New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STAFF5 Describe the pastoral staff as a group by indicating the appropriate number on the continuum. - Laid-back vs. constant initiative   1) Laid-back   2)   3)   4)   5) Constant initiative

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Laid-back	14	4%	4%	-2.4
	53	15.1%	19.1%	-1.31
	158	45.1%	64.3%	-.21
	102	29.1%	93.4%	.89
Constant initiative	23	6.6%	100%	1.98

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Laid-back	4.0% 11	4.1% 3	4.0% 14
	14.1% 39	19.2% 14	15.1% 53
	43.3% 120	52.1% 38	45.1% 158
	30.7% 85	23.3% 17	29.1% 102
Constant initiative	7.9% 22	1.4% 1	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 277	100.0% 73	350

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Laid-back	15.0% 3	4.3% 3	3.6% 4	2.1% 2	2.0% 1	3.8% 13
	10.0% 2	12.9% 9	15.2% 17	13.7% 13	24.5% 12	15.3% 53
	35.0% 7	34.3% 24	42.9% 48	52.6% 50	57.1% 28	45.4% 157
	25.0% 5	42.9% 30	32.1% 36	23.2% 22	14.3% 7	28.9% 100
Constant initiative	15.0% 3	5.7% 4	6.3% 7	8.4% 8	2.0% 1	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 70	100.0% 112	100.0% 95	100.0% 49	346

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Laid-back	4.4% 14	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
	14.3% 45	22.6% 7	15.0% 52
	44.1% 139	54.8% 17	45.1% 156
	30.2% 95	19.4% 6	29.2% 101
Constant initiative	7.0% 22	3.2% 1	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 315	100.0% 31	346

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Laid-back	4.3% 6	4.0% 7	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
	16.3% 23	15.8% 28	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	15.2% 53
	42.6% 60	45.8% 81	57.7% 15	50.0% 2	45.4% 158
	31.2% 44	26.6% 47	26.9% 7	50.0% 2	28.7% 100
Constant initiative	5.7% 8	7.9% 14	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 177	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	348

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Laid-back	1.5% 1	4.9% 5	4.8% 8	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
	11.8% 8	12.7% 13	17.9% 30	25.0% 2	15.3% 53
	54.4% 37	47.1% 48	39.9% 67	62.5% 5	45.4% 157
	26.5% 18	25.5% 26	32.7% 55	12.5% 1	28.9% 100
Constant initiative	5.9% 4	9.8% 10	4.8% 8	0.0% 0	6.4% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 68	100.0% 102	100.0% 168	100.0% 8	346

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Laid-back	3.9% 10	4.9% 4	0.0% 0	4.1% 14
	14.7% 38	17.1% 14	33.3% 1	15.4% 53
	49.4% 128	32.9% 27	0.0% 0	45.1% 155
	26.3% 68	36.6% 30	33.3% 1	28.8% 99
Constant initiative	5.8% 15	8.5% 7	33.3% 1	6.7% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 82	100.0% 3	344

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Laid-back	4.3% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.0% 14
	15.4% 50	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	15.1% 53
	45.4% 147	38.1% 8	60.0% 3	45.1% 158
	28.7% 93	33.3% 7	40.0% 2	29.1% 102
Constant initiative	6.2% 20	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	6.6% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 21	100.0% 5	350