New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE15 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - The opportunity to go back to school or college for further training is important to me.   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	140	42.3%	42.3%	-.92
Agree somewhat	86	26%	68.3%	-.08
Uncertain	55	16.6%	84.9%	.76
Disagree somewhat	35	10.6%	95.5%	1.6
Strongly disagree	15	4.5%	100%	2.44

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	42.7% 114	40.6% 26	42.3% 140
Agree somewhat	25.1% 67	29.7% 19	26.0% 86
Uncertain	16.5% 44	17.2% 11	16.6% 55
Disagree somewhat	11.2% 30	7.8% 5	10.6% 35
Strongly disagree	4.5% 12	4.7% 3	4.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 64	331

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	14.3% 3	23.2% 16	40.9% 45	55.0% 44	67.4% 31	42.6% 139
Agree somewhat	19.0% 4	34.8% 24	23.6% 26	25.0% 20	23.9% 11	26.1% 85
Uncertain	28.6% 6	20.3% 14	17.3% 19	12.5% 10	8.7% 4	16.3% 53
Disagree somewhat	23.8% 5	15.9% 11	12.7% 14	5.0% 4	0.0% 0	10.4% 34
Strongly disagree	14.3% 3	5.8% 4	5.5% 6	2.5% 2	0.0% 0	4.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 69	100.0% 110	100.0% 80	100.0% 46	326

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.6% 121	50.0% 18	42.5% 139
Agree somewhat	27.8% 81	13.9% 5	26.3% 86
Uncertain	14.8% 43	27.8% 10	16.2% 53
Disagree somewhat	11.0% 32	5.6% 2	10.4% 34
Strongly disagree	4.8% 14	2.8% 1	4.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 36	327

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	35.8% 48	44.6% 75	63.6% 14	50.0% 2	42.4% 139
Agree somewhat	25.4% 34	28.0% 47	9.1% 2	50.0% 2	25.9% 85
Uncertain	18.7% 25	15.5% 26	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	16.5% 54
Disagree somewhat	13.4% 18	8.9% 15	9.1% 2	0.0% 0	10.7% 35
Strongly disagree	6.7% 9	3.0% 5	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 134	100.0% 168	100.0% 22	100.0% 4	328

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	55.1% 38	52.6% 51	30.5% 47	16.7% 1	42.0% 137
Agree somewhat	15.9% 11	26.8% 26	31.8% 49	0.0% 0	26.4% 86
Uncertain	20.3% 14	9.3% 9	19.5% 30	16.7% 1	16.6% 54
Disagree somewhat	4.3% 3	11.3% 11	11.0% 17	50.0% 3	10.4% 34
Strongly disagree	4.3% 3	0.0% 0	7.1% 11	16.7% 1	4.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 97	100.0% 154	100.0% 6	326

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.1% 116	24.4% 20	33.3% 1	42.0% 137
Agree somewhat	26.1% 63	26.8% 22	0.0% 0	26.1% 85
Uncertain	14.5% 35	23.2% 19	33.3% 1	16.9% 55
Disagree somewhat	7.9% 19	18.3% 15	0.0% 0	10.4% 34
Strongly disagree	3.3% 8	7.3% 6	33.3% 1	4.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 241	100.0% 82	100.0% 3	326

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	41.3% 126	63.6% 14	0.0% 0	42.3% 140
Agree somewhat	26.9% 82	9.1% 2	50.0% 2	26.0% 86
Uncertain	16.7% 51	9.1% 2	50.0% 2	16.6% 55
Disagree somewhat	10.5% 32	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	10.6% 35
Strongly disagree	4.6% 14	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 22	100.0% 4	331