Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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JOURNALS 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. -- Journal writing   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	68	45.9%	45.9%	-.91
Use has declined	35	23.6%	69.6%	.03
Use has stayed about the same	27	18.2%	87.8%	.97
Use has increased	18	12.2%	100%	1.91

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	33.3% 5	33.3% 9	45.7% 21	55.0% 22	64.7% 11	46.9% 68
Use has declined	40.0% 6	18.5% 5	21.7% 10	20.0% 8	29.4% 5	23.4% 34
Use has stayed about the same	6.7% 1	33.3% 9	17.4% 8	17.5% 7	0.0% 0	17.2% 25
Use has increased	20.0% 3	14.8% 4	15.2% 7	7.5% 3	5.9% 1	12.4% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 27	100.0% 46	100.0% 40	100.0% 17	145

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	57.4% 27	41.7% 10	38.5% 10	40.9% 9	36.8% 7	45.7% 63
Use has declined	12.8% 6	25.0% 6	34.6% 9	31.8% 7	15.8% 3	22.5% 31
Use has stayed about the same	14.9% 7	29.2% 7	11.5% 3	22.7% 5	21.1% 4	18.8% 26
Use has increased	14.9% 7	4.2% 1	15.4% 4	4.5% 1	26.3% 5	13.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 26	100.0% 22	100.0% 19	138

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Never part of my spiritual life	46.3% 19	50.0% 19	43.3% 29	45.9% 67
Use has declined	29.3% 12	15.8% 6	25.4% 17	24.0% 35
Use has stayed about the same	12.2% 5	23.7% 9	17.9% 12	17.8% 26
Use has increased	12.2% 5	10.5% 4	13.4% 9	12.3% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 38	100.0% 67	146