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

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PARSEUCH 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 -- I participated in special Eucharistic devotions.   1) Very inaccurate   2) Inaccurate   3) Accurate   4) Very accurate

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very inaccurate	453	23.3%	23.3%	-1.44
Inaccurate	401	20.6%	43.9%	-.51
Accurate	682	35%	78.9%	.43
Very accurate	411	21.1%	100%	1.37

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	12.4% 13	18.8% 127	26.7% 290	30.8% 20	23.3% 450
Inaccurate	13.3% 14	20.8% 140	21.6% 235	16.9% 11	20.7% 400
Accurate	39.0% 41	37.7% 254	32.6% 355	36.9% 24	34.9% 674
Very accurate	35.2% 37	22.7% 153	19.1% 208	15.4% 10	21.1% 408
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 674	100.0% 1088	100.0% 65	1932

Place raised (I-WRAISD)

	Rural	Small town/city	Suburb	Urban	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	20.1% 61	18.6% 112	31.8% 192	19.9% 81	23.3% 446
Inaccurate	21.5% 65	20.2% 122	22.0% 133	18.4% 75	20.6% 395
Accurate	34.7% 105	39.0% 235	30.8% 186	36.3% 148	35.1% 674
Very accurate	23.8% 72	22.2% 134	15.4% 93	25.5% 104	21.0% 403
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 603	100.0% 604	100.0% 408	1918

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 26-33	Age 34-39	Age 40-47	Age 48-54	Age 55+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	28.3% 111	28.3% 206	19.8% 108	9.7% 14	9.3% 12	23.2% 451
Inaccurate	21.2% 83	22.5% 164	21.2% 116	12.5% 18	14.7% 19	20.6% 400
Accurate	33.2% 130	31.1% 227	37.4% 204	46.5% 67	39.5% 51	35.0% 679
Very accurate	17.3% 68	18.1% 132	21.6% 118	31.3% 45	36.4% 47	21.1% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 729	100.0% 546	100.0% 144	100.0% 129	1940

Age entered seminary (I-AGESEM)

	Age 10-18	Age 18-23	Age 24-29	Age 30-36	Age 37+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	19.4% 78	25.6% 153	28.6% 147	21.1% 47	11.5% 22	23.2% 447
Inaccurate	17.4% 70	22.9% 137	23.9% 123	17.0% 38	16.2% 31	20.7% 399
Accurate	38.2% 154	31.6% 189	32.5% 167	40.8% 91	39.3% 75	35.0% 676
Very accurate	25.1% 101	19.9% 119	15.0% 77	21.1% 47	33.0% 63	21.1% 407
TOTAL	100.0% 403	100.0% 598	100.0% 514	100.0% 223	100.0% 191	1929

Age of ordination (I-AGEORD)

	Age 20-26	Age 27-30	Age 31-36	Age 37-49	Age 50+	TOTAL
Very inaccurate	23.3% 68	26.5% 195	26.5% 138	13.5% 41	9.8% 8	23.3% 450
Inaccurate	20.2% 59	21.7% 160	22.5% 117	16.4% 50	14.6% 12	20.6% 398
Accurate	36.0% 105	31.2% 230	35.0% 182	42.1% 128	39.0% 32	35.0% 677
Very accurate	20.5% 60	20.6% 152	16.0% 83	28.0% 85	36.6% 30	21.2% 410
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 737	100.0% 520	100.0% 304	100.0% 82	1935