New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CHRMIN How long do you envision remaining in church ministry of some sort?   1) For the foreseeable future   2) For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish   3) Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
For the foreseeable future	304	85.2%	85.2%	-.39
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	37	10.4%	95.5%	1.63
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	16	4.5%	100%	3.64

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	86.1% 247	81.4% 57	85.2% 304
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	10.1% 29	11.4% 8	10.4% 37
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	3.8% 11	7.1% 5	4.5% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 70	357

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	62.5% 15	87.5% 63	88.9% 104	82.8% 77	87.2% 41	85.0% 300
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	25.0% 6	11.1% 8	6.8% 8	10.8% 10	10.6% 5	10.5% 37
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	12.5% 3	1.4% 1	4.3% 5	6.5% 6	2.1% 1	4.5% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 72	100.0% 117	100.0% 93	100.0% 47	353

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	86.6% 277	75.8% 25	85.6% 302
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	10.0% 32	12.1% 4	10.2% 36
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	3.4% 11	12.1% 4	4.2% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 320	100.0% 33	353

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	81.8% 121	87.0% 154	92.0% 23	100.0% 4	85.3% 302
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	12.2% 18	9.6% 17	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	10.2% 36
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	6.1% 9	3.4% 6	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 177	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	354

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	88.4% 61	78.6% 81	87.7% 150	77.8% 7	84.9% 299
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	7.2% 5	16.5% 17	8.8% 15	0.0% 0	10.5% 37
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	4.3% 3	4.9% 5	3.5% 6	22.2% 2	4.5% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 103	100.0% 171	100.0% 9	352

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	86.0% 221	84.6% 77	33.3% 1	85.2% 299
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	10.5% 27	11.0% 10	0.0% 0	10.5% 37
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	3.5% 9	4.4% 4	66.7% 2	4.3% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 91	100.0% 3	351

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	84.9% 281	87.0% 20	100.0% 3	85.2% 304
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	10.3% 34	13.0% 3	0.0% 0	10.4% 37
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	4.8% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 23	100.0% 3	357