New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CLOSE2 For each relationship shown below, please indicate how close you feel on a scale from 1 (very close) to 5 (not at all close). - How close did you feel to God five years ago?   1) Very close   2)   3)   4)   5) Not at all close

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very close	133	35.6%	35.6%	-1.04
	137	36.6%	72.2%	-.01
	78	20.9%	93%	1.02
	19	5.1%	98.1%	2.05
Not at all close	7	1.9%	100%	3.08

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very close	38.8% 116	22.7% 17	35.6% 133
	35.8% 107	40.0% 30	36.6% 137
	19.7% 59	25.3% 19	20.9% 78
	4.0% 12	9.3% 7	5.1% 19
Not at all close	1.7% 5	2.7% 2	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 75	374

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very close	55.6% 15	42.7% 32	39.2% 47	26.5% 26	20.4% 10	35.2% 130
	29.6% 8	40.0% 30	37.5% 45	38.8% 38	32.7% 16	37.1% 137
	14.8% 4	16.0% 12	20.0% 24	25.5% 25	24.5% 12	20.9% 77
	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	3.3% 4	7.1% 7	12.2% 6	4.9% 18
Not at all close	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	10.2% 5	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 75	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	369

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very close	35.5% 118	34.2% 13	35.4% 131
	37.3% 124	34.2% 13	37.0% 137
	21.1% 70	15.8% 6	20.5% 76
	5.1% 17	5.3% 2	5.1% 19
Not at all close	0.9% 3	10.5% 4	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 38	370

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very close	38.8% 59	33.9% 64	26.9% 7	25.0% 1	35.3% 131
	38.8% 59	32.8% 62	50.0% 13	75.0% 3	36.9% 137
	15.8% 24	25.4% 48	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	20.8% 77
	4.6% 7	5.8% 11	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.1% 19
Not at all close	2.0% 3	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	371

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very close	32.1% 25	27.4% 29	42.3% 74	22.2% 2	35.3% 130
	35.9% 28	38.7% 41	36.6% 64	22.2% 2	36.7% 135
	23.1% 18	23.6% 25	17.1% 30	55.6% 5	21.2% 78
	7.7% 6	8.5% 9	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	4.9% 18
Not at all close	1.3% 1	1.9% 2	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 106	100.0% 175	100.0% 9	368

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very close	31.7% 86	45.7% 43	66.7% 2	35.6% 131
	35.4% 96	41.5% 39	33.3% 1	37.0% 136
	24.0% 65	11.7% 11	0.0% 0	20.7% 76
	6.3% 17	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.9% 18
Not at all close	2.6% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	368

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very close	36.5% 126	25.0% 6	20.0% 1	35.6% 133
	37.1% 128	33.3% 8	20.0% 1	36.6% 137
	20.0% 69	29.2% 7	40.0% 2	20.9% 78
	4.3% 15	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	5.1% 19
Not at all close	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	374