Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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DIVINEOF 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. -- Divine office   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	3	2%	2%	-2.59
Use has declined	34	22.4%	24.3%	-1.35
Use has stayed about the same	63	41.4%	65.8%	-.1
Use has increased	52	34.2%	100%	1.15

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	4.3% 2	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 3
Use has declined	13.3% 2	25.0% 7	25.5% 12	26.2% 11	11.8% 2	22.8% 34
Use has stayed about the same	20.0% 3	25.0% 7	51.1% 24	45.2% 19	47.1% 8	40.9% 61
Use has increased	66.7% 10	50.0% 14	19.1% 9	26.2% 11	41.2% 7	34.2% 51
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	2.1% 1	4.2% 1	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 3
Use has declined	23.4% 11	20.8% 5	17.9% 5	34.8% 8	10.5% 2	22.0% 31
Use has stayed about the same	36.2% 17	45.8% 11	39.3% 11	34.8% 8	63.2% 12	41.8% 59
Use has increased	38.3% 18	29.2% 7	39.3% 11	30.4% 7	26.3% 5	34.0% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 19	141

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	2.2% 1	2.6% 1	1.5% 1	2.0% 3
Use has declined	24.4% 11	26.3% 10	19.4% 13	22.7% 34
Use has stayed about the same	53.3% 24	39.5% 15	34.3% 23	41.3% 62
Use has increased	20.0% 9	31.6% 12	44.8% 30	34.0% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 38	100.0% 67	150