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

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VOCDEC9 How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Example of a priest in the family.   1) Not important   2) Somewhat important   3) Important   4) Very important

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Not important	1511	74.7%	74.7%	-.52
Somewhat important	198	9.8%	84.5%	.55
Important	158	7.8%	92.3%	1.63
Very important	155	7.7%	100%	2.7

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	73.5% 83	74.4% 524	75.6% 844	66.2% 49	74.7% 1500
Somewhat important	13.3% 15	11.2% 79	8.5% 95	10.8% 8	9.8% 197
Important	6.2% 7	6.5% 46	8.4% 94	10.8% 8	7.7% 155
Very important	7.1% 8	7.8% 55	7.4% 83	12.2% 9	7.7% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 704	100.0% 1116	100.0% 74	2007

Place raised (I-WRAISD)

	Rural	Small town/city	Suburb	Urban	TOTAL
Not important	69.3% 221	72.5% 444	78.6% 495	76.5% 326	74.8% 1486
Somewhat important	12.9% 41	10.3% 63	8.6% 54	8.2% 35	9.7% 193
Important	9.1% 29	8.3% 51	6.5% 41	8.2% 35	7.9% 156
Very important	8.8% 28	8.8% 54	6.3% 40	7.0% 30	7.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 612	100.0% 630	100.0% 426	1987

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 26-33	Age 34-39	Age 40-47	Age 48-54	Age 55+	TOTAL
Not important	76.8% 304	73.4% 546	75.3% 436	78.4% 120	71.6% 101	74.9% 1507
Somewhat important	7.3% 29	9.9% 74	10.7% 62	10.5% 16	9.9% 14	9.7% 195
Important	7.6% 30	8.1% 60	7.9% 46	3.9% 6	9.9% 14	7.7% 156
Very important	8.3% 33	8.6% 64	6.0% 35	7.2% 11	8.5% 12	7.7% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 744	100.0% 579	100.0% 153	100.0% 141	2013

Age entered seminary (I-AGESEM)

	Age 10-18	Age 18-23	Age 24-29	Age 30-36	Age 37+	TOTAL
Not important	73.4% 287	73.8% 443	76.4% 425	77.9% 190	72.9% 153	74.9% 1498
Somewhat important	7.9% 31	10.3% 62	9.0% 50	11.1% 27	11.9% 25	9.7% 195
Important	10.2% 40	7.8% 47	7.0% 39	4.5% 11	9.0% 19	7.8% 156
Very important	8.4% 33	8.0% 48	7.6% 42	6.6% 16	6.2% 13	7.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 391	100.0% 600	100.0% 556	100.0% 244	100.0% 210	2001

Age of ordination (I-AGEORD)

	Age 20-26	Age 27-30	Age 31-36	Age 37-49	Age 50+	TOTAL
Not important	76.0% 219	74.1% 547	76.2% 423	74.7% 251	69.7% 62	74.9% 1502
Somewhat important	6.3% 18	9.2% 68	10.5% 58	12.2% 41	10.1% 9	9.7% 194
Important	9.0% 26	7.6% 56	7.4% 41	6.5% 22	11.2% 10	7.7% 155
Very important	8.7% 25	9.1% 67	5.9% 33	6.5% 22	9.0% 8	7.7% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 288	100.0% 738	100.0% 555	100.0% 336	100.0% 89	2006