Survey of African-American Priests and Seminarians, 1992

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CELIBACY 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. -- Living a celibate life as witness to the coming of the kingdom   1) Very low priority   2)   3)   4)   5)   6)   7) Very high priority

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very low priority	17	11%	11%	-2.02
	6	3.9%	14.9%	-1.53
	6	3.9%	18.8%	-1.04
	26	16.9%	35.7%	-.55
	17	11%	46.8%	-.06
	21	13.6%	60.4%	.43
Very high priority	61	39.6%	100%	.92

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	21-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	7.1% 1	10.3% 3	12.8% 6	13.6% 6	5.9% 1	11.3% 17
	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	6.4% 3	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
	0.0% 0	6.9% 2	6.4% 3	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 6
	21.4% 3	13.8% 4	19.1% 9	9.1% 4	23.5% 4	15.9% 24
	14.3% 2	17.2% 5	8.5% 4	9.1% 4	11.8% 2	11.3% 17
	0.0% 0	24.1% 7	14.9% 7	15.9% 7	0.0% 0	13.9% 21
Very high priority	50.0% 7	27.6% 8	31.9% 15	45.5% 20	58.8% 10	39.7% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 14	100.0% 29	100.0% 47	100.0% 44	100.0% 17	151

Household income (I-INCOME)

	<15K	15K-19,999	20K-29,999	30K-39,999	40K&over	TOTAL
Very low priority	10.4% 5	12.5% 3	25.0% 7	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	11.2% 16
	4.2% 2	4.2% 1	3.6% 1	4.3% 1	5.0% 1	4.2% 6
	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	7.1% 2	4.3% 1	10.0% 2	4.2% 6
	16.7% 8	29.2% 7	14.3% 4	8.7% 2	20.0% 4	17.5% 25
	12.5% 6	12.5% 3	7.1% 2	8.7% 2	10.0% 2	10.5% 15
	10.4% 5	8.3% 2	10.7% 3	17.4% 4	35.0% 7	14.7% 21
Very high priority	43.8% 21	33.3% 8	32.1% 9	52.2% 12	20.0% 4	37.8% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 23	100.0% 20	143

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Predominantly Protestant or non-Christian background	Mixed religious affiliations	Predominantly Catholic background	TOTAL
Very low priority	17.8% 8	10.3% 4	7.2% 5	11.1% 17
	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	2.9% 2	3.9% 6
	2.2% 1	7.7% 3	2.9% 2	3.9% 6
	6.7% 3	20.5% 8	21.7% 15	17.0% 26
	8.9% 4	12.8% 5	11.6% 8	11.1% 17
	20.0% 9	17.9% 7	7.2% 5	13.7% 21
Very high priority	40.0% 18	25.6% 10	46.4% 32	39.2% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 69	153