New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE9 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - My work is recognized and affirmed by the pastor.   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	232	62.9%	62.9%	-.63
Agree somewhat	83	22.5%	85.4%	.4
Uncertain	27	7.3%	92.7%	1.42
Disagree somewhat	19	5.1%	97.8%	2.44
Strongly disagree	8	2.2%	100%	3.47

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	61.3% 182	69.4% 50	62.9% 232
Agree somewhat	24.2% 72	15.3% 11	22.5% 83
Uncertain	6.7% 20	9.7% 7	7.3% 27
Disagree somewhat	5.4% 16	4.2% 3	5.1% 19
Strongly disagree	2.4% 7	1.4% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 72	369

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	65.4% 17	67.1% 49	64.7% 77	59.8% 58	63.3% 31	63.7% 232
Agree somewhat	15.4% 4	16.4% 12	24.4% 29	26.8% 26	20.4% 10	22.3% 81
Uncertain	11.5% 3	6.8% 5	4.2% 5	7.2% 7	10.2% 5	6.9% 25
Disagree somewhat	3.8% 1	5.5% 4	5.0% 6	6.2% 6	4.1% 2	5.2% 19
Strongly disagree	3.8% 1	4.1% 3	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 73	100.0% 119	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	364

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	62.5% 205	62.2% 23	62.5% 228
Agree somewhat	24.1% 79	10.8% 4	22.7% 83
Uncertain	5.8% 19	21.6% 8	7.4% 27
Disagree somewhat	5.8% 19	0.0% 0	5.2% 19
Strongly disagree	1.8% 6	5.4% 2	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 328	100.0% 37	365

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	63.2% 96	62.4% 116	66.7% 16	50.0% 2	62.8% 230
Agree somewhat	18.4% 28	26.3% 49	25.0% 6	0.0% 0	22.7% 83
Uncertain	9.2% 14	5.4% 10	4.2% 1	25.0% 1	7.1% 26
Disagree somewhat	6.6% 10	3.8% 7	4.2% 1	25.0% 1	5.2% 19
Strongly disagree	2.6% 4	2.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 186	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	366

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	65.8% 50	56.2% 59	67.1% 116	44.4% 4	63.1% 229
Agree somewhat	19.7% 15	26.7% 28	20.8% 36	33.3% 3	22.6% 82
Uncertain	10.5% 8	7.6% 8	4.6% 8	11.1% 1	6.9% 25
Disagree somewhat	1.3% 1	7.6% 8	5.8% 10	0.0% 0	5.2% 19
Strongly disagree	2.6% 2	1.9% 2	1.7% 3	11.1% 1	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 105	100.0% 173	100.0% 9	363

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	62.8% 167	63.8% 60	100.0% 3	63.4% 230
Agree somewhat	23.7% 63	19.1% 18	0.0% 0	22.3% 81
Uncertain	6.8% 18	7.4% 7	0.0% 0	6.9% 25
Disagree somewhat	4.9% 13	6.4% 6	0.0% 0	5.2% 19
Strongly disagree	1.9% 5	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	363

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	62.6% 213	66.7% 16	60.0% 3	62.9% 232
Agree somewhat	22.4% 76	25.0% 6	20.0% 1	22.5% 83
Uncertain	7.1% 24	8.3% 2	20.0% 1	7.3% 27
Disagree somewhat	5.6% 19	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 19
Strongly disagree	2.4% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	369