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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Parish religious education program

	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	58	38.2%	38.2%	-.88
Not very influential	31	20.4%	58.6%	-.46
	12	7.9%	66.4%	-.03
	6	3.9%	70.4%	.39
	12	7.9%	78.3%	.81
	13	8.6%	86.8%	1.24
	10	6.6%	93.4%	1.66
Very influential	10	6.6%	100%	2.08

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	13.3% 2	28.6% 8	29.2% 14	58.1% 25	53.3% 8	38.3% 57
Not very influential	13.3% 2	25.0% 7	25.0% 12	18.6% 8	6.7% 1	20.1% 30
	13.3% 2	10.7% 3	12.5% 6	0.0% 0	6.7% 1	8.1% 12
	6.7% 1	7.1% 2	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
	20.0% 3	7.1% 2	4.2% 2	7.0% 3	13.3% 2	8.1% 12
	13.3% 2	14.3% 4	10.4% 5	2.3% 1	6.7% 1	8.7% 13
	13.3% 2	3.6% 1	8.3% 4	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	6.7% 10
Very influential	6.7% 1	3.6% 1	4.2% 2	7.0% 3	13.3% 2	6.0% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 48	100.0% 43	100.0% 15	149

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	34.0% 16	21.7% 5	42.9% 12	30.4% 7	65.0% 13	37.6% 53
Not very influential	23.4% 11	17.4% 4	25.0% 7	30.4% 7	5.0% 1	21.3% 30
	6.4% 3	26.1% 6	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	10.0% 2	8.5% 12
	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	8.7% 2	5.0% 1	4.3% 6
	4.3% 2	13.0% 3	10.7% 3	8.7% 2	5.0% 1	7.8% 11
	14.9% 7	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	7.8% 11
	8.5% 4	8.7% 2	3.6% 1	8.7% 2	5.0% 1	7.1% 10
Very influential	4.3% 2	4.3% 1	10.7% 3	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	5.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 23	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	141

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	44.4% 20	33.3% 13	35.8% 24	37.7% 57
Not very influential	37.8% 17	15.4% 6	11.9% 8	20.5% 31
	6.7% 3	10.3% 4	7.5% 5	7.9% 12
	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	4.5% 3	4.0% 6
	4.4% 2	12.8% 5	7.5% 5	7.9% 12
	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	13.4% 9	8.6% 13
	2.2% 1	7.7% 3	9.0% 6	6.6% 10
Very influential	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	10.4% 7	6.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 67	151