Parish Background Behind Priestly Vocations: Recently Ordained Priests' Survey, 1998

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YGROUP ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN A CATHOLIC PARISH AS A CHILD OR YOUTH [Responded "Yes" to CPYOUTH (VAR 15)]: Please react to these statements about your childhood and home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had a youth group.   1) Very inaccurate   2) Inaccurate   3) Accurate   4) Very accurate

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very inaccurate	554	28.6%	28.6%	-1.29
Inaccurate	397	20.5%	49%	-.38
Accurate	621	32%	81.1%	.54
Very accurate	367	18.9%	100%	1.45

Variable Comparisons

Household income Place raised Age Age entered seminary Age of ordination

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Poor	Lower-middle class	Middle class	Affluent	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	32.0% 33	32.3% 217	26.7% 289	15.2% 10	28.5% 549
Inaccurate	24.3% 25	21.0% 141	19.7% 214	22.7% 15	20.5% 395
Accurate	23.3% 24	30.6% 205	33.5% 363	40.9% 27	32.2% 619
Very accurate	20.4% 21	16.1% 108	20.1% 218	21.2% 14	18.8% 361
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 671	100.0% 1084	100.0% 66	1924

Place raised (I-WRAISD)

	Rural	Small town/city	Suburb	Urban	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	43.0% 130	29.2% 175	22.1% 134	26.4% 107	28.6% 546
Inaccurate	19.2% 58	22.5% 135	17.5% 106	22.5% 91	20.4% 390
Accurate	26.5% 80	32.6% 195	36.4% 220	29.9% 121	32.2% 616
Very accurate	11.3% 34	15.7% 94	24.0% 145	21.2% 86	18.8% 359
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 599	100.0% 605	100.0% 405	1911

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 26-33	Age 34-39	Age 40-47	Age 48-54	Age 55+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	24.2% 94	27.4% 199	31.5% 171	32.2% 46	33.1% 43	28.6% 553
Inaccurate	16.7% 65	21.0% 153	20.1% 109	27.3% 39	21.5% 28	20.4% 394
Accurate	35.5% 138	33.4% 243	30.0% 163	25.9% 37	28.5% 37	32.0% 618
Very accurate	23.7% 92	18.2% 132	18.4% 100	14.7% 21	16.9% 22	19.0% 367
TOTAL	100.0% 389	100.0% 727	100.0% 543	100.0% 143	100.0% 130	1932

Age entered seminary (I-AGESEM)

	Age 10-18	Age 18-23	Age 24-29	Age 30-36	Age 37+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	29.9% 120	25.6% 152	27.0% 139	35.7% 79	30.7% 59	28.6% 549
Inaccurate	19.2% 77	19.4% 115	20.8% 107	23.1% 51	21.9% 42	20.4% 392
Accurate	29.4% 118	33.9% 201	34.2% 176	27.1% 60	31.3% 60	32.0% 615
Very accurate	21.4% 86	21.1% 125	17.9% 92	14.0% 31	16.1% 31	19.0% 365
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 593	100.0% 514	100.0% 221	100.0% 192	1921

Age of ordination (I-AGEORD)

	Age 20-26	Age 27-30	Age 31-36	Age 37-49	Age 50+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	30.1% 88	27.0% 198	28.0% 145	30.5% 92	34.9% 29	28.6% 552
Inaccurate	20.5% 60	18.0% 132	22.8% 118	21.5% 65	21.7% 18	20.4% 393
Accurate	27.4% 80	34.6% 253	33.6% 174	29.1% 88	25.3% 21	32.0% 616
Very accurate	21.9% 64	20.4% 149	15.6% 81	18.9% 57	18.1% 15	19.0% 366
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 732	100.0% 518	100.0% 302	100.0% 83	1927