Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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EXPERINC Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Non-Catholic religious experience   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	78	52.7%	52.7%	-.7
Not very influential	27	18.2%	70.9%	-.25
	4	2.7%	73.6%	.2
	6	4.1%	77.7%	.65
	8	5.4%	83.1%	1.1
	11	7.4%	90.5%	1.55
	8	5.4%	95.9%	2
Very influential	6	4.1%	100%	2.45

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	60.0% 9	50.0% 14	47.9% 23	46.3% 19	84.6% 11	52.4% 76
Not very influential	33.3% 5	7.1% 2	16.7% 8	26.8% 11	0.0% 0	17.9% 26
	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	4.2% 2	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 4
	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	4.2% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	4.1% 6
	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	4.2% 2	7.3% 3	7.7% 1	5.5% 8
	0.0% 0	10.7% 3	12.5% 6	4.9% 2	0.0% 0	7.6% 11
	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	8.3% 4	4.9% 2	0.0% 0	5.5% 8
Very influential	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	2.1% 1	7.3% 3	0.0% 0	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 28	100.0% 48	100.0% 41	100.0% 13	145

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	55.3% 26	57.1% 12	50.0% 14	39.1% 9	55.0% 11	51.8% 72
Not very influential	21.3% 10	9.5% 2	21.4% 6	26.1% 6	15.0% 3	19.4% 27
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 4	2.9% 4
	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	4.3% 6
	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	0.0% 0	4.3% 6
	6.4% 3	4.8% 1	14.3% 4	8.7% 2	5.0% 1	7.9% 11
	2.1% 1	19.0% 4	3.6% 1	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 7
Very influential	2.1% 1	9.5% 2	7.1% 2	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 21	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	139

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	28.9% 13	51.3% 20	69.8% 44	52.4% 77
Not very influential	28.9% 13	10.3% 4	15.9% 10	18.4% 27
	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	1.6% 1	2.7% 4
	0.0% 0	7.7% 3	4.8% 3	4.1% 6
	4.4% 2	2.6% 1	7.9% 5	5.4% 8
	13.3% 6	12.8% 5	0.0% 0	7.5% 11
	11.1% 5	7.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.4% 8
Very influential	11.1% 5	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 63	147