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

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VOCDEC5 How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Attraction to prayer and spirituality.   1) Not important   2) Somewhat important   3) Important   4) Very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not important	21	1%	1%	-3.22
Somewhat important	254	12.1%	13.1%	-1.83
Important	863	41.3%	54.4%	-.44
Very important	954	45.6%	100%	.95

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
Not important	0.0% 0	1.2% 9	1.0% 11	0.0% 0	1.0% 20
Somewhat important	8.7% 10	13.1% 96	11.9% 137	12.0% 9	12.1% 252
Important	40.0% 46	41.9% 307	41.2% 476	40.0% 30	41.4% 859
Very important	51.3% 59	43.8% 321	45.9% 530	48.0% 36	45.5% 946
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 733	100.0% 1154	100.0% 75	2077

Place raised (I-WRAISD)

	Rural	Small town/city	Suburb	Urban	TOTAL
Not important	0.9% 3	1.3% 8	0.8% 5	0.9% 4	1.0% 20
Somewhat important	12.6% 42	10.9% 70	12.0% 78	14.2% 61	12.2% 251
Important	41.0% 137	40.2% 257	45.0% 292	37.6% 162	41.3% 848
Very important	45.5% 152	47.7% 305	42.2% 274	47.3% 204	45.5% 935
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 640	100.0% 649	100.0% 431	2054

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 26-33	Age 34-39	Age 40-47	Age 48-54	Age 55+	TOTAL
Not important	0.7% 3	0.5% 4	1.0% 6	4.3% 7	0.7% 1	1.0% 21
Somewhat important	13.2% 54	12.6% 97	12.3% 73	9.8% 16	9.5% 14	12.2% 254
Important	43.1% 176	42.6% 329	40.1% 238	40.5% 66	36.1% 53	41.4% 862
Very important	42.9% 175	44.3% 342	46.6% 277	45.4% 74	53.7% 79	45.4% 947
TOTAL	100.0% 408	100.0% 772	100.0% 594	100.0% 163	100.0% 147	2084

Age entered seminary (I-AGESEM)

	Age 10-18	Age 18-23	Age 24-29	Age 30-36	Age 37+	TOTAL
Not important	1.2% 5	0.6% 4	0.5% 3	1.2% 3	2.8% 6	1.0% 21
Somewhat important	16.4% 67	12.9% 80	11.2% 64	11.5% 29	6.5% 14	12.3% 254
Important	41.8% 171	43.4% 269	39.6% 227	38.3% 97	41.9% 91	41.3% 855
Very important	40.6% 166	43.1% 267	48.7% 279	49.0% 124	48.8% 106	45.5% 942
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 620	100.0% 573	100.0% 253	100.0% 217	2072

Age of ordination (I-AGEORD)

	Age 20-26	Age 27-30	Age 31-36	Age 37-49	Age 50+	TOTAL
Not important	1.0% 3	0.8% 6	0.5% 3	1.7% 6	3.2% 3	1.0% 21
Somewhat important	15.4% 46	13.0% 99	12.2% 70	9.1% 32	7.5% 7	12.2% 254
Important	41.1% 123	43.9% 334	40.7% 233	38.7% 136	33.3% 31	41.3% 857
Very important	42.5% 127	42.3% 322	46.6% 267	50.4% 177	55.9% 52	45.5% 945
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 761	100.0% 573	100.0% 351	100.0% 93	2077