New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CLIMATE In general, where in the following continuum would you place the overall climate of your parish?   1) Very positive   2)   3)   4)   5) Not positive at all

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very positive	96	26%	26%	-1.25
	177	48%	74%	-.07
	77	20.9%	94.9%	1.1
	15	4.1%	98.9%	2.27
Not positive at all	4	1.1%	100%	3.44

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very positive	26.4% 78	24.3% 18	26.0% 96
	48.5% 143	45.9% 34	48.0% 177
	20.7% 61	21.6% 16	20.9% 77
	3.1% 9	8.1% 6	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 74	369

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very positive	23.1% 6	33.3% 25	26.3% 31	25.3% 25	17.0% 8	26.0% 95
	42.3% 11	48.0% 36	45.8% 54	48.5% 48	55.3% 26	47.9% 175
	26.9% 7	14.7% 11	23.7% 28	21.2% 21	21.3% 10	21.1% 77
	7.7% 2	4.0% 3	2.5% 3	4.0% 4	6.4% 3	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 75	100.0% 118	100.0% 99	100.0% 47	365

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very positive	24.1% 79	35.1% 13	25.2% 92
	49.7% 163	37.8% 14	48.5% 177
	21.6% 71	16.2% 6	21.1% 77
	3.7% 12	8.1% 3	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	0.9% 3	2.7% 1	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 37	365

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very positive	26.8% 41	24.3% 45	32.0% 8	0.0% 0	25.7% 94
	47.1% 72	48.6% 90	48.0% 12	100.0% 3	48.4% 177
	18.3% 28	23.2% 43	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	20.8% 76
	5.9% 9	3.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	2.0% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 185	100.0% 25	100.0% 3	366

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very positive	27.3% 21	29.5% 31	23.1% 40	22.2% 2	25.8% 94
	48.1% 37	45.7% 48	50.9% 88	33.3% 3	48.4% 176
	18.2% 14	19.0% 20	21.4% 37	44.4% 4	20.6% 75
	6.5% 5	4.8% 5	2.9% 5	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 105	100.0% 173	100.0% 9	364

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very positive	24.8% 66	31.2% 29	33.3% 1	26.5% 96
	48.1% 128	44.1% 41	66.7% 2	47.2% 171
	21.4% 57	20.4% 19	0.0% 0	21.0% 76
	4.1% 11	4.3% 4	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	362

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very positive	25.6% 87	33.3% 8	20.0% 1	26.0% 96
	47.9% 163	50.0% 12	40.0% 2	48.0% 177
	21.2% 72	16.7% 4	20.0% 1	20.9% 77
	4.1% 14	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	4.1% 15
Not positive at all	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	369