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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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CONFIDNT

Using the scale given below, please express your agreement or disagreement with the following statements about the seminary. For priests, please respond as you might have when you WERE a seminarian. -- I have increased in good feelings about who I am, where I come from, and have felt my confidence and self-concept grow.

	1) Very strongly disagree
	2)
	3)
	4)
	5)
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	7) Very strongly agree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strongly disagree	16	11%	11%	-1.97
	9	6.2%	17.1%	-1.49
	9	6.2%	23.3%	-1
	13	8.9%	32.2%	-.52
	17	11.6%	43.8%	-.04
	30	20.5%	64.4%	.44
Very strongly agree	52	35.6%	100%	.93

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	2.3% 1	22.0% 9	17.6% 3	10.5% 15
	0.0% 0	7.4% 2	9.1% 4	4.9% 2	5.9% 1	6.3% 9
	0.0% 0	11.1% 3	6.8% 3	4.9% 2	5.9% 1	6.3% 9
	14.3% 2	3.7% 1	9.1% 4	12.2% 5	0.0% 0	8.4% 12
	14.3% 2	18.5% 5	9.1% 4	12.2% 5	5.9% 1	11.9% 17
	21.4% 3	14.8% 4	29.5% 13	14.6% 6	23.5% 4	21.0% 30
Very strongly agree	50.0% 7	37.0% 10	34.1% 15	29.3% 12	41.2% 7	35.7% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 27	100.0% 44	100.0% 41	100.0% 17	143

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	13.3% 6	8.7% 2	17.9% 5	9.1% 2	5.3% 1	11.7% 16
	4.4% 2	4.3% 1	3.6% 1	4.5% 1	15.8% 3	5.8% 8
	6.7% 3	8.7% 2	7.1% 2	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	6.6% 9
	8.9% 4	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	13.6% 3	15.8% 3	8.8% 12
	8.9% 4	13.0% 3	14.3% 4	13.6% 3	15.8% 3	12.4% 17
	15.6% 7	26.1% 6	21.4% 6	22.7% 5	26.3% 5	21.2% 29
Very strongly agree	42.2% 19	30.4% 7	35.7% 10	27.3% 6	21.1% 4	33.6% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 23	100.0% 28	100.0% 22	100.0% 19	137

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	12.2% 5	7.7% 3	12.1% 8	11.0% 16
	2.4% 1	15.4% 6	3.0% 2	6.2% 9
	12.2% 5	5.1% 2	3.0% 2	6.2% 9
	12.2% 5	7.7% 3	7.6% 5	8.9% 13
	9.8% 4	15.4% 6	10.6% 7	11.6% 17
	17.1% 7	20.5% 8	22.7% 15	20.5% 30
Very strongly agree	34.1% 14	28.2% 11	40.9% 27	35.6% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 41	100.0% 39	100.0% 66	146