Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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PRAYGRUP Please evaluate the following religious practices which you do, and how the use has changed since you entered the seminary, or became ordained, using the responses given below. -- Prayer group   0) Never part of my spiritual life   1) Use has declined   2) Use has stayed about the same   3) Use has increased

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never part of my spiritual life	40	26.3%	26.3%	-1.31
Use has declined	38	25%	51.3%	-.38
Use has stayed about the same	45	29.6%	80.9%	.54
Use has increased	29	19.1%	100%	1.47

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	53.3% 8	14.3% 4	25.5% 12	23.8% 10	29.4% 5	26.2% 39
Use has declined	20.0% 3	32.1% 9	29.8% 14	21.4% 9	17.6% 3	25.5% 38
Use has stayed about the same	26.7% 4	35.7% 10	27.7% 13	26.2% 11	35.3% 6	29.5% 44
Use has increased	0.0% 0	17.9% 5	17.0% 8	28.6% 12	17.6% 3	18.8% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	100.0% 17	149

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	21.3% 10	37.5% 9	25.9% 7	26.1% 6	35.0% 7	27.7% 39
Use has declined	27.7% 13	16.7% 4	33.3% 9	30.4% 7	5.0% 1	24.1% 34
Use has stayed about the same	29.8% 14	33.3% 8	25.9% 7	26.1% 6	35.0% 7	29.8% 42
Use has increased	21.3% 10	12.5% 3	14.8% 4	17.4% 4	25.0% 5	18.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 27	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	141

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	29.5% 13	21.1% 8	26.5% 18	26.0% 39
Use has declined	22.7% 10	23.7% 9	27.9% 19	25.3% 38
Use has stayed about the same	29.5% 13	36.8% 14	26.5% 18	30.0% 45
Use has increased	18.2% 8	18.4% 7	19.1% 13	18.7% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 38	100.0% 68	150