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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - Unless the church becomes more open in some of its policies, there may come a time when I can no longer continue to work for the church.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree somewhat
	3) Uncertain
	4) Disagree somewhat
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	62	17.3%	17.3%	-1.45
Agree somewhat	81	22.6%	39.8%	-.76
Uncertain	67	18.7%	58.5%	-.06
Disagree somewhat	60	16.7%	75.2%	.63
Strongly disagree	89	24.8%	100%	1.33

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	19.0% 55	10.0% 7	17.3% 62
Agree somewhat	21.1% 61	28.6% 20	22.6% 81
Uncertain	18.7% 54	18.6% 13	18.7% 67
Disagree somewhat	15.9% 46	20.0% 14	16.7% 60
Strongly disagree	25.3% 73	22.9% 16	24.8% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 289	100.0% 70	359

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.3% 1	17.6% 13	20.7% 24	17.7% 17	12.2% 6	17.2% 61
Agree somewhat	10.5% 2	17.6% 13	21.6% 25	26.0% 25	28.6% 14	22.3% 79
Uncertain	26.3% 5	16.2% 12	22.4% 26	18.8% 18	12.2% 6	18.9% 67
Disagree somewhat	10.5% 2	21.6% 16	14.7% 17	15.6% 15	16.3% 8	16.4% 58
Strongly disagree	47.4% 9	27.0% 20	20.7% 24	21.9% 21	30.6% 15	25.1% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 74	100.0% 116	100.0% 96	100.0% 49	354

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.3% 56	18.8% 6	17.5% 62
Agree somewhat	22.9% 74	21.9% 7	22.8% 81
Uncertain	18.9% 61	12.5% 4	18.3% 65
Disagree somewhat	15.5% 50	28.1% 9	16.6% 59
Strongly disagree	25.4% 82	18.8% 6	24.8% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 32	355

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	20.1% 29	12.6% 23	28.0% 7	25.0% 1	16.9% 60
Agree somewhat	26.4% 38	20.8% 38	16.0% 4	25.0% 1	22.8% 81
Uncertain	18.1% 26	18.6% 34	24.0% 6	25.0% 1	18.8% 67
Disagree somewhat	13.9% 20	20.2% 37	4.0% 1	25.0% 1	16.6% 59
Strongly disagree	21.5% 31	27.9% 51	28.0% 7	0.0% 0	25.0% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 183	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	356

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	10.8% 8	19.8% 20	19.4% 33	11.1% 1	17.5% 62
Agree somewhat	16.2% 12	20.8% 21	27.1% 46	0.0% 0	22.3% 79
Uncertain	20.3% 15	17.8% 18	17.1% 29	55.6% 5	18.9% 67
Disagree somewhat	21.6% 16	13.9% 14	16.5% 28	0.0% 0	16.4% 58
Strongly disagree	31.1% 23	27.7% 28	20.0% 34	33.3% 3	24.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 101	100.0% 170	100.0% 9	354

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.0% 45	19.8% 17	0.0% 0	17.6% 62
Agree somewhat	23.9% 63	20.9% 18	0.0% 0	22.9% 81
Uncertain	17.8% 47	20.9% 18	33.3% 1	18.7% 66
Disagree somewhat	15.5% 41	16.3% 14	33.3% 1	15.9% 56
Strongly disagree	25.8% 68	22.1% 19	33.3% 1	24.9% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 264	100.0% 86	100.0% 3	353

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	17.9% 59	8.3% 2	20.0% 1	17.3% 62
Agree somewhat	22.7% 75	20.8% 5	20.0% 1	22.6% 81
Uncertain	18.5% 61	25.0% 6	0.0% 0	18.7% 67
Disagree somewhat	16.4% 54	16.7% 4	40.0% 2	16.7% 60
Strongly disagree	24.5% 81	29.2% 7	20.0% 1	24.8% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	359