Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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DECISION Using the scale given below, please indicate to what extent you feel the following are ministerial priorities for you. Please read through all the items, and then go back and evaluate. -- Being the final authority in the parish on all decisions   1) Very low priority   2)   3)   4)   5)   6)   7) Very high priority

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very low priority	65	44.2%	44.2%	-.9
	18	12.2%	56.5%	-.31
	20	13.6%	70.1%	.27
	22	15%	85%	.85
	10	6.8%	91.8%	1.43
	10	6.8%	98.6%	2.02
Very high priority	2	1.4%	100%	2.6

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	28.6% 4	37.9% 11	50.0% 23	47.6% 20	40.0% 6	43.8% 64
	7.1% 1	24.1% 7	13.0% 6	7.1% 3	6.7% 1	12.3% 18
	14.3% 2	10.3% 3	13.0% 6	14.3% 6	20.0% 3	13.7% 20
	21.4% 3	13.8% 4	15.2% 7	16.7% 7	6.7% 1	15.1% 22
	14.3% 2	3.4% 1	4.3% 2	7.1% 3	13.3% 2	6.8% 10
	14.3% 2	10.3% 3	2.2% 1	4.8% 2	13.3% 2	6.8% 10
Very high priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 29	100.0% 46	100.0% 42	100.0% 15	146

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	45.8% 22	42.9% 9	37.0% 10	45.5% 10	42.1% 8	43.1% 59
	14.6% 7	9.5% 2	7.4% 2	18.2% 4	10.5% 2	12.4% 17
	12.5% 6	14.3% 3	18.5% 5	22.7% 5	0.0% 0	13.9% 19
	8.3% 4	14.3% 3	22.2% 6	9.1% 2	31.6% 6	15.3% 21
	10.4% 5	4.8% 1	11.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	7.3% 10
	6.3% 3	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	10.5% 2	6.6% 9
Very high priority	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 21	100.0% 27	100.0% 22	100.0% 19	137

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very low priority	46.7% 21	39.5% 15	44.4% 28	43.8% 64
	20.0% 9	7.9% 3	9.5% 6	12.3% 18
	17.8% 8	7.9% 3	14.3% 9	13.7% 20
	8.9% 4	28.9% 11	11.1% 7	15.1% 22
	2.2% 1	7.9% 3	9.5% 6	6.8% 10
	2.2% 1	5.3% 2	11.1% 7	6.8% 10
Very high priority	2.2% 1	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 38	100.0% 63	146