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1.) VOCDEC1: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Experience of God's call. 2.) VOCDEC2: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Desire to help others. 3.) VOCDEC3: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Desire for priesthood. 4.) VOCDEC4: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Love of the Eucharist. 5.) VOCDEC5: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Attraction to prayer and spirituality. 6.) VOCDEC6: How important in your vocation decision -- Past experience in Church ministry, Mass roles. 7.) VOCDEC7: How important in your vocation decision -- Past experience in volunteer opportunities. 8.) VOCDEC8: How important in your vocation decision -- Sense of moral obligation to pursue a vocation. 9.) VOCDEC9: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Example of a priest in the family. 10.) VOCDEC10: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Example of a priest I knew. 11.) VOCDEC11: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Personal invitation by a priest. 12.) VOCDEC12: How important in your vocation decision -- Encouragement by a religious sister or brother. 13.) VOCDEC13: How important were the following in your vocation decision -- Family encouragement. 14.) VOCDEC14: How important in your vocation decision -- Encouragement by another important person in my life 15.) CPYOUTH: Did you participate in a Catholic parish as a child or youth? 16.) MPRIEST: Childhood & home parish you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had more than one priest. 17.) ESCHOOL: Childhood & home parish you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had an elementary school. 18.) RELORDER: Childhood & home parish most of your time to age 16 -- Parish's priests belonged to religious order 19.) YGROUP: Childhood & home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had a youth group. 20.) TEENMASS: Childhood & home parish most of your time to age 16-- Parish had teens participate in Sun Mass roles 21.) MARDEV: Childhood & home parish you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had Marian devotions 22.) EUCHSP: Child parish-- Parish had special Eucharistic devotions like Forty Hours, Holy Hours, or Benediction 23.) PARCOMM: Childhood & home parish spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish had strong sense of community 24.) PSMALL: Chidhood & home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16 -- My parish was relatively small 25.) PYGRP: Childhood & home parish you spent most of your time to age 16 -- I belonged to parish youth group 26.) ISMASS: Childhood and home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16 -- I served Mass. 27.) PARSUNR: Childhood & home parish spent most of your time to age 16 -- I participated in other Sun Mass roles 28.) PMARDEV: Childhood & home parish spent most of your time to age 16 -- I participated in Marian devotions 29.) PARSEUCH: Childhood & home spent most of your time to age 16-- I participated in special Eucharistic devotions 30.) SERPROJ: Childhood & home parish most time to age 16-- I participated in parish-sponsored service projects 31.) RETREAT: Childhood & home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16 -- I went on retreats 32.) PARCATH: Childhood & home parish spent most of your time to age 16 -- Both parents were practicing Catholics 33.) PRFLFILD: -- The priest in my childhood parish seemed especially fulfilled in his vocation as a priest. 34.) FVOLUNTR: Childhood & home parish where you spent most of your time to age 16- My family volunteered at parish 35.) PPDEVOT: Childhood & home parish most of your time to age 16 -- My parent(s) went to special parish devotions 36.) PARKNEW: Childhood & home parish most of your time to age 16 -- My parent(s) got to know our parish priest. 37.) PRINVITE: At least one of the priests in my childhood parish personally invited me to consider vocation. 38.) OTHJOIN: I knew least one other parishioner who had entered the seminary during 10 years prior to my entering 39.) PRQUALT1: Quality describes priest from childhood parish most important in your experience as young person 40.) PRQUALT2: Which quality would next best describe him [Second response from PQUAL1 (VAR 39)]? 41.) PRQUALT3: : Which least describes him [Follow-up response from PQUAL1 (VAR 39)]? 42.) WRAISED: What best describes the place(es) where you grew up? 43.) ETHNIC: What best describes your primary ethnic background? 45.) INCOME: What was your family's economic situation to age 16? 46.) CATHELEM: Did you attend a Catholic elementary school? 47.) CATHHS: Did you attend a Catholic high school? 48.) YOUNGLFE: how stable and secure was your family life before 16? 61.) PIIMPOR: How important personal invitation from priest at your parish when originally considering priesthood

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