New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE11 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - I feel I am part of a thriving community in which many of us are achieving spiritual growth.   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	148	39.9%	39.9%	-.92
Agree somewhat	149	40.2%	80.1%	.08
Uncertain	40	10.8%	90.8%	1.08
Disagree somewhat	24	6.5%	97.3%	2.08
Strongly disagree	10	2.7%	100%	3.07

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.3% 126	30.1% 22	39.9% 148
Agree somewhat	38.6% 115	46.6% 34	40.2% 149
Uncertain	10.4% 31	12.3% 9	10.8% 40
Disagree somewhat	6.0% 18	8.2% 6	6.5% 24
Strongly disagree	2.7% 8	2.7% 2	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 73	371

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.0% 10	42.1% 32	44.1% 52	35.7% 35	36.7% 18	40.2% 147
Agree somewhat	36.0% 9	39.5% 30	40.7% 48	41.8% 41	36.7% 18	39.9% 146
Uncertain	16.0% 4	7.9% 6	7.6% 9	12.2% 12	16.3% 8	10.7% 39
Disagree somewhat	4.0% 1	6.6% 5	5.9% 7	6.1% 6	10.2% 5	6.6% 24
Strongly disagree	4.0% 1	3.9% 3	1.7% 2	4.1% 4	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 76	100.0% 118	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	366

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.0% 129	47.2% 17	39.8% 146
Agree somewhat	41.4% 137	27.8% 10	40.1% 147
Uncertain	10.9% 36	11.1% 4	10.9% 40
Disagree somewhat	6.3% 21	8.3% 3	6.5% 24
Strongly disagree	2.4% 8	5.6% 2	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 36	367

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.5% 60	39.6% 74	52.0% 13	0.0% 0	39.9% 147
Agree somewhat	38.8% 59	40.1% 75	40.0% 10	75.0% 3	39.9% 147
Uncertain	11.2% 17	11.8% 22	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	10.9% 40
Disagree somewhat	5.9% 9	7.0% 13	4.0% 1	25.0% 1	6.5% 24
Strongly disagree	4.6% 7	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 187	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	368

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.1% 32	38.1% 40	41.4% 72	10.0% 1	39.7% 145
Agree somewhat	40.8% 31	42.9% 45	37.9% 66	60.0% 6	40.5% 148
Uncertain	6.6% 5	8.6% 9	12.6% 22	20.0% 2	10.4% 38
Disagree somewhat	6.6% 5	7.6% 8	5.7% 10	10.0% 1	6.6% 24
Strongly disagree	3.9% 3	2.9% 3	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 105	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	365

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.4% 106	44.1% 41	33.3% 1	40.5% 148
Agree somewhat	39.8% 107	37.6% 35	66.7% 2	39.5% 144
Uncertain	10.4% 28	12.9% 12	0.0% 0	11.0% 40
Disagree somewhat	7.8% 21	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 23
Strongly disagree	2.6% 7	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	365

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	39.5% 135	50.0% 12	20.0% 1	39.9% 148
Agree somewhat	40.4% 138	37.5% 9	40.0% 2	40.2% 149
Uncertain	10.5% 36	8.3% 2	40.0% 2	10.8% 40
Disagree somewhat	6.7% 23	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	6.5% 24
Strongly disagree	2.9% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 342	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	371