Survey of American Catholic Priests, 2001

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FUTURE Which of the following statements most clearly reflects your feeling about your future priesthood?   1) I will definitely not leave   2) I probably will not leave   3) I am uncertain about my future   4) I probably will leave   5) I have definitely decided to leave

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I will definitely not leave	999	79%	79%	-.46
I probably will not leave	202	16%	94.9%	1.22
I am uncertain about my future	50	4%	98.9%	2.9
I probably will leave	12	.9%	99.8%	4.58
I have definitely decided to leave	2	.2%	100%	6.26

Variable Comparisons

Age

Age (I-AGE)

	28-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	TOTAL
I will definitely not leave	63.7% 65	57.0% 106	70.4% 212	83.9% 256	97.0% 358	78.9% 997
I probably will not leave	26.5% 27	30.1% 56	24.9% 75	11.5% 35	2.4% 9	16.0% 202
I am uncertain about my future	7.8% 8	11.3% 21	3.3% 10	3.3% 10	0.3% 1	4.0% 50
I probably will leave	2.0% 2	1.1% 2	1.3% 4	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 12
I have definitely decided to leave	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 186	100.0% 301	100.0% 305	100.0% 369	1263