Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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PASTORAL Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Catholic Pastor/particular parish priests   0) Doesn't pertain   1) Not very influential   2)   3)   4)   5)   6)   7) Very influential

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Doesn't pertain	12	7.8%	7.8%	-2.17
Not very influential	12	7.8%	15.7%	-1.74
	4	2.6%	18.3%	-1.32
	6	3.9%	22.2%	-.89
	10	6.5%	28.8%	-.46
	14	9.2%	37.9%	-.04
	35	22.9%	60.8%	.39
Very influential	60	39.2%	100%	.82

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	4.2% 2	16.7% 7	11.8% 2	8.0% 12
Not very influential	13.3% 2	7.1% 2	8.3% 4	4.8% 2	5.9% 1	7.3% 11
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	2.1% 1	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 3
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	8.3% 4	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	6.3% 3	9.5% 4	5.9% 1	6.7% 10
	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	12.5% 6	11.9% 5	11.8% 2	9.3% 14
	33.3% 5	35.7% 10	18.8% 9	14.3% 6	23.5% 4	22.7% 34
Very influential	46.7% 7	39.3% 11	39.6% 19	38.1% 16	41.2% 7	40.0% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 48	100.0% 42	100.0% 17	150

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	4.2% 2	8.7% 2	7.1% 2	13.6% 3	15.0% 3	8.5% 12
Not very influential	10.4% 5	8.7% 2	7.1% 2	4.5% 1	5.0% 1	7.8% 11
	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 4
	2.1% 1	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.0% 3	4.3% 6
	8.3% 4	4.3% 1	7.1% 2	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	6.4% 9
	2.1% 1	8.7% 2	10.7% 3	13.6% 3	10.0% 2	7.8% 11
	18.8% 9	30.4% 7	25.0% 7	13.6% 3	30.0% 6	22.7% 32
Very influential	54.2% 26	21.7% 5	42.9% 12	36.4% 8	25.0% 5	39.7% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 23	100.0% 28	100.0% 22	100.0% 20	141

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	20.5% 9	5.1% 2	1.4% 1	7.9% 12
Not very influential	13.6% 6	5.1% 2	4.3% 3	7.2% 11
	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 3	2.6% 4
	6.8% 3	2.6% 1	2.9% 2	3.9% 6
	6.8% 3	7.7% 3	5.8% 4	6.6% 10
	4.5% 2	10.3% 4	11.6% 8	9.2% 14
	13.6% 6	30.8% 12	24.6% 17	23.0% 35
Very influential	31.8% 14	38.5% 15	44.9% 31	39.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 39	100.0% 69	152