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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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CATHFAMS

Using the scale below, please indicate how influential was each of the following individuals, groups, and experiences in your decision to consider the priesthood. -- Influences of other Catholic families

	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	40	26.5%	26.5%	-1.14
Not very influential	27	17.9%	44.4%	-.73
	10	6.6%	51%	-.33
	9	6%	57%	.08
	17	11.3%	68.2%	.48
	19	12.6%	80.8%	.89
	16	10.6%	91.4%	1.29
Very influential	13	8.6%	100%	1.7

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	26.7% 4	22.2% 6	20.8% 10	32.6% 14	26.7% 4	25.7% 38
Not very influential	13.3% 2	7.4% 2	20.8% 10	25.6% 11	6.7% 1	17.6% 26
	13.3% 2	7.4% 2	8.3% 4	4.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.8% 10
	6.7% 1	11.1% 3	6.3% 3	2.3% 1	6.7% 1	6.1% 9
	13.3% 2	11.1% 3	12.5% 6	9.3% 4	13.3% 2	11.5% 17
	6.7% 1	11.1% 3	12.5% 6	16.3% 7	13.3% 2	12.8% 19
	13.3% 2	11.1% 3	14.6% 7	7.0% 3	6.7% 1	10.8% 16
Very influential	6.7% 1	18.5% 5	4.2% 2	2.3% 1	26.7% 4	8.8% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 27	100.0% 48	100.0% 43	100.0% 15	148

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Doesn't pertain	25.5% 12	36.4% 8	25.9% 7	8.7% 2	35.0% 7	25.9% 36
Not very influential	21.3% 10	18.2% 4	14.8% 4	17.4% 4	20.0% 4	18.7% 26
	4.3% 2	4.5% 1	14.8% 4	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	7.2% 10
	6.4% 3	4.5% 1	3.7% 1	13.0% 3	5.0% 1	6.5% 9
	4.3% 2	22.7% 5	11.1% 3	21.7% 5	5.0% 1	11.5% 16
	17.0% 8	4.5% 1	7.4% 2	17.4% 4	10.0% 2	12.2% 17
	10.6% 5	9.1% 2	18.5% 5	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	10.1% 14
Very influential	10.6% 5	0.0% 0	3.7% 1	13.0% 3	10.0% 2	7.9% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 22	100.0% 27	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	15.9% 7	33.3% 13	28.4% 19	26.0% 39
Not very influential	36.4% 16	10.3% 4	10.4% 7	18.0% 27
	2.3% 1	10.3% 4	7.5% 5	6.7% 10
	9.1% 4	2.6% 1	6.0% 4	6.0% 9
	13.6% 6	7.7% 3	11.9% 8	11.3% 17
	6.8% 3	15.4% 6	14.9% 10	12.7% 19
	9.1% 4	12.8% 5	10.4% 7	10.7% 16
Very influential	6.8% 3	7.7% 3	10.4% 7	8.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 39	100.0% 67	150