New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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LIFEMIN Did you at some point in your life determine to pursue a lifetime ministry in the Church?   1) Yes   2) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	272	73.1%	73.1%	-.61
No	100	26.9%	100%	1.65

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	71.1% 212	81.1% 60	73.1% 272
No	28.9% 86	18.9% 14	26.9% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 74	372

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Yes	84.6% 22	83.1% 64	77.1% 91	62.9% 61	63.3% 31	73.3% 269
No	15.4% 4	16.9% 13	22.9% 27	37.1% 36	36.7% 18	26.7% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 77	100.0% 118	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	367

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Yes	73.3% 242	71.1% 27	73.1% 269
No	26.7% 88	28.9% 11	26.9% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 38	368

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Yes	87.7% 135	59.5% 110	80.8% 21	100.0% 4	73.2% 270
No	12.3% 19	40.5% 75	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	26.8% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 185	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	369

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Yes	52.6% 40	63.6% 68	87.3% 151	80.0% 8	73.0% 267
No	47.4% 36	36.4% 39	12.7% 22	20.0% 2	27.0% 99
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 107	100.0% 173	100.0% 10	366

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Yes	64.9% 174	95.7% 90	100.0% 3	73.2% 267
No	35.1% 94	4.3% 4	0.0% 0	26.8% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 268	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	365

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Yes	74.3% 255	66.7% 16	20.0% 1	73.1% 272
No	25.7% 88	33.3% 8	80.0% 4	26.9% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	372