New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ASPECT9 Indicate the extent to which your own ministry efforts have affected your parish in the following aspects. - Spirit of community   2) Continued what was there   3) Some improvement   4) Added considerably

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Continued what was there	65	19%	19%	-1.61
Some improvement	169	49.3%	68.2%	-.18
Added considerably	109	31.8%	100%	1.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Continued what was there	19.4% 53	17.1% 12	19.0% 65
Some improvement	48.4% 132	52.9% 37	49.3% 169
Added considerably	32.2% 88	30.0% 21	31.8% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 70	343

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Continued what was there	18.2% 4	20.3% 14	16.5% 18	17.2% 16	26.1% 12	18.9% 64
Some improvement	40.9% 9	37.7% 26	55.0% 60	49.5% 46	54.3% 25	49.0% 166
Added considerably	40.9% 9	42.0% 29	28.4% 31	33.3% 31	19.6% 9	32.2% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 69	100.0% 109	100.0% 93	100.0% 46	339

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Continued what was there	17.3% 53	34.4% 11	18.9% 64
Some improvement	51.8% 159	25.0% 8	49.3% 167
Added considerably	30.9% 95	40.6% 13	31.9% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 32	339

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Continued what was there	22.2% 32	17.9% 30	8.0% 2	33.3% 1	19.1% 65
Some improvement	45.8% 66	54.2% 91	40.0% 10	33.3% 1	49.4% 168
Added considerably	31.9% 46	28.0% 47	52.0% 13	33.3% 1	31.5% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 168	100.0% 25	100.0% 3	340

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Continued what was there	20.9% 14	20.6% 20	16.3% 27	50.0% 4	19.2% 65
Some improvement	46.3% 31	52.6% 51	48.8% 81	37.5% 3	49.1% 166
Added considerably	32.8% 22	26.8% 26	34.9% 58	12.5% 1	31.7% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 97	100.0% 166	100.0% 8	338

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Continued what was there	17.5% 43	21.8% 19	33.3% 1	18.8% 63
Some improvement	52.4% 129	42.5% 37	33.3% 1	49.7% 167
Added considerably	30.1% 74	35.6% 31	33.3% 1	31.5% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 246	100.0% 87	100.0% 3	336

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Continued what was there	19.4% 62	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	19.0% 65
Some improvement	48.9% 156	59.1% 13	0.0% 0	49.3% 169
Added considerably	31.7% 101	27.3% 6	100.0% 2	31.8% 109
TOTAL	100.0% 319	100.0% 22	100.0% 2	343