New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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PRAYLIFE Which statement best describes your own personal prayer life, aside from the prayers you lead as part of your ministry?   1) I follow a regular routine of prayer.   2) I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.   3) I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	187	52.4%	52.4%	-.89
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	152	42.6%	95%	.8
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	18	5%	100%	2.48

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	54.4% 155	44.4% 32	52.4% 187
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	41.8% 119	45.8% 33	42.6% 152
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	3.9% 11	9.7% 7	5.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 72	357

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	84.6% 22	66.7% 48	53.5% 61	36.8% 35	42.6% 20	52.5% 186
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	15.4% 4	26.4% 19	43.9% 50	55.8% 53	51.1% 24	42.4% 150
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	0.0% 0	6.9% 5	2.6% 3	7.4% 7	6.4% 3	5.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 72	100.0% 114	100.0% 95	100.0% 47	354

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	51.4% 163	58.3% 21	52.1% 184
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	43.5% 138	38.9% 14	43.1% 152
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	5.0% 16	2.8% 1	4.8% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 36	353

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	66.4% 97	41.1% 74	48.0% 12	75.0% 3	52.4% 186
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	28.1% 41	53.9% 97	48.0% 12	25.0% 1	42.5% 151
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	5.5% 8	5.0% 9	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 180	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	355

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	37.0% 27	52.4% 54	59.0% 98	50.0% 5	52.3% 184
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	61.6% 45	41.7% 43	35.5% 59	30.0% 3	42.6% 150
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	1.4% 1	5.8% 6	5.4% 9	20.0% 2	5.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 103	100.0% 166	100.0% 10	352

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	41.3% 107	80.7% 71	66.7% 2	51.4% 180
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	53.7% 139	14.8% 13	0.0% 0	43.4% 152
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	5.0% 13	4.5% 4	33.3% 1	5.1% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 259	100.0% 88	100.0% 3	350

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
I follow a regular routine of prayer.	53.3% 176	36.4% 8	60.0% 3	52.4% 187
I follow no regular routine; it changes day to day.	41.5% 137	59.1% 13	40.0% 2	42.6% 152
I pray mainly (and seldom apart from) the prayer activities of my ministry.	5.2% 17	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 22	100.0% 5	357