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Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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LEADSHIP

Using the scale given below, please indicate to what extent you feel the following are ministerial priorities for you. Please read through all the items, and then go back and evaluate. -- Giving spiritual direction and leadership to the parish and individuals within it

	1) Very low priority
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	7) Very high priority

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very low priority	7	4.6%	4.6%	-2.8
	6	3.9%	8.6%	-2.2
	2	1.3%	9.9%	-1.6
	13	8.6%	18.4%	-1
	27	17.8%	36.2%	-.41
	28	18.4%	54.6%	.19
Very high priority	69	45.4%	100%	.79

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	10.6% 5	2.4% 1	0.0% 0	4.7% 7
	0.0% 0	3.4% 1	4.3% 2	7.1% 3	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	5.9% 1	1.3% 2
	7.1% 1	6.9% 2	4.3% 2	14.3% 6	11.8% 2	8.7% 13
	14.3% 2	31.0% 9	17.0% 8	11.9% 5	5.9% 1	16.8% 25
	21.4% 3	20.7% 6	21.3% 10	11.9% 5	23.5% 4	18.8% 28
Very high priority	57.1% 8	34.5% 10	42.6% 20	50.0% 21	52.9% 9	45.6% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 29	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	100.0% 17	149

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	2.1% 1	8.3% 2	10.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	4.9% 7
	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	4.2% 6
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	1.4% 2
	2.1% 1	8.3% 2	3.6% 1	30.4% 7	10.0% 2	9.2% 13
	23.4% 11	8.3% 2	17.9% 5	8.7% 2	15.0% 3	16.2% 23
	19.1% 9	41.7% 10	7.1% 2	8.7% 2	20.0% 4	19.0% 27
Very high priority	51.1% 24	33.3% 8	53.6% 15	43.5% 10	35.0% 7	45.1% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 24	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
Very low priority	6.8% 3	7.7% 3	1.5% 1	4.6% 7
	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 4	4.0% 6
	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 2	1.3% 2
	11.4% 5	5.1% 2	8.8% 6	8.6% 13
	18.2% 8	20.5% 8	16.2% 11	17.9% 27
	13.6% 6	23.1% 9	19.1% 13	18.5% 28
Very high priority	45.5% 20	43.6% 17	45.6% 31	45.0% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 44	100.0% 39	100.0% 68	151