Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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ROSARIES 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. -- Rosary   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	10	6.5%	6.5%	-1.99
Use has declined	51	33.1%	39.6%	-.88
Use has stayed about the same	53	34.4%	74%	.22
Use has increased	40	26%	100%	1.33

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	20.0% 3	3.4% 1	4.3% 2	6.8% 3	5.9% 1	6.6% 10
Use has declined	6.7% 1	27.6% 8	43.5% 20	36.4% 16	29.4% 5	33.1% 50
Use has stayed about the same	40.0% 6	48.3% 14	30.4% 14	31.8% 14	29.4% 5	35.1% 53
Use has increased	33.3% 5	20.7% 6	21.7% 10	25.0% 11	35.3% 6	25.2% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 29	100.0% 46	100.0% 44	100.0% 17	151

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	6.3% 3	12.5% 3	7.1% 2	4.5% 1	5.0% 1	7.0% 10
Use has declined	29.2% 14	37.5% 9	39.3% 11	31.8% 7	35.0% 7	33.8% 48
Use has stayed about the same	35.4% 17	33.3% 8	32.1% 9	31.8% 7	40.0% 8	34.5% 49
Use has increased	29.2% 14	16.7% 4	21.4% 6	31.8% 7	20.0% 4	24.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 22	100.0% 20	142

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	13.6% 6	2.6% 1	4.3% 3	6.6% 10
Use has declined	31.8% 14	30.8% 12	36.2% 25	33.6% 51
Use has stayed about the same	34.1% 15	43.6% 17	30.4% 21	34.9% 53
Use has increased	20.5% 9	23.1% 9	29.0% 20	25.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 39	100.0% 69	152