Survey of American Catholic Priests, 2001

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CHRTDYB Do you agree, or disagree, with these statements about the priesthood and the Church today? Parish life would be aided by an increase in full-time professional ecclesial lay ministers.   1) Agree strongly   2) Agree somewhat   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree somewhat   5) Disagree strongly

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Agree strongly	466	36.8%	36.8%	-.97
Agree somewhat	440	34.8%	71.6%	-.08
Uncertain	200	15.8%	87.4%	.8
Disagree somewhat	93	7.4%	94.8%	1.68
Disagree strongly	66	5.2%	100%	2.57

Variable Comparisons

Age

Age (I-AGE)

	28-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	TOTAL
Agree strongly	26.5% 27	31.7% 59	43.0% 130	43.0% 131	32.3% 119	36.9% 466
Agree somewhat	30.4% 31	39.2% 73	34.8% 105	38.0% 116	31.0% 114	34.8% 439
Uncertain	19.6% 20	12.9% 24	13.9% 42	11.1% 34	21.7% 80	15.8% 200
Disagree somewhat	15.7% 16	9.7% 18	5.3% 16	4.6% 14	7.6% 28	7.3% 92
Disagree strongly	7.8% 8	6.5% 12	3.0% 9	3.3% 10	7.3% 27	5.2% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 186	100.0% 302	100.0% 305	100.0% 368	1263