New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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PRESPOS How long do you envision serving in your present position?   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	225	62.7%	62.7%	-.7
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	90	25.1%	87.7%	.71
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	44	12.3%	100%	2.13

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	64.8% 188	53.6% 37	62.7% 225
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	24.1% 70	29.0% 20	25.1% 90
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	11.0% 32	17.4% 12	12.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 290	100.0% 69	359

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	56.0% 14	66.7% 50	70.3% 83	57.6% 53	48.9% 22	62.5% 222
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	28.0% 7	24.0% 18	21.2% 25	27.2% 25	31.1% 14	25.1% 89
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	16.0% 4	9.3% 7	8.5% 10	15.2% 14	20.0% 9	12.4% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 75	100.0% 118	100.0% 92	100.0% 45	355

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	63.4% 204	57.6% 19	62.8% 223
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	24.5% 79	30.3% 10	25.1% 89
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	12.1% 39	12.1% 4	12.1% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 33	355

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	54.7% 81	68.3% 123	70.8% 17	75.0% 3	62.9% 224
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	28.4% 42	23.3% 42	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	24.7% 88
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	16.9% 25	8.3% 15	12.5% 3	25.0% 1	12.4% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 180	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	356

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	76.1% 54	59.6% 62	58.8% 100	66.7% 6	62.7% 222
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	16.9% 12	26.9% 28	27.6% 47	11.1% 1	24.9% 88
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	7.0% 5	13.5% 14	13.5% 23	22.2% 2	12.4% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 104	100.0% 170	100.0% 9	354

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	64.6% 166	58.1% 54	33.3% 1	62.6% 221
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	24.1% 62	29.0% 27	0.0% 0	25.2% 89
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	11.3% 29	12.9% 12	66.7% 2	12.2% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	353

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
For the foreseeable future	61.3% 204	82.6% 19	66.7% 2	62.7% 225
For a few years beyond my present contract/working agreement with this parish	25.5% 85	17.4% 4	33.3% 1	25.1% 90
Until the end of my present contract/working agreement with this parish	13.2% 44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 23	100.0% 3	359