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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTACT1

Members of parish staffs report interacting in various ways. Here is a list of some staff activities. For each of the following, describe the frequency with which the activity actually takes place. - Staff meetings

	1) Regularly
	2) Occasionally
	3) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	258	72.9%	72.9%	-.56
Occasionally	58	16.4%	89.3%	.92
Never	38	10.7%	100%	2.41

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	72.2% 203	75.3% 55	72.9% 258
Occasionally	16.4% 46	16.4% 12	16.4% 58
Never	11.4% 32	8.2% 6	10.7% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 281	100.0% 73	354

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	62.5% 15	73.6% 53	68.4% 78	79.3% 73	77.1% 37	73.1% 256
Occasionally	20.8% 5	13.9% 10	18.4% 21	15.2% 14	14.6% 7	16.3% 57
Never	16.7% 4	12.5% 9	13.2% 15	5.4% 5	8.3% 4	10.6% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 72	100.0% 114	100.0% 92	100.0% 48	350

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	73.4% 232	70.6% 24	73.1% 256
Occasionally	15.8% 50	17.6% 6	16.0% 56
Never	10.8% 34	11.8% 4	10.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 34	350

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	74.5% 108	73.0% 130	66.7% 16	25.0% 1	72.6% 255
Occasionally	15.2% 22	16.3% 29	20.8% 5	50.0% 2	16.5% 58
Never	10.3% 15	10.7% 19	12.5% 3	25.0% 1	10.8% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 178	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	351

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	65.8% 48	75.0% 78	73.2% 120	88.9% 8	72.6% 254
Occasionally	26.0% 19	14.4% 15	14.0% 23	11.1% 1	16.6% 58
Never	8.2% 6	10.6% 11	12.8% 21	0.0% 0	10.9% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 104	100.0% 164	100.0% 9	350

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	72.4% 186	73.6% 64	66.7% 2	72.6% 252
Occasionally	17.5% 45	12.6% 11	33.3% 1	16.4% 57
Never	10.1% 26	13.8% 12	0.0% 0	11.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 87	100.0% 3	347

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	72.2% 236	87.0% 20	50.0% 2	72.9% 258
Occasionally	16.2% 53	13.0% 3	50.0% 2	16.4% 58
Never	11.6% 38	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.7% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	354