New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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BAPTISM Information on Baptism   1) I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.   2) I became a Catholic later.   3) I am a baptized member of another Christian church.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	349	92.3%	92.3%	-.27
I became a Catholic later.	24	6.3%	98.7%	2.76
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	5	1.3%	100%	5.79

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	92.1% 279	93.3% 70	92.3% 349
I became a Catholic later.	6.9% 21	4.0% 3	6.3% 24
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	1.0% 3	2.7% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 75	378

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	100.0% 28	94.8% 73	91.7% 110	88.9% 88	93.9% 46	92.5% 345
I became a Catholic later.	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	8.3% 10	9.1% 9	4.1% 2	6.2% 23
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	2.0% 1	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 99	100.0% 49	373

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	92.6% 311	89.5% 34	92.2% 345
I became a Catholic later.	6.5% 22	5.3% 2	6.4% 24
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	0.9% 3	5.3% 2	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 38	374

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	98.1% 152	89.4% 169	84.6% 22	80.0% 4	92.5% 347
I became a Catholic later.	1.3% 2	9.5% 18	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	6.4% 24
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	0.6% 1	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	375

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	84.8% 67	94.4% 101	93.8% 165	100.0% 10	92.2% 343
I became a Catholic later.	12.7% 10	5.6% 6	4.5% 8	0.0% 0	6.5% 24
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	2.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 107	100.0% 176	100.0% 10	372

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	90.1% 246	100.0% 95	100.0% 3	92.7% 344
I became a Catholic later.	8.4% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.2% 23
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 95	100.0% 3	371

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
I was baptized Roman Catholic as a child.	100.0% 349	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	92.3% 349
I became a Catholic later.	0.0% 0	100.0% 24	0.0% 0	6.3% 24
I am a baptized member of another Christian church.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 5	1.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 349	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	378