Seminarians in the Nineties: A National Study of Seminarians in Theology, 1993

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PHILSPHY How strong do you feel you are in the area of philosophy?   1) Very strong knowledge in area   2) Considerably strong in area   3) Average   4) Less than average strength in area   5) Little to no strength in area

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very strong knowledge in area	134	15%	15%	-1.63
Considerably strong in area	294	32.8%	47.8%	-.55
Average	355	39.6%	87.4%	.53
Less than average strength in area	100	11.2%	98.5%	1.6
Little to no strength in area	13	1.5%	100%	2.68

Variable Comparisons

Age Grade point average Race/Ethnicity Marital status Type of priest

Age (I-AGE)

	20-25	26-30	31-35	36-40	41 & over	TOTAL
Very strong knowledge in area	25.0% 40	15.3% 52	11.3% 19	8.2% 8	10.7% 13	14.9% 132
Considerably strong in area	36.3% 58	31.0% 105	33.9% 57	27.6% 27	36.4% 44	32.8% 291
Average	32.5% 52	41.6% 141	40.5% 68	49.0% 48	36.4% 44	39.8% 353
Less than average strength in area	5.0% 8	10.9% 37	13.7% 23	14.3% 14	12.4% 15	10.9% 97
Little to no strength in area	1.3% 2	1.2% 4	0.6% 1	1.0% 1	4.1% 5	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 339	100.0% 168	100.0% 98	100.0% 121	886

Grade point average (I-GRADES)

	A = 4.0	B+ = 3.5	B = 3.0	C+ = 2.5	C = 2.0	TOTAL
Very strong knowledge in area	25.9% 45	13.4% 66	9.6% 17	5.0% 2	20.0% 1	14.7% 131
Considerably strong in area	37.9% 66	34.2% 169	28.7% 51	15.0% 6	20.0% 1	32.9% 293
Average	27.6% 48	41.9% 207	43.3% 77	50.0% 20	40.0% 2	39.7% 354
Less than average strength in area	7.5% 13	9.3% 46	16.3% 29	27.5% 11	20.0% 1	11.2% 100
Little to no strength in area	1.1% 2	1.2% 6	2.2% 4	2.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 494	100.0% 178	100.0% 40	100.0% 5	891

Race/Ethnicity (I-ETHNICTY)

	W.European	E.European	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
Very strong knowledge in area	14.8% 86	13.4% 15	18.9% 10	22.9% 8	13.6% 12	15.1% 131
Considerably strong in area	32.0% 186	30.4% 34	37.7% 20	37.1% 13	34.1% 30	32.5% 283
Average	41.9% 244	39.3% 44	35.8% 19	28.6% 10	36.4% 32	40.1% 349
Less than average strength in area	10.0% 58	13.4% 15	7.5% 4	11.4% 4	14.8% 13	10.8% 94
Little to no strength in area	1.4% 8	3.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 582	100.0% 112	100.0% 53	100.0% 35	100.0% 88	870

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Yes	No	TOTAL
Very strong knowledge in area	7.0% 3	15.4% 130	15.0% 133
Considerably strong in area	37.2% 16	32.7% 276	32.9% 292
Average	37.2% 16	39.7% 335	39.6% 351
Less than average strength in area	14.0% 6	10.9% 92	11.0% 98
Little to no strength in area	4.7% 2	1.3% 11	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 43	100.0% 844	887

Type of priest (I-RELDIO)

	Diocesan priesthood	Religious priesthood	TOTAL
Very strong knowledge in area	15.1% 107	14.4% 26	15.0% 133
Considerably strong in area	31.7% 224	37.2% 67	32.8% 291
Average	39.9% 282	38.3% 69	39.6% 351
Less than average strength in area	11.9% 84	8.3% 15	11.2% 99
Little to no strength in area	1.4% 10	1.7% 3	1.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 707	100.0% 180	887