Survey of American Catholic Priests, 2001

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DISCUSN Numerous issues relating to the priesthood are being discussed today and may have impact on your effectiveness as a priest. How important to you would open discussion be in the following areas? The admission of self-declared homosexuals to the priesthood.   1) Very important to me   2) Somewhat important to me   3) Not important to me   4) I don't want it discussed   5) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important to me	346	28%	28%	-1.15
Somewhat important to me	397	32.1%	60.2%	-.3
Not important to me	269	21.8%	81.9%	.55
I don't want it discussed	152	12.3%	94.3%	1.4
Don't know	71	5.7%	100%	2.25

Variable Comparisons

Age

Age (I-AGE)

	28-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+	TOTAL
Very important to me	23.0% 23	22.4% 41	26.2% 78	28.9% 87	33.3% 117	28.1% 346
Somewhat important to me	22.0% 22	29.5% 54	38.9% 116	34.9% 105	28.5% 100	32.2% 397
Not important to me	33.0% 33	33.3% 61	22.8% 68	18.6% 56	14.2% 50	21.7% 268
I don't want it discussed	21.0% 21	10.9% 20	6.4% 19	11.3% 34	16.2% 57	12.2% 151
Don't know	1.0% 1	3.8% 7	5.7% 17	6.3% 19	7.7% 27	5.8% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 100	100.0% 183	100.0% 298	100.0% 301	100.0% 351	1233