New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTIMPR2 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 prayer (over and above 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	162	45.5%	45.5%	-.89
	88	24.7%	70.2%	.04
	76	21.3%	91.6%	.96
	18	5.1%	96.6%	1.88
Not at all important	12	3.4%	100%	2.8

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	47.3% 134	38.4% 28	45.5% 162
	24.0% 68	27.4% 20	24.7% 88
	21.6% 61	20.5% 15	21.3% 76
	4.2% 12	8.2% 6	5.1% 18
Not at all important	2.8% 8	5.5% 4	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 283	100.0% 73	356

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very important	47.6% 10	50.7% 36	48.3% 56	37.9% 36	46.9% 23	45.7% 161
	19.0% 4	23.9% 17	22.4% 26	27.4% 26	26.5% 13	24.4% 86
	19.0% 4	16.9% 12	21.6% 25	24.2% 23	22.4% 11	21.3% 75
	14.3% 3	2.8% 2	4.3% 5	6.3% 6	4.1% 2	5.1% 18
Not at all important	0.0% 0	5.6% 4	3.4% 4	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 71	100.0% 116	100.0% 95	100.0% 49	352

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very important	44.2% 141	58.8% 20	45.6% 161
	26.6% 85	2.9% 1	24.4% 86
	20.4% 65	32.4% 11	21.5% 76
	5.3% 17	2.9% 1	5.1% 18
Not at all important	3.4% 11	2.9% 1	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 34	353

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	50.7% 73	40.6% 73	48.0% 12	75.0% 3	45.6% 161
	22.2% 32	27.8% 50	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	24.6% 87
	18.8% 27	23.3% 42	24.0% 6	25.0% 1	21.5% 76
	5.6% 8	5.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 17
Not at all important	2.8% 4	3.3% 6	8.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 180	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	353

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very important	37.0% 27	45.1% 46	49.7% 83	22.2% 2	45.0% 158
	26.0% 19	28.4% 29	23.4% 39	0.0% 0	24.8% 87
	27.4% 20	21.6% 22	18.0% 30	44.4% 4	21.7% 76
	5.5% 4	2.9% 3	5.4% 9	22.2% 2	5.1% 18
Not at all important	4.1% 3	2.0% 2	3.6% 6	11.1% 1	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 102	100.0% 167	100.0% 9	351

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very important	43.5% 114	50.6% 43	100.0% 2	45.6% 159
	26.0% 68	23.5% 20	0.0% 0	25.2% 88
	21.4% 56	18.8% 16	0.0% 0	20.6% 72
	5.3% 14	4.7% 4	0.0% 0	5.2% 18
Not at all important	3.8% 10	2.4% 2	0.0% 0	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 85	100.0% 2	349

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very important	46.2% 152	39.1% 9	25.0% 1	45.5% 162
	24.6% 81	30.4% 7	0.0% 0	24.7% 88
	20.7% 68	30.4% 7	25.0% 1	21.3% 76
	5.2% 17	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	5.1% 18
Not at all important	3.3% 11	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	3.4% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	356