New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE1 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - Ministry has been affirming to me.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree somewhat   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree somewhat

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	264	71.4%	71.4%	-.56
Agree somewhat	91	24.6%	95.9%	1.08
Uncertain	9	2.4%	98.4%	2.72
Disagree somewhat	6	1.6%	100%	4.36

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	73.7% 219	61.6% 45	71.4% 264
Agree somewhat	22.2% 66	34.2% 25	24.6% 91
Uncertain	2.0% 6	4.1% 3	2.4% 9
Disagree somewhat	2.0% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 73	370

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	88.5% 23	85.5% 65	75.4% 89	63.9% 62	50.0% 24	72.1% 263
Agree somewhat	11.5% 3	13.2% 10	21.2% 25	29.9% 29	41.7% 20	23.8% 87
Uncertain	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	1.7% 2	3.1% 3	6.3% 3	2.5% 9
Disagree somewhat	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	3.1% 3	2.1% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 76	100.0% 118	100.0% 97	100.0% 48	365

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	72.1% 238	61.1% 22	71.0% 260
Agree somewhat	24.5% 81	27.8% 10	24.9% 91
Uncertain	1.5% 5	11.1% 4	2.5% 9
Disagree somewhat	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 36	366

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	73.9% 113	67.6% 125	88.0% 22	75.0% 3	71.7% 263
Agree somewhat	20.3% 31	29.7% 55	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	24.3% 89
Uncertain	3.3% 5	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	2.5% 9
Disagree somewhat	2.6% 4	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 185	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	367

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	64.9% 48	62.9% 66	80.0% 140	50.0% 5	71.2% 259
Agree somewhat	31.1% 23	31.4% 33	17.7% 31	30.0% 3	24.7% 90
Uncertain	4.1% 3	2.9% 3	1.1% 2	10.0% 1	2.5% 9
Disagree somewhat	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	1.1% 2	10.0% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 105	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	364

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	66.7% 178	85.1% 80	66.7% 2	71.4% 260
Agree somewhat	29.6% 79	10.6% 10	33.3% 1	24.7% 90
Uncertain	2.2% 6	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
Disagree somewhat	1.5% 4	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	364

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	71.8% 245	70.8% 17	40.0% 2	71.4% 264
Agree somewhat	23.8% 81	29.2% 7	60.0% 3	24.6% 91
Uncertain	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Disagree somewhat	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	370