Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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LITPRAYR 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. -- Liturgical prayer   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	2	1.3%	1.3%	-3.94
Use has declined	6	3.9%	5.3%	-2.38
Use has stayed about the same	55	36.2%	41.4%	-.81
Use has increased	89	58.6%	100%	.75

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 2
Use has declined	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	4.3% 2	4.8% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
Use has stayed about the same	20.0% 3	25.0% 7	40.4% 19	47.6% 20	29.4% 5	36.2% 54
Use has increased	80.0% 12	67.9% 19	53.2% 25	45.2% 19	70.6% 12	58.4% 87
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	1.4% 2
Use has declined	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	11.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	4.3% 6
Use has stayed about the same	40.4% 19	41.7% 10	33.3% 9	34.8% 8	35.0% 7	37.6% 53
Use has increased	55.3% 26	58.3% 14	55.6% 15	60.9% 14	55.0% 11	56.7% 80
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	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 2
Use has declined	4.5% 2	2.6% 1	4.4% 3	4.0% 6
Use has stayed about the same	47.7% 21	47.4% 18	23.5% 16	36.7% 55
Use has increased	43.2% 19	50.0% 19	72.1% 49	58.0% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 38	100.0% 68	150