New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE14 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - I would feel secure in my position if there was a change in 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	88	24.1%	24.1%	-1.23
Agree somewhat	89	24.4%	48.5%	-.52
Uncertain	89	24.4%	72.9%	.19
Disagree somewhat	29	7.9%	80.8%	.9
Strongly disagree	70	19.2%	100%	1.6

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.1% 73	20.3% 15	24.1% 88
Agree somewhat	22.7% 66	31.1% 23	24.4% 89
Uncertain	26.5% 77	16.2% 12	24.4% 89
Disagree somewhat	8.2% 24	6.8% 5	7.9% 29
Strongly disagree	17.5% 51	25.7% 19	19.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 74	365

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.7% 10	28.4% 21	20.7% 24	19.6% 19	26.5% 13	24.2% 87
Agree somewhat	20.8% 5	17.6% 13	25.0% 29	23.7% 23	34.7% 17	24.2% 87
Uncertain	16.7% 4	23.0% 17	29.3% 34	25.8% 25	18.4% 9	24.7% 89
Disagree somewhat	4.2% 1	5.4% 4	8.6% 10	9.3% 9	8.2% 4	7.8% 28
Strongly disagree	16.7% 4	25.7% 19	16.4% 19	21.6% 21	12.2% 6	19.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 74	100.0% 116	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	360

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.6% 80	19.4% 7	24.1% 87
Agree somewhat	24.6% 80	25.0% 9	24.7% 89
Uncertain	24.9% 81	16.7% 6	24.1% 87
Disagree somewhat	8.9% 29	0.0% 0	8.0% 29
Strongly disagree	16.9% 55	38.9% 14	19.1% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 36	361

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.8% 32	26.2% 49	29.2% 7	0.0% 0	24.3% 88
Agree somewhat	22.4% 33	26.7% 50	20.8% 5	0.0% 0	24.3% 88
Uncertain	28.6% 42	19.8% 37	25.0% 6	75.0% 3	24.3% 88
Disagree somewhat	7.5% 11	9.6% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.0% 29
Strongly disagree	19.7% 29	17.6% 33	25.0% 6	25.0% 1	19.1% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 187	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	362

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.1% 16	28.6% 30	22.9% 39	0.0% 0	23.7% 85
Agree somewhat	26.3% 20	27.6% 29	22.4% 38	25.0% 2	24.8% 89
Uncertain	22.4% 17	21.9% 23	26.5% 45	37.5% 3	24.5% 88
Disagree somewhat	6.6% 5	8.6% 9	7.1% 12	25.0% 2	7.8% 28
Strongly disagree	23.7% 18	13.3% 14	21.2% 36	12.5% 1	19.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 105	100.0% 170	100.0% 8	359

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.0% 64	24.7% 22	0.0% 0	24.0% 86
Agree somewhat	25.8% 69	21.3% 19	33.3% 1	24.8% 89
Uncertain	23.2% 62	28.1% 25	0.0% 0	24.2% 87
Disagree somewhat	8.2% 22	6.7% 6	0.0% 0	7.8% 28
Strongly disagree	18.7% 50	19.1% 17	66.7% 2	19.2% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 89	100.0% 3	359

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.0% 84	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	24.1% 88
Agree somewhat	22.9% 77	41.7% 10	40.0% 2	24.4% 89
Uncertain	24.4% 82	25.0% 6	20.0% 1	24.4% 89
Disagree somewhat	7.7% 26	4.2% 1	40.0% 2	7.9% 29
Strongly disagree	19.9% 67	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	19.2% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	365