New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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PARMIN How long do you envision remaining in parish ministry in general?   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	290	81.2%	81.2%	-.45
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	41	11.5%	92.7%	1.27
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	26	7.3%	100%	2.99

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	83.0% 240	73.5% 50	81.2% 290
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	11.1% 32	13.2% 9	11.5% 41
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	5.9% 17	13.2% 9	7.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 289	100.0% 68	357

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	64.0% 16	82.4% 61	88.7% 102	78.9% 75	73.3% 33	81.1% 287
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	24.0% 6	10.8% 8	7.8% 9	10.5% 10	17.8% 8	11.6% 41
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	12.0% 3	6.8% 5	3.5% 4	10.5% 10	8.9% 4	7.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 74	100.0% 115	100.0% 95	100.0% 45	354

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	81.9% 263	78.1% 25	81.6% 288
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	11.5% 37	9.4% 3	11.3% 40
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	6.5% 21	12.5% 4	7.1% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 32	353

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	75.7% 112	86.4% 153	84.0% 21	75.0% 3	81.6% 289
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	14.9% 22	9.0% 16	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	11.0% 39
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	9.5% 14	4.5% 8	12.0% 3	25.0% 1	7.3% 26
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	88.7% 63	78.4% 80	79.4% 135	88.9% 8	81.3% 286
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	5.6% 4	15.7% 16	11.8% 20	0.0% 0	11.4% 40
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	5.6% 4	5.9% 6	8.8% 15	11.1% 1	7.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 102	100.0% 170	100.0% 9	352

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	82.0% 210	80.4% 74	33.3% 1	81.2% 285
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	10.9% 28	13.0% 12	0.0% 0	11.4% 40
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	7.0% 18	6.5% 6	66.7% 2	7.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	351

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	80.7% 267	91.3% 21	66.7% 2	81.2% 290
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	11.8% 39	8.7% 2	0.0% 0	11.5% 41
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	7.6% 25	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	7.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 23	100.0% 3	357