New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE6 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - I would encourage others to enter parish ministry.   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	200	54.2%	54.2%	-.74
Agree somewhat	110	29.8%	84%	.33
Uncertain	39	10.6%	94.6%	1.39
Disagree somewhat	12	3.3%	97.8%	2.46
Strongly disagree	8	2.2%	100%	3.52

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	58.3% 172	37.8% 28	54.2% 200
Agree somewhat	27.8% 82	37.8% 28	29.8% 110
Uncertain	9.8% 29	13.5% 10	10.6% 39
Disagree somewhat	2.0% 6	8.1% 6	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	2.0% 6	2.7% 2	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 74	369

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	68.0% 17	62.7% 47	55.5% 66	51.5% 50	39.6% 19	54.7% 199
Agree somewhat	24.0% 6	24.0% 18	29.4% 35	30.9% 30	39.6% 19	29.7% 108
Uncertain	4.0% 1	5.3% 4	12.6% 15	8.2% 8	18.8% 9	10.2% 37
Disagree somewhat	4.0% 1	6.7% 5	0.0% 0	6.2% 6	0.0% 0	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.5% 3	3.1% 3	2.1% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 75	100.0% 119	100.0% 97	100.0% 48	364

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.8% 177	55.6% 20	54.0% 197
Agree somewhat	30.4% 100	25.0% 9	29.9% 109
Uncertain	10.6% 35	11.1% 4	10.7% 39
Disagree somewhat	3.3% 11	2.8% 1	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	1.8% 6	5.6% 2	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 36	365

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	58.6% 89	49.2% 91	64.0% 16	75.0% 3	54.4% 199
Agree somewhat	25.7% 39	34.1% 63	24.0% 6	25.0% 1	29.8% 109
Uncertain	10.5% 16	10.3% 19	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	10.4% 38
Disagree somewhat	3.3% 5	3.8% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	2.0% 3	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 185	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	366

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	56.0% 42	46.7% 49	58.0% 101	33.3% 3	53.7% 195
Agree somewhat	34.7% 26	32.4% 34	26.4% 46	33.3% 3	30.0% 109
Uncertain	6.7% 5	13.3% 14	10.9% 19	11.1% 1	10.7% 39
Disagree somewhat	1.3% 1	5.7% 6	2.3% 4	11.1% 1	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	1.3% 1	1.9% 2	2.3% 4	11.1% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 105	100.0% 174	100.0% 9	363

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	47.2% 126	73.1% 68	66.7% 2	54.0% 196
Agree somewhat	34.5% 92	18.3% 17	0.0% 0	30.0% 109
Uncertain	12.0% 32	6.5% 6	33.3% 1	10.7% 39
Disagree somewhat	3.7% 10	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Strongly disagree	2.6% 7	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	363

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	54.5% 186	54.2% 13	25.0% 1	54.2% 200
Agree somewhat	29.0% 99	41.7% 10	25.0% 1	29.8% 110
Uncertain	10.6% 36	4.2% 1	50.0% 2	10.6% 39
Disagree somewhat	3.5% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 12
Strongly disagree	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	369