New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTIMPR5 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 spiritual days of recollection or retreats   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	104	29.3%	29.3%	-1.11
	108	30.4%	59.7%	-.31
	75	21.1%	80.8%	.49
	38	10.7%	91.5%	1.3
Not at all important	30	8.5%	100%	2.1

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very important	32.6% 92	16.4% 12	29.3% 104
	28.4% 80	38.4% 28	30.4% 108
	20.6% 58	23.3% 17	21.1% 75
	11.3% 32	8.2% 6	10.7% 38
Not at all important	7.1% 20	13.7% 10	8.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 282	100.0% 73	355

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very important	25.0% 6	35.2% 25	30.4% 35	28.3% 26	24.5% 12	29.6% 104
	29.2% 7	25.4% 18	28.7% 33	32.6% 30	38.8% 19	30.5% 107
	16.7% 4	23.9% 17	20.9% 24	21.7% 20	16.3% 8	20.8% 73
	8.3% 2	4.2% 3	13.9% 16	8.7% 8	16.3% 8	10.5% 37
Not at all important	20.8% 5	11.3% 8	6.1% 7	8.7% 8	4.1% 2	8.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 71	100.0% 115	100.0% 92	100.0% 49	351

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very important	28.2% 90	39.4% 13	29.3% 103
	30.1% 96	30.3% 10	30.1% 106
	22.3% 71	12.1% 4	21.3% 75
	10.7% 34	12.1% 4	10.8% 38
Not at all important	8.8% 28	6.1% 2	8.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 33	352

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very important	28.8% 42	30.7% 55	24.0% 6	33.3% 1	29.5% 104
	28.8% 42	33.5% 60	16.0% 4	33.3% 1	30.3% 107
	21.2% 31	17.9% 32	40.0% 10	33.3% 1	21.0% 74
	11.6% 17	9.5% 17	16.0% 4	0.0% 0	10.8% 38
Not at all important	9.6% 14	8.4% 15	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	8.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 179	100.0% 25	100.0% 3	353

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very important	27.1% 19	35.6% 36	26.3% 45	12.5% 1	28.9% 101
	27.1% 19	27.7% 28	33.9% 58	12.5% 1	30.3% 106
	24.3% 17	16.8% 17	22.8% 39	25.0% 2	21.4% 75
	12.9% 9	13.9% 14	7.6% 13	25.0% 2	10.9% 38
Not at all important	8.6% 6	5.9% 6	9.4% 16	25.0% 2	8.6% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 101	100.0% 171	100.0% 8	350

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very important	29.8% 77	28.1% 25	50.0% 1	29.5% 103
	31.8% 82	25.8% 23	0.0% 0	30.1% 105
	19.8% 51	25.8% 23	0.0% 0	21.2% 74
	11.2% 29	10.1% 9	0.0% 0	10.9% 38
Not at all important	7.4% 19	10.1% 9	50.0% 1	8.3% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 89	100.0% 2	349

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very important	29.6% 97	30.4% 7	0.0% 0	29.3% 104
	30.2% 99	34.8% 8	25.0% 1	30.4% 108
	21.0% 69	17.4% 4	50.0% 2	21.1% 75
	11.3% 37	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	10.7% 38
Not at all important	7.9% 26	13.0% 3	25.0% 1	8.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	355