New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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STATE16 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. - The ability to transfer to a similar position in another diocese is important to me.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree somewhat   3) Uncertain   4) Disagree somewhat   5) Strongly disagree

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	80	21.8%	21.8%	-1.3
Agree somewhat	84	22.9%	44.7%	-.61
Uncertain	82	22.3%	67%	.08
Disagree somewhat	39	10.6%	77.7%	.77
Strongly disagree	82	22.3%	100%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.4% 54	35.1% 26	21.8% 80
Agree somewhat	22.2% 65	25.7% 19	22.9% 84
Uncertain	21.8% 64	24.3% 18	22.3% 82
Disagree somewhat	10.9% 32	9.5% 7	10.6% 39
Strongly disagree	26.6% 78	5.4% 4	22.3% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 293	100.0% 74	367

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.1% 2	17.3% 13	22.0% 26	27.6% 27	24.5% 12	22.1% 80
Agree somewhat	13.6% 3	20.0% 15	24.6% 29	24.5% 24	24.5% 12	22.9% 83
Uncertain	18.2% 4	25.3% 19	19.5% 23	18.4% 18	34.7% 17	22.4% 81
Disagree somewhat	13.6% 3	10.7% 8	8.5% 10	12.2% 12	8.2% 4	10.2% 37
Strongly disagree	45.5% 10	26.7% 20	25.4% 30	17.3% 17	8.2% 4	22.4% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 75	100.0% 118	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	362

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	22.7% 74	16.2% 6	22.0% 80
Agree somewhat	23.3% 76	18.9% 7	22.9% 83
Uncertain	22.1% 72	24.3% 9	22.3% 81
Disagree somewhat	10.4% 34	13.5% 5	10.7% 39
Strongly disagree	21.5% 70	27.0% 10	22.0% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 37	363

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.9% 28	24.1% 45	20.0% 5	25.0% 1	21.7% 79
Agree somewhat	28.4% 42	17.1% 32	32.0% 8	50.0% 2	23.1% 84
Uncertain	17.6% 26	26.2% 49	24.0% 6	0.0% 0	22.3% 81
Disagree somewhat	12.2% 18	9.1% 17	8.0% 2	25.0% 1	10.4% 38
Strongly disagree	23.0% 34	23.5% 44	16.0% 4	0.0% 0	22.5% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 187	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	364

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.3% 16	13.3% 14	27.3% 47	22.2% 2	21.9% 79
Agree somewhat	20.0% 15	24.8% 26	22.7% 39	22.2% 2	22.7% 82
Uncertain	22.7% 17	26.7% 28	19.2% 33	11.1% 1	21.9% 79
Disagree somewhat	13.3% 10	10.5% 11	9.9% 17	11.1% 1	10.8% 39
Strongly disagree	22.7% 17	24.8% 26	20.9% 36	33.3% 3	22.7% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 75	100.0% 105	100.0% 172	100.0% 9	361

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.2% 65	15.7% 14	0.0% 0	21.9% 79
Agree somewhat	22.7% 61	22.5% 20	33.3% 1	22.7% 82
Uncertain	24.5% 66	18.0% 16	0.0% 0	22.7% 82
Disagree somewhat	8.6% 23	14.6% 13	0.0% 0	10.0% 36
Strongly disagree	20.1% 54	29.2% 26	66.7% 2	22.7% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 89	100.0% 3	361

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.2% 72	33.3% 8	0.0% 0	21.8% 80
Agree somewhat	23.3% 79	20.8% 5	0.0% 0	22.9% 84
Uncertain	22.4% 76	16.7% 4	50.0% 2	22.3% 82
Disagree somewhat	10.6% 36	8.3% 2	25.0% 1	10.6% 39
Strongly disagree	22.4% 76	20.8% 5	25.0% 1	22.3% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 339	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	367