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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. - There may come a time in the future when I may no longer be able to afford to continue working 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	86	23.6%	23.6%	-1.26
Agree somewhat	91	25%	48.6%	-.52
Uncertain	87	23.9%	72.5%	.22
Disagree somewhat	46	12.6%	85.2%	.96
Strongly disagree	54	14.8%	100%	1.7

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.0% 61	33.8% 25	23.6% 86
Agree somewhat	24.5% 71	27.0% 20	25.0% 91
Uncertain	26.2% 76	14.9% 11	23.9% 87
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 38	10.8% 8	12.6% 46
Strongly disagree	15.2% 44	13.5% 10	14.8% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 290	100.0% 74	364

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.0% 1	14.9% 11	18.6% 22	33.7% 33	34.7% 17	23.4% 84
Agree somewhat	15.0% 3	17.6% 13	29.7% 35	26.5% 26	26.5% 13	25.1% 90
Uncertain	45.0% 9	31.1% 23	22.9% 27	19.4% 19	18.4% 9	24.2% 87
Disagree somewhat	5.0% 1	18.9% 14	11.0% 13	10.2% 10	14.3% 7	12.5% 45
Strongly disagree	30.0% 6	17.6% 13	17.8% 21	10.2% 10	6.1% 3	14.8% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 74	100.0% 118	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	359

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.8% 74	34.3% 12	23.9% 86
Agree somewhat	25.8% 84	20.0% 7	25.3% 91
Uncertain	24.6% 80	11.4% 4	23.3% 84
Disagree somewhat	13.2% 43	8.6% 3	12.8% 46
Strongly disagree	13.5% 44	25.7% 9	14.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 35	360

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.4% 34	21.4% 40	36.0% 9	25.0% 1	23.3% 84
Agree somewhat	20.7% 30	29.4% 55	16.0% 4	50.0% 2	25.2% 91
Uncertain	26.2% 38	23.0% 43	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	23.8% 86
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 19	12.3% 23	16.0% 4	0.0% 0	12.7% 46
Strongly disagree	16.6% 24	13.9% 26	12.0% 3	25.0% 1	15.0% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 145	100.0% 187	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	361

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	27.6% 21	30.1% 31	17.6% 30	40.0% 4	24.0% 86
Agree somewhat	25.0% 19	26.2% 27	24.7% 42	0.0% 0	24.5% 88
Uncertain	18.4% 14	20.4% 21	27.6% 47	40.0% 4	24.0% 86
Disagree somewhat	13.2% 10	12.6% 13	12.9% 22	10.0% 1	12.8% 46
Strongly disagree	15.8% 12	10.7% 11	17.1% 29	10.0% 1	14.8% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 103	100.0% 170	100.0% 10	359

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.6% 77	8.1% 7	0.0% 0	23.5% 84
Agree somewhat	28.6% 77	15.1% 13	0.0% 0	25.1% 90
Uncertain	20.4% 55	36.0% 31	0.0% 0	24.0% 86
Disagree somewhat	11.9% 32	16.3% 14	0.0% 0	12.8% 46
Strongly disagree	10.4% 28	24.4% 21	100.0% 3	14.5% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 86	100.0% 3	358

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.6% 79	20.8% 5	40.0% 2	23.6% 86
Agree somewhat	24.2% 81	37.5% 9	20.0% 1	25.0% 91
Uncertain	24.2% 81	25.0% 6	0.0% 0	23.9% 87
Disagree somewhat	13.1% 44	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	12.6% 46
Strongly disagree	14.9% 50	8.3% 2	40.0% 2	14.8% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	364