New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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COMM Regarding communications, all things considered, which statement best describes the way the parish staff communicates?   1) There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.   2) The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.   3) Communication among members of the staff is very limited.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	167	46%	46%	-.96
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	146	40.2%	86.2%	.46
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	50	13.8%	100%	1.88

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	44.9% 131	50.7% 36	46.0% 167
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	40.8% 119	38.0% 27	40.2% 146
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	14.4% 42	11.3% 8	13.8% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 71	363

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	51.9% 14	47.9% 35	41.9% 49	50.5% 49	44.4% 20	46.5% 167
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	29.6% 8	37.0% 27	40.2% 47	39.2% 38	51.1% 23	39.8% 143
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	18.5% 5	15.1% 11	17.9% 21	10.3% 10	4.4% 2	13.6% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 73	100.0% 117	100.0% 97	100.0% 45	359

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	44.1% 143	60.0% 21	45.7% 164
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	41.0% 133	34.3% 12	40.4% 145
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	14.8% 48	5.7% 2	13.9% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 35	359

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	45.6% 68	47.8% 87	46.2% 12	0.0% 0	46.3% 167
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	40.3% 60	41.2% 75	34.6% 9	50.0% 2	40.4% 146
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	14.1% 21	11.0% 20	19.2% 5	50.0% 2	13.3% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 182	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	361

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	50.7% 38	41.7% 43	45.0% 77	66.7% 6	45.8% 164
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	36.0% 27	42.7% 44	42.1% 72	22.2% 2	40.5% 145
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	13.3% 10	15.5% 16	12.9% 22	11.1% 1	13.7% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 103	100.0% 171	100.0% 9	358

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	46.6% 122	47.3% 43	66.7% 2	46.9% 167
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	39.7% 104	38.5% 35	33.3% 1	39.3% 140
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	13.7% 36	14.3% 13	0.0% 0	13.8% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 91	100.0% 3	356

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
There is full and open communication among all members of the staff.	45.7% 154	47.8% 11	66.7% 2	46.0% 167
The pastor and each staff member try to keep in communication.	39.8% 134	47.8% 11	33.3% 1	40.2% 146
Communication among members of the staff is very limited.	14.5% 49	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.8% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 337	100.0% 23	100.0% 3	363