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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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VIDTAPES

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. -- Video/Audio tapes

	0) Never part of my spiritual life
	1) Use has declined
	2) Use has stayed about the same
	3) Use has increased

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never part of my spiritual life	42	27.8%	27.8%	-1.36
Use has declined	20	13.2%	41.1%	-.52
Use has stayed about the same	42	27.8%	68.9%	.32
Use has increased	47	31.1%	100%	1.15

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	26.7% 4	18.5% 5	29.8% 14	31.0% 13	29.4% 5	27.7% 41
Use has declined	6.7% 1	11.1% 3	19.1% 9	9.5% 4	17.6% 3	13.5% 20
Use has stayed about the same	26.7% 4	33.3% 9	21.3% 10	33.3% 14	23.5% 4	27.7% 41
Use has increased	40.0% 6	37.0% 10	29.8% 14	26.2% 11	29.4% 5	31.1% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 27	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	100.0% 17	148

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	34.0% 16	25.0% 6	18.5% 5	34.8% 8	26.3% 5	28.6% 40
Use has declined	8.5% 4	12.5% 3	22.2% 6	13.0% 3	10.5% 2	12.9% 18
Use has stayed about the same	36.2% 17	29.2% 7	29.6% 8	26.1% 6	10.5% 2	28.6% 40
Use has increased	21.3% 10	33.3% 8	29.6% 8	26.1% 6	52.6% 10	30.0% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 27	100.0% 23	100.0% 19	140

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	31.8% 14	18.4% 7	31.3% 21	28.2% 42
Use has declined	11.4% 5	13.2% 5	13.4% 9	12.8% 19
Use has stayed about the same	25.0% 11	39.5% 15	23.9% 16	28.2% 42
Use has increased	31.8% 14	28.9% 11	31.3% 21	30.9% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 38	100.0% 67	149