Survey of American Catholic Priests, 1985

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CRSIRREL (Weighted by WT)

A number of criticisms have been made about seminary training. Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. -- Many of the courses were irrelevant to modern pastoral needs.
  1) Agree
  2) Disagree

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Agree 728 50.8% 50.8%
Disagree 706 49.2% 100%
Missing 41 % %

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

26-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70 & over Missing TOTAL
Agree 43.7%
148
54.8%
178
60.2%
213
49.8%
134
36.8%
53

2
50.7%
726
Disagree 56.3%
191
45.2%
147
39.8%
141
50.2%
135
63.2%
91

1
49.3%
705
Missing 1 11 15 5 9 0 41
TOTAL 100.0%
339
100.0%
325
100.0%
354
100.0%
269
100.0%
144

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