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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTACT2

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 prayer (over and above meetings)

	1) Regularly
	2) Occasionally
	3) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	97	28%	28%	-1.37
Occasionally	112	32.3%	60.2%	-.14
Never	138	39.8%	100%	1.08

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	25.5% 70	37.5% 27	28.0% 97
Occasionally	32.7% 90	30.6% 22	32.3% 112
Never	41.8% 115	31.9% 23	39.8% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 275	100.0% 72	347

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	15.0% 3	20.0% 14	30.7% 35	29.7% 27	33.3% 16	27.7% 95
Occasionally	35.0% 7	38.6% 27	28.1% 32	40.7% 37	18.8% 9	32.7% 112
Never	50.0% 10	41.4% 29	41.2% 47	29.7% 27	47.9% 23	39.7% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 70	100.0% 114	100.0% 91	100.0% 48	343

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	27.3% 85	33.3% 11	27.9% 96
Occasionally	32.8% 102	27.3% 9	32.3% 111
Never	39.9% 124	39.4% 13	39.8% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 311	100.0% 33	344

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	27.7% 39	29.5% 52	26.1% 6	0.0% 0	28.2% 97
Occasionally	29.8% 42	33.5% 59	30.4% 7	50.0% 2	32.0% 110
Never	42.6% 60	36.9% 65	43.5% 10	50.0% 2	39.8% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 176	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	344

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	20.0% 14	31.4% 32	29.0% 47	22.2% 2	27.7% 95
Occasionally	38.6% 27	29.4% 30	30.2% 49	66.7% 6	32.7% 112
Never	41.4% 29	39.2% 40	40.7% 66	11.1% 1	39.7% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 102	100.0% 162	100.0% 9	343

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	28.9% 74	24.4% 20	50.0% 1	27.9% 95
Occasionally	32.8% 84	30.5% 25	0.0% 0	32.1% 109
Never	38.3% 98	45.1% 37	50.0% 1	40.0% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 82	100.0% 2	340

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	28.1% 90	30.4% 7	0.0% 0	28.0% 97
Occasionally	32.8% 105	17.4% 4	75.0% 3	32.3% 112
Never	39.1% 125	52.2% 12	25.0% 1	39.8% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 320	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	347