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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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RACEGOOD

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 think that other people, too, will regard my race as a plus, rather than a minus.

	1) Very strongly disagree
	2)
	3)
	4)
	5)
	6)
	7) Very strongly agree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strongly disagree	27	18.8%	18.8%	-1.5
	14	9.7%	28.5%	-.99
	10	6.9%	35.4%	-.48
	32	22.2%	57.6%	.03
	28	19.4%	77.1%	.54
	17	11.8%	88.9%	1.05
Very strongly agree	16	11.1%	100%	1.56

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	15.4% 2	17.9% 5	16.3% 7	19.5% 8	29.4% 5	19.0% 27
	7.7% 1	21.4% 6	7.0% 3	7.3% 3	5.9% 1	9.9% 14
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	9.3% 4	9.8% 4	5.9% 1	7.0% 10
	38.5% 5	17.9% 5	25.6% 11	17.1% 7	17.6% 3	21.8% 31
	23.1% 3	17.9% 5	18.6% 8	22.0% 9	17.6% 3	19.7% 28
	15.4% 2	14.3% 4	9.3% 4	14.6% 6	5.9% 1	12.0% 17
Very strongly agree	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	14.0% 6	9.8% 4	17.6% 3	10.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 28	100.0% 43	100.0% 41	100.0% 17	142

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	16.3% 7	17.4% 4	28.6% 8	23.8% 5	5.0% 1	18.5% 25
	7.0% 3	8.7% 2	3.6% 1	9.5% 2	25.0% 5	9.6% 13
	9.3% 4	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	4.8% 1	5.0% 1	6.7% 9
	25.6% 11	30.4% 7	10.7% 3	9.5% 2	35.0% 7	22.2% 30
	18.6% 8	17.4% 4	21.4% 6	28.6% 6	15.0% 3	20.0% 27
	11.6% 5	17.4% 4	14.3% 4	9.5% 2	10.0% 2	12.6% 17
Very strongly agree	11.6% 5	8.7% 2	10.7% 3	14.3% 3	5.0% 1	10.4% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 23	100.0% 28	100.0% 21	100.0% 20	135

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very strongly disagree	21.4% 9	15.8% 6	18.8% 12	18.8% 27
	4.8% 2	15.8% 6	9.4% 6	9.7% 14
	4.8% 2	13.2% 5	4.7% 3	6.9% 10
	23.8% 10	15.8% 6	25.0% 16	22.2% 32
	26.2% 11	21.1% 8	14.1% 9	19.4% 28
	9.5% 4	13.2% 5	12.5% 8	11.8% 17
Very strongly agree	9.5% 4	5.3% 2	15.6% 10	11.1% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 38	100.0% 64	144