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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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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 that superiors and faculty expect a higher level of performance from African-American seminarians than from others.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strongly disagree	39	26.7%	26.7%	-1.2
	21	14.4%	41.1%	-.76
	9	6.2%	47.3%	-.32
	18	12.3%	59.6%	.12
	14	9.6%	69.2%	.57
	22	15.1%	84.2%	1.01
Very strongly agree	23	15.8%	100%	1.45

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	14.3% 2	35.7% 10	31.8% 14	20.0% 8	23.5% 4	26.6% 38
	21.4% 3	14.3% 4	15.9% 7	15.0% 6	5.9% 1	14.7% 21
	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.5% 2	7.5% 3	11.8% 2	6.3% 9
	21.4% 3	7.1% 2	11.4% 5	20.0% 8	0.0% 0	12.6% 18
	14.3% 2	10.7% 3	6.8% 3	7.5% 3	17.6% 3	9.8% 14
	7.1% 1	14.3% 4	18.2% 8	12.5% 5	17.6% 3	14.7% 21
Very strongly agree	7.1% 1	17.9% 5	11.4% 5	17.5% 7	23.5% 4	15.4% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 28	100.0% 44	100.0% 40	100.0% 17	143

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	20.5% 9	29.2% 7	46.4% 13	13.6% 3	26.3% 5	27.0% 37
	13.6% 6	4.2% 1	21.4% 6	13.6% 3	15.8% 3	13.9% 19
	6.8% 3	12.5% 3	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	6.6% 9
	18.2% 8	12.5% 3	7.1% 2	22.7% 5	0.0% 0	13.1% 18
	11.4% 5	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	13.6% 3	15.8% 3	9.5% 13
	11.4% 5	16.7% 4	7.1% 2	18.2% 4	31.6% 6	15.3% 21
Very strongly agree	18.2% 8	16.7% 4	14.3% 4	18.2% 4	0.0% 0	14.6% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 24	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	25.6% 11	28.2% 11	26.6% 17	26.7% 39
	14.0% 6	15.4% 6	14.1% 9	14.4% 21
	4.7% 2	10.3% 4	4.7% 3	6.2% 9
	20.9% 9	5.1% 2	10.9% 7	12.3% 18
	2.3% 1	15.4% 6	10.9% 7	9.6% 14
	16.3% 7	12.8% 5	15.6% 10	15.1% 22
Very strongly agree	16.3% 7	12.8% 5	17.2% 11	15.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 39	100.0% 64	146