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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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HELPFULS

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. -- The Diocesan Vocation Director or Religious Formation Director has been helpful to me.

	1) Very strongly disagree
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	7) Very strongly agree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strongly disagree	33	22.8%	22.8%	-1.33
	19	13.1%	35.9%	-.87
	8	5.5%	41.4%	-.41
	21	14.5%	55.9%	.05
	19	13.1%	69%	.51
	25	17.2%	86.2%	.97
Very strongly agree	20	13.8%	100%	1.43

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	21.4% 3	7.1% 2	18.6% 8	31.0% 13	33.3% 5	21.8% 31
	0.0% 0	17.9% 5	23.3% 10	4.8% 2	13.3% 2	13.4% 19
	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	7.0% 3	4.8% 2	6.7% 1	5.6% 8
	14.3% 2	14.3% 4	14.0% 6	19.0% 8	6.7% 1	14.8% 21
	7.1% 1	25.0% 7	11.6% 5	9.5% 4	6.7% 1	12.7% 18
	35.7% 5	21.4% 6	16.3% 7	14.3% 6	6.7% 1	17.6% 25
Very strongly agree	7.1% 1	14.3% 4	9.3% 4	16.7% 7	26.7% 4	14.1% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	100.0% 43	100.0% 42	100.0% 15	142

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	29.5% 13	20.8% 5	14.3% 4	28.6% 6	20.0% 4	23.4% 32
	9.1% 4	16.7% 4	25.0% 7	4.8% 1	15.0% 3	13.9% 19
	4.5% 2	4.2% 1	14.3% 4	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	5.8% 8
	11.4% 5	8.3% 2	7.1% 2	23.8% 5	15.0% 3	12.4% 17
	11.4% 5	16.7% 4	10.7% 3	14.3% 3	20.0% 4	13.9% 19
	20.5% 9	20.8% 5	14.3% 4	19.0% 4	15.0% 3	18.2% 25
Very strongly agree	13.6% 6	12.5% 3	14.3% 4	9.5% 2	10.0% 2	12.4% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 21	100.0% 20	137

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	20.5% 9	25.6% 10	22.6% 14	22.8% 33
	13.6% 6	17.9% 7	9.7% 6	13.1% 19
	6.8% 3	2.6% 1	6.5% 4	5.5% 8
	15.9% 7	20.5% 8	9.7% 6	14.5% 21
	15.9% 7	12.8% 5	11.3% 7	13.1% 19
	9.1% 4	10.3% 4	27.4% 17	17.2% 25
Very strongly agree	18.2% 8	10.3% 4	12.9% 8	13.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 39	100.0% 62	145