Phase III of the National Study on the Permanent Diaconate: A Survey of Catholic Deacons' Supervisors, 1995

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POSITION If you work within a parish structure, which of the following best describes your position?   1) Pastor   2) Associate pastor   3) Parish staff member   4) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Pastor	427	87.9%	87.9%	-.35
Associate pastor	12	2.5%	90.3%	.88
Parish staff member	15	3.1%	93.4%	2.11
Other	32	6.6%	100%	3.34

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Pastor	85.8% 133	88.9% 144	89.0% 121	86.4% 19	87.8% 417
Associate pastor	3.9% 6	3.1% 5	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	2.5% 12
Parish staff member	2.6% 4	1.9% 3	5.1% 7	4.5% 1	3.2% 15
Other	7.7% 12	6.2% 10	5.9% 8	4.5% 1	6.5% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 162	100.0% 136	100.0% 22	475

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Pastor	87.7% 398	87.5% 7	100.0% 10	0.0% 0	90.9% 10	87.8% 425
Associate pastor	2.6% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 12
Parish staff member	3.1% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 15
Other	6.6% 30	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	6.6% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 8	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 11	484

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Less than college degree	B.A., STB, or other bachelor's	M.A. STL, M. DIV., M.S., or other master's	Doctorate	TOTAL
Pastor	50.0% 6	92.2% 94	88.4% 274	83.6% 46	87.7% 420
Associate pastor	8.3% 1	1.0% 1	2.9% 9	1.8% 1	2.5% 12
Parish staff member	33.3% 4	3.9% 4	1.3% 4	5.5% 3	3.1% 15
Other	8.3% 1	2.9% 3	7.4% 23	9.1% 5	6.7% 32
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 102	100.0% 310	100.0% 55	479