New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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RELGORD If you are not currently a member of a religious order, are you a former religious, an inactive priest, or neither?   1) A former religious   3) Neither

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A former religious	33	9.6%	9.6%	-3.06
Neither	309	90.4%	100%	.33

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
A former religious	10.5% 29	6.0% 4	9.6% 33
Neither	89.5% 246	94.0% 63	90.4% 309
TOTAL	100.0% 275	100.0% 67	342

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
A former religious	0.0% 0	7.2% 5	23.3% 24	3.2% 3	2.2% 1	9.8% 33
Neither	100.0% 26	92.8% 64	76.7% 79	96.8% 90	97.8% 45	90.2% 304
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 69	100.0% 103	100.0% 93	100.0% 46	337

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
A former religious	8.8% 27	20.0% 6	9.8% 33
Neither	91.2% 281	80.0% 24	90.2% 305
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 30	338

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
A former religious	8.1% 12	11.0% 18	8.0% 2	33.3% 1	9.7% 33
Neither	91.9% 137	89.0% 146	92.0% 23	66.7% 2	90.3% 308
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 164	100.0% 25	100.0% 3	341

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
A former religious	4.5% 3	6.0% 6	12.9% 21	20.0% 2	9.4% 32
Neither	95.5% 63	94.0% 94	87.1% 142	80.0% 8	90.6% 307
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 100	100.0% 163	100.0% 10	339

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
A former religious	13.5% 33	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.7% 33
Neither	86.5% 212	100.0% 91	100.0% 3	90.3% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 245	100.0% 91	100.0% 3	339

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
A former religious	10.1% 32	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	9.6% 33
Neither	89.9% 286	95.5% 21	100.0% 2	90.4% 309
TOTAL	100.0% 318	100.0% 22	100.0% 2	342