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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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MATERNAL

Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Mother or significant maternal-figure

	0) Doesn't pertain
	1) Not very influential
	2)
	3)
	4)
	5)
	6)
	7) Very influential

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Doesn't pertain	10	6.5%	6.5%	-1.88
Not very influential	23	14.8%	21.3%	-1.47
	4	2.6%	23.9%	-1.05
	9	5.8%	29.7%	-.64
	19	12.3%	41.9%	-.22
	20	12.9%	54.8%	.19
	21	13.5%	68.4%	.61
Very influential	49	31.6%	100%	1.02

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	20.0% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	7.0% 3	17.6% 3	6.6% 10
Not very influential	6.7% 1	17.2% 5	14.6% 7	20.9% 9	5.9% 1	15.1% 23
	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 4
	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	8.3% 4	4.7% 2	5.9% 1	5.3% 8
	13.3% 2	10.3% 3	16.7% 8	11.6% 5	5.9% 1	12.5% 19
	6.7% 1	24.1% 7	4.2% 2	16.3% 7	17.6% 3	13.2% 20
	20.0% 3	13.8% 4	16.7% 8	9.3% 4	11.8% 2	13.8% 21
Very influential	33.3% 5	27.6% 8	31.3% 15	30.2% 13	35.3% 6	30.9% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 29	100.0% 48	100.0% 43	100.0% 17	152

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	8.5% 4	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	6.3% 9
Not very influential	12.8% 6	0.0% 0	17.9% 5	30.4% 7	20.0% 4	15.5% 22
	2.1% 1	4.2% 1	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 4
	8.5% 4	8.3% 2	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 2	6.3% 9
	10.6% 5	8.3% 2	21.4% 6	8.7% 2	15.0% 3	12.7% 18
	12.8% 6	12.5% 3	10.7% 3	13.0% 3	20.0% 4	13.4% 19
	8.5% 4	33.3% 8	10.7% 3	8.7% 2	15.0% 3	14.1% 20
Very influential	36.2% 17	33.3% 8	17.9% 5	34.8% 8	15.0% 3	28.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	142

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	6.7% 3	10.3% 4	2.9% 2	5.8% 9
Not very influential	31.1% 14	10.3% 4	7.1% 5	14.9% 23
	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 4
	4.4% 2	10.3% 4	4.3% 3	5.8% 9
	11.1% 5	5.1% 2	17.1% 12	12.3% 19
	4.4% 2	17.9% 7	15.7% 11	13.0% 20
	11.1% 5	12.8% 5	15.7% 11	13.6% 21
Very influential	26.7% 12	28.2% 11	37.1% 26	31.8% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 70	154