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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ACTACT4

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 work retreats (overnights or special full days)

	1) Regularly
	2) Occasionally
	3) Never

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	49	14.1%	14.1%	-1.96
Occasionally	102	29.4%	43.5%	-.58
Never	196	56.5%	100%	.79

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	15.3% 42	9.6% 7	14.1% 49
Occasionally	24.8% 68	46.6% 34	29.4% 102
Never	59.9% 164	43.8% 32	56.5% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 73	347

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	4.5% 1	13.0% 9	16.2% 18	17.2% 16	8.3% 4	14.0% 48
Occasionally	18.2% 4	34.8% 24	27.9% 31	29.0% 27	33.3% 16	29.7% 102
Never	77.3% 17	52.2% 36	55.9% 62	53.8% 50	58.3% 28	56.3% 193
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 69	100.0% 111	100.0% 93	100.0% 48	343

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	14.5% 45	12.5% 4	14.3% 49
Occasionally	28.0% 87	40.6% 13	29.2% 100
Never	57.6% 179	46.9% 15	56.6% 194
TOTAL	100.0% 311	100.0% 32	343

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	10.0% 14	18.2% 32	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	14.2% 49
Occasionally	30.0% 42	27.3% 48	41.7% 10	25.0% 1	29.4% 101
Never	60.0% 84	54.5% 96	45.8% 11	75.0% 3	56.4% 194
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 176	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	344

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	11.0% 8	15.2% 15	13.5% 22	25.0% 2	13.7% 47
Occasionally	23.3% 17	29.3% 29	32.5% 53	37.5% 3	29.7% 102
Never	65.8% 48	55.6% 55	54.0% 88	37.5% 3	56.6% 194
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 99	100.0% 163	100.0% 8	343

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	16.4% 42	8.6% 7	0.0% 0	14.4% 49
Occasionally	29.3% 75	28.4% 23	33.3% 1	29.1% 99
Never	54.3% 139	63.0% 51	66.7% 2	56.5% 192
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 81	100.0% 3	340

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	13.1% 42	30.4% 7	0.0% 0	14.1% 49
Occasionally	29.1% 93	30.4% 7	50.0% 2	29.4% 102
Never	57.8% 185	39.1% 9	50.0% 2	56.5% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 320	100.0% 23	100.0% 4	347