.07
It made a little difference.	53	17.1%	92.6%	1.15
It made no difference at all.	23	7.4%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	43.4% 49	32.7% 50	42.9% 18	38.0% 117
It made some difference.	32.7% 37	43.1% 66	31.0% 13	37.7% 116
It made a little difference.	15.0% 17	17.6% 27	21.4% 9	17.2% 53
It made no difference at all.	8.8% 10	6.5% 10	4.8% 2	7.1% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 153	100.0% 42	308

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	37.3% 60	38.9% 58	38.1% 118
It made some difference.	36.6% 59	38.3% 57	37.4% 116
It made a little difference.	21.1% 34	12.8% 19	17.1% 53
It made no difference at all.	5.0% 8	10.1% 15	7.4% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 149	310

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	36.7% 91	46.6% 27	38.6% 118
It made some difference.	39.9% 99	25.9% 15	37.3% 114
It made a little difference.	16.5% 41	17.2% 10	16.7% 51
It made no difference at all.	6.9% 17	10.3% 6	7.5% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 248	100.0% 58	306

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	34.6% 27	25.4% 15	43.8% 74	37.9% 116
It made some difference.	39.7% 31	37.3% 22	37.3% 63	37.9% 116
It made a little difference.	17.9% 14	28.8% 17	12.4% 21	17.0% 52
It made no difference at all.	7.7% 6	8.5% 5	6.5% 11	7.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 59	100.0% 169	306