New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STAFF6 Describe the pastoral staff as a group by indicating the appropriate number on the continuum. - Liberal vs. conservative   1) Liberal   2)   3)   4)   5) Conservative

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Liberal	22	6.3%	6.3%	-2.08
	84	23.9%	30.2%	-.98
	175	49.9%	80.1%	.13
	54	15.4%	95.4%	1.24
Conservative	16	4.6%	100%	2.35

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Liberal	5.8% 16	8.2% 6	6.3% 22
	21.9% 61	31.5% 23	23.9% 84
	50.7% 141	46.6% 34	49.9% 175
	16.2% 45	12.3% 9	15.4% 54
Conservative	5.4% 15	1.4% 1	4.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 73	351

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Liberal	0.0% 0	7.1% 5	6.3% 7	9.5% 9	2.1% 1	6.4% 22
	9.5% 2	30.0% 21	25.0% 28	27.4% 26	12.5% 6	24.0% 83
	71.4% 15	48.6% 34	51.8% 58	41.1% 39	52.1% 25	49.4% 171
	19.0% 4	12.9% 9	8.9% 10	20.0% 19	25.0% 12	15.6% 54
Conservative	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	8.0% 9	2.1% 2	8.3% 4	4.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 70	100.0% 112	100.0% 95	100.0% 48	346

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Liberal	5.7% 18	12.5% 4	6.3% 22
	25.1% 79	12.5% 4	23.9% 83
	48.9% 154	59.4% 19	49.9% 173
	15.9% 50	12.5% 4	15.6% 54
Conservative	4.4% 14	3.1% 1	4.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 315	100.0% 32	347

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Liberal	5.6% 8	7.3% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 21
	24.6% 35	22.5% 40	32.0% 8	0.0% 0	23.8% 83
	51.4% 73	47.2% 84	60.0% 15	75.0% 3	50.1% 175
	16.9% 24	16.9% 30	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.5% 54
Conservative	1.4% 2	6.2% 11	8.0% 2	25.0% 1	4.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 142	100.0% 178	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	349

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Liberal	1.4% 1	8.0% 8	7.6% 13	0.0% 0	6.3% 22
	15.9% 11	23.0% 23	26.5% 45	37.5% 3	23.6% 82
	62.3% 43	39.0% 39	51.8% 88	50.0% 4	50.1% 174
	13.0% 9	22.0% 22	12.4% 21	12.5% 1	15.3% 53
Conservative	7.2% 5	8.0% 8	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	4.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 100	100.0% 170	100.0% 8	347

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Liberal	6.6% 17	6.0% 5	0.0% 0	6.4% 22
	22.9% 59	25.0% 21	66.7% 2	23.8% 82
	48.8% 126	54.8% 46	33.3% 1	50.1% 173
	15.9% 41	14.3% 12	0.0% 0	15.4% 53
Conservative	5.8% 15	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 84	100.0% 3	345

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Liberal	6.2% 20	4.5% 1	20.0% 1	6.3% 22
	23.5% 76	36.4% 8	0.0% 0	23.9% 84
	50.3% 163	40.9% 9	60.0% 3	49.9% 175
	15.7% 51	9.1% 2	20.0% 1	15.4% 54
Conservative	4.3% 14	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	4.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 22	100.0% 5	351