Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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THERCIA Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- RCIA   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	104	71.2%	71.2%	-.45
Not very influential	30	20.5%	91.8%	.41
	4	2.7%	94.5%	1.26
	1	.7%	95.2%	2.12
	3	2.1%	97.3%	2.97
	2	1.4%	98.6%	3.83
	1	.7%	99.3%	4.68
Very influential	1	.7%	100%	5.54

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	66.7% 10	71.4% 20	60.9% 28	78.0% 32	92.3% 12	71.3% 102
Not very influential	20.0% 3	17.9% 5	23.9% 11	22.0% 9	7.7% 1	20.3% 29
	6.7% 1	7.1% 2	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 4
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 3
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2
	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
Very influential	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 46	100.0% 41	100.0% 13	143

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	76.6% 36	57.1% 12	67.9% 19	60.9% 14	89.5% 17	71.0% 98
Not very influential	21.3% 10	28.6% 6	21.4% 6	30.4% 7	0.0% 0	21.0% 29
	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	10.5% 2	2.9% 4
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 3
	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 2
	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
Very influential	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 21	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 19	138

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	53.3% 24	81.1% 30	77.8% 49	71.0% 103
Not very influential	37.8% 17	10.8% 4	14.3% 9	20.7% 30
	2.2% 1	5.4% 2	1.6% 1	2.8% 4
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.7% 1
	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.2% 2	2.1% 3
	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	1.4% 2
	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
Very influential	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 37	100.0% 63	145