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

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I-AGEORD Age respondent was ordained a priest (Recoded for use with on-line analysis)   0) Age 20-26   1) Age 27-30   2) Age 31-36   3) Age 37-49   4) Age 50+

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Age 20-26	300	14.4%	14.4%	-1.5
Age 27-30	762	36.5%	50.9%	-.57
Age 31-36	574	27.5%	78.4%	.36
Age 37-49	354	17%	95.4%	1.3
Age 50+	97	4.6%	100%	2.23

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
Age 20-26	12.4% 14	12.7% 93	16.0% 185	9.6% 7	14.4% 299
Age 27-30	27.4% 31	32.3% 236	40.2% 464	35.6% 26	36.6% 757
Age 31-36	24.8% 28	28.6% 209	26.6% 307	34.2% 25	27.5% 569
Age 37-49	23.0% 26	20.2% 148	14.0% 161	19.2% 14	16.9% 349
Age 50+	12.4% 14	6.2% 45	3.2% 37	1.4% 1	4.7% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 731	100.0% 1154	100.0% 73	2071

Place raised (I-WRAISD)

	Rural	Small town/city	Suburb	Urban	TOTAL
Age 20-26	16.4% 54	14.7% 94	13.9% 90	14.2% 61	14.6% 299
Age 27-30	36.7% 121	37.0% 237	38.7% 250	32.7% 141	36.6% 749
Age 31-36	27.3% 90	27.0% 173	30.3% 196	24.1% 104	27.5% 563
Age 37-49	16.7% 55	16.8% 108	15.3% 99	19.7% 85	16.9% 347
Age 50+	3.0% 10	4.5% 29	1.7% 11	9.3% 40	4.4% 90
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 641	100.0% 646	100.0% 431	2048

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 26-33	Age 34-39	Age 40-47	Age 48-54	Age 55+	TOTAL
Age 20-26	24.9% 102	21.0% 162	5.1% 30	1.2% 2	2.6% 4	14.4% 300
Age 27-30	61.4% 251	42.6% 328	29.2% 173	1.8% 3	4.6% 7	36.5% 762
Age 31-36	13.7% 56	33.2% 256	40.5% 240	12.3% 20	1.3% 2	27.5% 574
Age 37-49	0.0% 0	3.1% 24	25.3% 150	79.8% 130	32.9% 50	17.0% 354
Age 50+	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.9% 8	58.6% 89	4.6% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 409	100.0% 770	100.0% 593	100.0% 163	100.0% 152	2087

Age entered seminary (I-AGESEM)

	Age 10-18	Age 18-23	Age 24-29	Age 30-36	Age 37+	TOTAL
Age 20-26	43.4% 178	19.2% 119	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	14.4% 300
Age 27-30	39.0% 160	68.1% 422	30.6% 175	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.4% 757
Age 31-36	12.0% 49	10.5% 65	64.6% 369	34.6% 88	0.5% 1	27.5% 572
Age 37-49	3.9% 16	1.6% 10	3.5% 20	65.4% 166	63.1% 140	16.9% 352
Age 50+	1.7% 7	0.6% 4	0.9% 5	0.0% 0	36.0% 80	4.6% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 410	100.0% 620	100.0% 571	100.0% 254	100.0% 222	2077

Age of ordination (I-AGEORD)

	Age 20-26	Age 27-30	Age 31-36	Age 37-49	Age 50+	TOTAL
Age 20-26	100.0% 300	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.4% 300
Age 27-30	0.0% 0	100.0% 762	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	36.5% 762
Age 31-36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 574	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.5% 574
Age 37-49	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 354	0.0% 0	17.0% 354
Age 50+	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 97	4.6% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 762	100.0% 574	100.0% 354	100.0% 97	2087