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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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BACKGRND

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 feel comfortable in expressing myself in ways appropriate to my culture and background here.

	1) Very strongly disagree
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	7) Very strongly agree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strongly disagree	25	17%	17%	-1.42
	24	16.3%	33.3%	-.95
	11	7.5%	40.8%	-.47
	24	16.3%	57.1%	0
	14	9.5%	66.7%	.48
	28	19%	85.7%	.95
Very strongly agree	21	14.3%	100%	1.43

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	14.3% 2	3.6% 1	13.3% 6	32.5% 13	11.8% 2	16.7% 24
	7.1% 1	25.0% 7	22.2% 10	12.5% 5	0.0% 0	16.0% 23
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	6.7% 3	10.0% 4	17.6% 3	7.6% 11
	28.6% 4	14.3% 4	20.0% 9	5.0% 2	23.5% 4	16.0% 23
	14.3% 2	14.3% 4	13.3% 6	5.0% 2	0.0% 0	9.7% 14
	21.4% 3	25.0% 7	15.6% 7	20.0% 8	17.6% 3	19.4% 28
Very strongly agree	14.3% 2	14.3% 4	8.9% 4	15.0% 6	29.4% 5	14.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	100.0% 45	100.0% 40	100.0% 17	144

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	20.0% 9	16.7% 4	17.9% 5	13.6% 3	15.8% 3	17.4% 24
	6.7% 3	12.5% 3	21.4% 6	36.4% 8	21.1% 4	17.4% 24
	8.9% 4	20.8% 5	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.2% 10
	13.3% 6	12.5% 3	10.7% 3	18.2% 4	36.8% 7	16.7% 23
	6.7% 3	4.2% 1	17.9% 5	9.1% 2	10.5% 2	9.4% 13
	26.7% 12	20.8% 5	17.9% 5	13.6% 3	10.5% 2	19.6% 27
Very strongly agree	17.8% 8	12.5% 3	10.7% 3	9.1% 2	5.3% 1	12.3% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 22	100.0% 19	138

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	20.9% 9	17.9% 7	13.8% 9	17.0% 25
	18.6% 8	17.9% 7	13.8% 9	16.3% 24
	7.0% 3	12.8% 5	4.6% 3	7.5% 11
	14.0% 6	17.9% 7	16.9% 11	16.3% 24
	7.0% 3	12.8% 5	9.2% 6	9.5% 14
	18.6% 8	7.7% 3	26.2% 17	19.0% 28
Very strongly agree	14.0% 6	12.8% 5	15.4% 10	14.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 39	100.0% 65	147