New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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FACTOR3 Rank the three best-developed factors affecting lay/religious parish ministry. - Third 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	41	14.3%	14.3%	-1.52
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	49	17.1%	31.5%	-.94
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	53	18.5%	50%	-.37
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	27	9.4%	59.4%	.21
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	63	22%	81.5%	.79
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	53	18.5%	100%	1.37

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	15.3% 36	9.8% 5	14.3% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	17.0% 40	17.6% 9	17.1% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	19.1% 45	15.7% 8	18.5% 53
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	9.8% 23	7.8% 4	9.4% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	20.9% 49	27.5% 14	22.0% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	17.9% 42	21.6% 11	18.5% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 235	100.0% 51	286

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	4.5% 1	10.0% 6	20.9% 19	14.9% 11	11.1% 4	14.5% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	18.2% 4	18.3% 11	19.8% 18	13.5% 10	13.9% 5	17.0% 48
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	4.5% 1	20.0% 12	17.6% 16	23.0% 17	16.7% 6	18.4% 52
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	13.6% 3	6.7% 4	6.6% 6	14.9% 11	8.3% 3	9.5% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	40.9% 9	18.3% 11	22.0% 20	18.9% 14	22.2% 8	21.9% 62
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	18.2% 4	26.7% 16	13.2% 12	14.9% 11	27.8% 10	18.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 60	100.0% 91	100.0% 74	100.0% 36	283

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	14.6% 38	13.0% 3	14.4% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	17.6% 46	13.0% 3	17.3% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	19.2% 50	8.7% 2	18.3% 52
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	8.8% 23	17.4% 4	9.5% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	22.2% 58	17.4% 4	21.8% 62
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	17.6% 46	30.4% 7	18.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 261	100.0% 23	284

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	11.4% 14	14.3% 20	35.3% 6	25.0% 1	14.4% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	17.9% 22	15.7% 22	23.5% 4	25.0% 1	17.3% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	18.7% 23	20.0% 28	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	18.7% 53
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	8.1% 10	11.4% 16	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	9.5% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	23.6% 29	21.4% 30	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	21.5% 61
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	20.3% 25	17.1% 24	17.6% 3	25.0% 1	18.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 140	100.0% 17	100.0% 4	284

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	29.6% 16	10.6% 9	10.7% 15	25.0% 1	14.5% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	18.5% 10	12.9% 11	18.6% 26	50.0% 2	17.3% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	9.3% 5	21.2% 18	20.7% 29	0.0% 0	18.4% 52
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	16.7% 9	9.4% 8	6.4% 9	25.0% 1	9.5% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	13.0% 7	21.2% 18	25.7% 36	0.0% 0	21.6% 61
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	13.0% 7	24.7% 21	17.9% 25	0.0% 0	18.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 85	100.0% 140	100.0% 4	283

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	16.5% 33	7.8% 6	0.0% 0	14.0% 39
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	18.0% 36	15.6% 12	50.0% 1	17.6% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	18.0% 36	20.8% 16	0.0% 0	18.6% 52
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	10.0% 20	7.8% 6	0.0% 0	9.3% 26
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	20.5% 41	26.0% 20	50.0% 1	22.2% 62
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	17.0% 34	22.1% 17	0.0% 0	18.3% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 77	100.0% 2	279

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	12.8% 34	36.8% 7	0.0% 0	14.3% 41
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	17.7% 47	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	17.1% 49
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	19.2% 51	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	18.5% 53
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	9.4% 25	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	9.4% 27
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	22.3% 59	15.8% 3	50.0% 1	22.0% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	18.5% 49	15.8% 3	50.0% 1	18.5% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 265	100.0% 19	100.0% 2	286