New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE2 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - I am adequately able to develop and to use my talents in my present position.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree somewhat   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree somewhat   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	233	62.5%	62.5%	-.61
Agree somewhat	107	28.7%	91.2%	.51
Uncertain	10	2.7%	93.8%	1.64
Disagree somewhat	16	4.3%	98.1%	2.77
Strongly disagree	7	1.9%	100%	3.9

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	63.5% 190	58.1% 43	62.5% 233
Agree somewhat	27.8% 83	32.4% 24	28.7% 107
Uncertain	2.7% 8	2.7% 2	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	4.0% 12	5.4% 4	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.0% 6	1.4% 1	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 74	373

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	73.1% 19	68.4% 52	63.9% 76	63.3% 62	46.9% 23	63.0% 232
Agree somewhat	11.5% 3	26.3% 20	27.7% 33	25.5% 25	44.9% 22	28.0% 103
Uncertain	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	3.4% 4	2.0% 2	4.1% 2	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	7.7% 2	3.9% 3	2.5% 3	7.1% 7	2.0% 1	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.5% 3	2.0% 2	2.0% 1	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 76	100.0% 119	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	368

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	61.4% 204	67.6% 25	62.1% 229
Agree somewhat	28.9% 96	29.7% 11	29.0% 107
Uncertain	3.0% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	4.5% 15	2.7% 1	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.1% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 37	369

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	64.7% 99	59.6% 112	68.0% 17	50.0% 2	62.2% 230
Agree somewhat	22.9% 35	35.1% 66	20.0% 5	25.0% 1	28.9% 107
Uncertain	3.3% 5	2.1% 4	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	6.5% 10	1.6% 3	8.0% 2	25.0% 1	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.6% 4	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 188	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	370

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	61.8% 47	59.4% 63	65.1% 114	50.0% 5	62.4% 229
Agree somewhat	31.6% 24	33.0% 35	24.6% 43	30.0% 3	28.6% 105
Uncertain	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	3.4% 6	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	3.9% 3	1.9% 2	5.7% 10	10.0% 1	4.4% 16
Strongly disagree	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	1.1% 2	10.0% 1	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 106	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	367

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	58.9% 159	73.4% 69	66.7% 2	62.7% 230
Agree somewhat	31.9% 86	19.1% 18	33.3% 1	28.6% 105
Uncertain	2.6% 7	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	4.8% 13	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Strongly disagree	1.9% 5	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	367

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	61.3% 211	75.0% 18	80.0% 4	62.5% 233
Agree somewhat	29.4% 101	20.8% 5	20.0% 1	28.7% 107
Uncertain	2.9% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Disagree somewhat	4.4% 15	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	373