New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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EARNING Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? - All things considered, your annual earnings are adequate for your personal, family or congregational family needs.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree somewhat   3) Disagree somewhat   4) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	86	23.4%	23.4%	-1.32
Agree somewhat	132	35.9%	59.2%	-.35
Disagree somewhat	83	22.6%	81.8%	.62
Strongly disagree	67	18.2%	100%	1.59

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.1% 74	16.4% 12	23.4% 86
Agree somewhat	37.6% 111	28.8% 21	35.9% 132
Disagree somewhat	21.4% 63	27.4% 20	22.6% 83
Strongly disagree	15.9% 47	27.4% 20	18.2% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 73	368

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	32.0% 8	32.9% 24	26.1% 31	16.3% 16	12.5% 6	23.4% 85
Agree somewhat	32.0% 8	34.2% 25	35.3% 42	43.9% 43	27.1% 13	36.1% 131
Disagree somewhat	24.0% 6	21.9% 16	20.2% 24	19.4% 19	33.3% 16	22.3% 81
Strongly disagree	12.0% 3	11.0% 8	18.5% 22	20.4% 20	27.1% 13	18.2% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 73	100.0% 119	100.0% 98	100.0% 48	363

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.6% 74	30.6% 11	23.4% 85
Agree somewhat	37.5% 123	16.7% 6	35.4% 129
Disagree somewhat	22.6% 74	25.0% 9	22.8% 83
Strongly disagree	17.4% 57	27.8% 10	18.4% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 36	364

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.9% 47	19.0% 35	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	23.3% 85
Agree somewhat	34.2% 52	36.4% 67	42.3% 11	33.3% 1	35.9% 131
Disagree somewhat	21.7% 33	23.9% 44	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	22.5% 82
Strongly disagree	13.2% 20	20.7% 38	26.9% 7	66.7% 2	18.4% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 184	100.0% 26	100.0% 3	365

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.4% 17	17.0% 18	28.1% 48	11.1% 1	23.2% 84
Agree somewhat	36.8% 28	39.6% 42	34.5% 59	22.2% 2	36.2% 131
Disagree somewhat	18.4% 14	26.4% 28	20.5% 35	33.3% 3	22.1% 80
Strongly disagree	22.4% 17	17.0% 18	17.0% 29	33.3% 3	18.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 106	100.0% 171	100.0% 9	362

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.3% 46	41.3% 38	66.7% 2	23.8% 86
Agree somewhat	36.1% 96	34.8% 32	33.3% 1	35.7% 129
Disagree somewhat	24.1% 64	19.6% 18	0.0% 0	22.7% 82
Strongly disagree	22.6% 60	4.3% 4	0.0% 0	17.7% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	361

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.0% 78	25.0% 6	40.0% 2	23.4% 86
Agree somewhat	34.8% 118	50.0% 12	40.0% 2	35.9% 132
Disagree somewhat	23.3% 79	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	22.6% 83
Strongly disagree	18.9% 64	8.3% 2	20.0% 1	18.2% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	368