New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE8 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - I feel secure in my 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	189	50.8%	50.8%	-.78
Agree somewhat	125	33.6%	84.4%	.28
Uncertain	34	9.1%	93.5%	1.34
Disagree somewhat	16	4.3%	97.8%	2.39
Strongly disagree	8	2.2%	100%	3.45

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	53.0% 158	41.9% 31	50.8% 189
Agree somewhat	31.9% 95	40.5% 30	33.6% 125
Uncertain	9.1% 27	9.5% 7	9.1% 34
Disagree somewhat	3.7% 11	6.8% 5	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.3% 7	1.4% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 74	372

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	72.0% 18	61.8% 47	50.4% 60	41.8% 41	44.9% 22	51.2% 188
Agree somewhat	20.0% 5	26.3% 20	31.9% 38	36.7% 36	46.9% 23	33.2% 122
Uncertain	4.0% 1	5.3% 4	10.9% 13	13.3% 13	6.1% 3	9.3% 34
Disagree somewhat	4.0% 1	3.9% 3	4.2% 5	6.1% 6	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	2.5% 3	2.0% 2	2.0% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 76	100.0% 119	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	367

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.2% 166	54.1% 20	50.5% 186
Agree somewhat	34.4% 114	27.0% 10	33.7% 124
Uncertain	9.7% 32	5.4% 2	9.2% 34
Disagree somewhat	3.9% 13	8.1% 3	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	1.8% 6	5.4% 2	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 37	368

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	52.0% 79	50.0% 94	44.0% 11	75.0% 3	50.7% 187
Agree somewhat	32.2% 49	34.0% 64	44.0% 11	0.0% 0	33.6% 124
Uncertain	9.2% 14	9.0% 17	12.0% 3	0.0% 0	9.2% 34
Disagree somewhat	5.3% 8	3.7% 7	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	1.3% 2	3.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 188	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	369

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	51.3% 39	46.2% 49	55.2% 96	30.0% 3	51.1% 187
Agree somewhat	34.2% 26	36.8% 39	30.5% 53	30.0% 3	33.1% 121
Uncertain	9.2% 7	10.4% 11	7.5% 13	30.0% 3	9.3% 34
Disagree somewhat	2.6% 2	2.8% 3	5.7% 10	10.0% 1	4.4% 16
Strongly disagree	2.6% 2	3.8% 4	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 106	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	366

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	46.7% 126	61.3% 57	100.0% 3	50.8% 186
Agree somewhat	35.6% 96	29.0% 27	0.0% 0	33.6% 123
Uncertain	9.6% 26	7.5% 7	0.0% 0	9.0% 33
Disagree somewhat	5.2% 14	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	4.4% 16
Strongly disagree	3.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 270	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	366

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	50.7% 174	45.8% 11	80.0% 4	50.8% 189
Agree somewhat	32.9% 113	45.8% 11	20.0% 1	33.6% 125
Uncertain	9.6% 33	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	9.1% 34
Disagree somewhat	4.4% 15	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Strongly disagree	2.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	372