New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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FACTOR1 Rank the three best-developed factors affecting lay/religious parish ministry. - First factor   1) Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry   2) Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry   3) Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers   4) Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers   5) Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers   6) Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	108	33.9%	33.9%	-.98
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	91	28.5%	62.4%	-.39
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	14	4.4%	66.8%	.21
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	37	11.6%	78.4%	.8
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	48	15%	93.4%	1.39
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	21	6.6%	100%	1.99

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	35.0% 92	28.6% 16	33.9% 108
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	28.1% 74	30.4% 17	28.5% 91
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.2% 11	5.4% 3	4.4% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	11.4% 30	12.5% 7	11.6% 37
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.2% 40	14.3% 8	15.0% 48
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	6.1% 16	8.9% 5	6.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 263	100.0% 56	319

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	30.4% 7	34.8% 24	37.6% 38	36.3% 29	22.0% 9	34.1% 107
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	34.8% 8	29.0% 20	25.7% 26	30.0% 24	31.7% 13	29.0% 91
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.3% 1	4.3% 3	5.0% 5	5.0% 4	2.4% 1	4.5% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	13.0% 3	10.1% 7	13.9% 14	7.5% 6	14.6% 6	11.5% 36
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	8.7% 2	20.3% 14	10.9% 11	13.8% 11	19.5% 8	14.6% 46
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	8.7% 2	1.4% 1	6.9% 7	7.5% 6	9.8% 4	6.4% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 23	100.0% 69	100.0% 101	100.0% 80	100.0% 41	314

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	34.4% 98	28.1% 9	33.8% 107
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	26.7% 76	46.9% 15	28.7% 91
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.6% 13	3.1% 1	4.4% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	11.9% 34	9.4% 3	11.7% 37
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	16.1% 46	6.3% 2	15.1% 48
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	6.3% 18	6.3% 2	6.3% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 32	317

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	34.8% 49	34.0% 52	26.3% 5	50.0% 2	34.1% 108
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	27.7% 39	28.1% 43	26.3% 5	50.0% 2	28.1% 89
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	5.0% 7	4.6% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.4% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	9.2% 13	12.4% 19	26.3% 5	0.0% 0	11.7% 37
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	18.4% 26	13.7% 21	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	15.1% 48
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	5.0% 7	7.2% 11	15.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 141	100.0% 153	100.0% 19	100.0% 4	317

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	25.0% 15	29.8% 28	39.4% 61	40.0% 2	33.8% 106
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	33.3% 20	28.7% 27	27.1% 42	0.0% 0	28.3% 89
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	3.3% 2	2.1% 2	5.8% 9	20.0% 1	4.5% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	11.7% 7	16.0% 15	9.0% 14	20.0% 1	11.8% 37
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.0% 9	16.0% 15	14.2% 22	20.0% 1	15.0% 47
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	11.7% 7	7.4% 7	4.5% 7	0.0% 0	6.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 94	100.0% 155	100.0% 5	314

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	32.1% 72	40.7% 35	0.0% 0	34.3% 107
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	27.7% 62	29.1% 25	50.0% 1	28.2% 88
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.5% 10	4.7% 4	0.0% 0	4.5% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	11.2% 25	11.6% 10	0.0% 0	11.2% 35
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	17.0% 38	10.5% 9	0.0% 0	15.1% 47
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	7.6% 17	3.5% 3	50.0% 1	6.7% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 86	100.0% 2	312

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	34.7% 102	27.3% 6	0.0% 0	33.9% 108
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	28.2% 83	27.3% 6	66.7% 2	28.5% 91
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.4% 13	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.4% 14
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	11.2% 33	18.2% 4	0.0% 0	11.6% 37
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.3% 45	9.1% 2	33.3% 1	15.0% 48
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	6.1% 18	13.6% 3	0.0% 0	6.6% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 294	100.0% 22	100.0% 3	319