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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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RELGLIFE

Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Family religious life/spirituality

	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	15	9.7%	9.7%	-2.13
Not very influential	10	6.5%	16.2%	-1.69
	1	.6%	16.9%	-1.26
	6	3.9%	20.8%	-.82
	17	11%	31.8%	-.39
	22	14.3%	46.1%	.05
	35	22.7%	68.8%	.48
Very influential	48	31.2%	100%	.91

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	6.7% 1	3.6% 1	8.3% 4	18.6% 8	5.9% 1	9.9% 15
Not very influential	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	6.3% 3	9.3% 4	5.9% 1	6.6% 10
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
	13.3% 2	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 1	3.3% 5
	6.7% 1	7.1% 2	10.4% 5	18.6% 8	0.0% 0	10.6% 16
	20.0% 3	17.9% 5	20.8% 10	7.0% 3	5.9% 1	14.6% 22
	13.3% 2	25.0% 7	27.1% 13	20.9% 9	23.5% 4	23.2% 35
Very influential	40.0% 6	28.6% 8	27.1% 13	25.6% 11	52.9% 9	31.1% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 48	100.0% 43	100.0% 17	151

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	14.6% 7	4.3% 1	7.1% 2	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	9.2% 13
Not very influential	8.3% 4	4.3% 1	3.6% 1	17.4% 4	0.0% 0	7.0% 10
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
	8.3% 4	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.2% 6
	10.4% 5	13.0% 3	10.7% 3	13.0% 3	15.0% 3	12.0% 17
	8.3% 4	13.0% 3	17.9% 5	17.4% 4	25.0% 5	14.8% 21
	27.1% 13	21.7% 5	21.4% 6	8.7% 2	30.0% 6	22.5% 32
Very influential	22.9% 11	34.8% 8	39.3% 11	34.8% 8	20.0% 4	29.6% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 23	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	13.3% 6	10.3% 4	5.8% 4	9.2% 14
Not very influential	13.3% 6	2.6% 1	4.3% 3	6.5% 10
	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	5.8% 4	3.9% 6
	13.3% 6	12.8% 5	8.7% 6	11.1% 17
	15.6% 7	12.8% 5	14.5% 10	14.4% 22
	15.6% 7	33.3% 13	21.7% 15	22.9% 35
Very influential	26.7% 12	23.1% 9	39.1% 27	31.4% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 69	153