Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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MEDITATE 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. -- Meditation   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
Use has declined	23	15.2%	15.2%	-1.8
Use has stayed about the same	62	41.1%	56.3%	-.4
Use has increased	66	43.7%	100%	1

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Use has declined	20.0% 3	21.4% 6	8.5% 4	14.6% 6	17.6% 3	14.9% 22
Use has stayed about the same	26.7% 4	39.3% 11	46.8% 22	41.5% 17	47.1% 8	41.9% 62
Use has increased	53.3% 8	39.3% 11	44.7% 21	43.9% 18	35.3% 6	43.2% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 47	100.0% 41	100.0% 17	148

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Use has declined	19.6% 9	16.7% 4	11.1% 3	8.7% 2	5.3% 1	13.7% 19
Use has stayed about the same	34.8% 16	45.8% 11	40.7% 11	47.8% 11	52.6% 10	42.4% 59
Use has increased	45.7% 21	37.5% 9	48.1% 13	43.5% 10	42.1% 8	43.9% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 24	100.0% 27	100.0% 23	100.0% 19	139

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Use has declined	18.6% 8	7.9% 3	17.6% 12	15.4% 23
Use has stayed about the same	34.9% 15	47.4% 18	42.6% 29	41.6% 62
Use has increased	46.5% 20	44.7% 17	39.7% 27	43.0% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 38	100.0% 68	149