Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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GOSMUSIC 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. -- Gospel music   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	21	13.8%	13.8%	-1.96
Use has declined	18	11.8%	25.7%	-1.04
Use has stayed about the same	33	21.7%	47.4%	-.12
Use has increased	80	52.6%	100%	.8

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	13.3% 2	7.1% 2	8.5% 4	19.0% 8	17.6% 3	12.8% 19
Use has declined	6.7% 1	7.1% 2	17.0% 8	11.9% 5	5.9% 1	11.4% 17
Use has stayed about the same	6.7% 1	25.0% 7	19.1% 9	31.0% 13	17.6% 3	22.1% 33
Use has increased	73.3% 11	60.7% 17	55.3% 26	38.1% 16	58.8% 10	53.7% 80
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	17.0% 8	8.3% 2	11.1% 3	8.7% 2	25.0% 5	14.2% 20
Use has declined	14.9% 7	8.3% 2	11.1% 3	21.7% 5	5.0% 1	12.8% 18
Use has stayed about the same	27.7% 13	16.7% 4	18.5% 5	21.7% 5	15.0% 3	21.3% 30
Use has increased	40.4% 19	66.7% 16	59.3% 16	47.8% 11	55.0% 11	51.8% 73
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	15.9% 7	10.5% 4	13.2% 9	13.3% 20
Use has declined	9.1% 4	5.3% 2	16.2% 11	11.3% 17
Use has stayed about the same	25.0% 11	23.7% 9	19.1% 13	22.0% 33
Use has increased	50.0% 22	60.5% 23	51.5% 35	53.3% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 38	100.0% 68	150