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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 a parish-based short course on a religious topic

	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.	28	19.9%	19.9%	-1.54
It made some difference.	48	34%	53.9%	-.37
It made a little difference.	57	40.4%	94.3%	.8
It made no difference at all.	8	5.7%	100%	1.96

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	12 & under	13	14 & over	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	17.8% 8	16.2% 12	33.3% 7	19.3% 27
It made some difference.	24.4% 11	41.9% 31	28.6% 6	34.3% 48
It made a little difference.	55.6% 25	33.8% 25	33.3% 7	40.7% 57
It made no difference at all.	2.2% 1	8.1% 6	4.8% 1	5.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 74	100.0% 21	140

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	20.5% 16	19.0% 12	19.9% 28
It made some difference.	34.6% 27	33.3% 21	34.0% 48
It made a little difference.	41.0% 32	39.7% 25	40.4% 57
It made no difference at all.	3.8% 3	7.9% 5	5.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 63	141

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Other	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	17.6% 19	31.0% 9	20.4% 28
It made some difference.	38.0% 41	20.7% 6	34.3% 47
It made a little difference.	39.8% 43	37.9% 11	39.4% 54
It made no difference at all.	4.6% 5	10.3% 3	5.8% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 29	137

Year of attendance (I-YRSATTND)

	None	1-4 years	5-9 years	TOTAL
It made a great difference.	22.2% 8	14.3% 4	21.6% 16	20.3% 28
It made some difference.	30.6% 11	42.9% 12	32.4% 24	34.1% 47
It made a little difference.	41.7% 15	32.1% 9	41.9% 31	39.9% 55
It made no difference at all.	5.6% 2	10.7% 3	4.1% 3	5.8% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 28	100.0% 74	138