New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTIMPR1 Members of parish staffs report interacting in various ways. Here is a list of some staff activities. For each of the following, describe how important the activity is to you on a scale of 1 (very important) to 5 (not at all important). - Staff meetings   1) Very important   2)   3)   4)   5) Not at all important

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	197	54%	54%	-.75
	94	25.8%	79.7%	.25
	52	14.2%	94%	1.25
	12	3.3%	97.3%	2.25
Not at all important	10	2.7%	100%	3.25

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	58.6% 171	35.6% 26	54.0% 197
	22.6% 66	38.4% 28	25.8% 94
	13.4% 39	17.8% 13	14.2% 52
	3.4% 10	2.7% 2	3.3% 12
Not at all important	2.1% 6	5.5% 4	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 73	365

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very important	59.3% 16	63.0% 46	53.4% 63	52.6% 50	43.8% 21	54.3% 196
	14.8% 4	27.4% 20	25.4% 30	26.3% 25	31.3% 15	26.0% 94
	18.5% 5	6.8% 5	15.3% 18	12.6% 12	18.8% 9	13.6% 49
	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	3.4% 4	4.2% 4	6.3% 3	3.3% 12
Not at all important	7.4% 2	1.4% 1	2.5% 3	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 73	100.0% 118	100.0% 95	100.0% 48	361

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very important	52.9% 172	61.1% 22	53.7% 194
	26.8% 87	19.4% 7	26.0% 94
	13.8% 45	16.7% 6	14.1% 51
	3.4% 11	2.8% 1	3.3% 12
Not at all important	3.1% 10	0.0% 0	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 36	361

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	57.6% 87	54.1% 98	34.6% 9	50.0% 2	54.1% 196
	24.5% 37	24.3% 44	38.5% 10	25.0% 1	25.4% 92
	11.3% 17	16.0% 29	19.2% 5	25.0% 1	14.4% 52
	3.3% 5	3.3% 6	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.3% 12
Not at all important	3.3% 5	2.2% 4	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 181	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	362

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very important	45.3% 34	55.3% 57	58.1% 100	44.4% 4	54.3% 195
	26.7% 20	26.2% 27	24.4% 42	33.3% 3	25.6% 92
	21.3% 16	9.7% 10	14.0% 24	0.0% 0	13.9% 50
	4.0% 3	6.8% 7	0.6% 1	11.1% 1	3.3% 12
Not at all important	2.7% 2	1.9% 2	2.9% 5	11.1% 1	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 103	100.0% 172	100.0% 9	359

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very important	51.0% 134	63.0% 58	66.7% 2	54.2% 194
	27.4% 72	20.7% 19	0.0% 0	25.4% 91
	15.6% 41	12.0% 11	0.0% 0	14.5% 52
	3.8% 10	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 11
Not at all important	2.3% 6	3.3% 3	33.3% 1	2.8% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	358

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very important	55.0% 186	47.8% 11	0.0% 0	54.0% 197
	24.6% 83	34.8% 8	75.0% 3	25.8% 94
	14.5% 49	13.0% 3	0.0% 0	14.2% 52
	3.0% 10	4.3% 1	25.0% 1	3.3% 12
Not at all important	3.0% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	365