New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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FUTURE2 Rank the two factors most in need of improvement for the future of lay/religious parish ministry. - Second 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	34	11.2%	11.2%	-1.81
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	26	8.6%	19.8%	-1.2
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	59	19.5%	39.3%	-.59
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	52	17.2%	56.4%	.02
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	63	20.8%	77.2%	.64
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	69	22.8%	100%	1.25

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	10.4% 26	14.8% 8	11.2% 34
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	7.6% 19	13.0% 7	8.6% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	19.3% 48	20.4% 11	19.5% 59
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	19.3% 48	7.4% 4	17.2% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	20.5% 51	22.2% 12	20.8% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	22.9% 57	22.2% 12	22.8% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 249	100.0% 54	303

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	15.8% 3	10.0% 6	10.1% 10	11.3% 9	14.6% 6	11.4% 34
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	10.5% 2	1.7% 1	13.1% 13	7.5% 6	9.8% 4	8.7% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	15.8% 3	21.7% 13	17.2% 17	16.3% 13	29.3% 12	19.4% 58
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	15.8% 3	20.0% 12	22.2% 22	13.8% 11	9.8% 4	17.4% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	21.1% 4	25.0% 15	16.2% 16	26.3% 21	14.6% 6	20.7% 62
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	21.1% 4	21.7% 13	21.2% 21	25.0% 20	22.0% 9	22.4% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 60	100.0% 99	100.0% 80	100.0% 41	299

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	11.3% 31	11.1% 3	11.3% 34
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	7.7% 21	18.5% 5	8.6% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	20.4% 56	7.4% 2	19.3% 58
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	17.2% 47	18.5% 5	17.3% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	20.1% 55	29.6% 8	20.9% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	23.4% 64	14.8% 4	22.6% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 27	301

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	12.9% 17	10.3% 15	10.0% 2	0.0% 0	11.3% 34
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	7.6% 10	11.0% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.6% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	17.4% 23	20.5% 30	25.0% 5	0.0% 0	19.2% 58
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	18.9% 25	15.1% 22	25.0% 5	0.0% 0	17.2% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.9% 21	25.3% 37	15.0% 3	50.0% 2	20.9% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	27.3% 36	17.8% 26	25.0% 5	50.0% 2	22.8% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 132	100.0% 146	100.0% 20	100.0% 4	302

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	13.2% 7	13.8% 12	9.1% 14	0.0% 0	11.0% 33
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	7.5% 4	11.5% 10	6.5% 10	40.0% 2	8.7% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	22.6% 12	20.7% 18	18.2% 28	0.0% 0	19.4% 58
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	15.1% 8	16.1% 14	18.8% 29	20.0% 1	17.4% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	17.0% 9	20.7% 18	22.7% 35	0.0% 0	20.7% 62
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	24.5% 13	17.2% 15	24.7% 38	40.0% 2	22.7% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 87	100.0% 154	100.0% 5	299

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	11.1% 24	11.3% 9	0.0% 0	11.1% 33
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	8.8% 19	8.8% 7	0.0% 0	8.7% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	20.7% 45	17.5% 14	0.0% 0	19.8% 59
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	15.2% 33	22.5% 18	100.0% 1	17.4% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	20.7% 45	20.0% 16	0.0% 0	20.5% 61
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	23.5% 51	20.0% 16	0.0% 0	22.5% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 80	100.0% 1	298

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	11.1% 31	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	11.2% 34
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	9.3% 26	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.6% 26
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	19.0% 53	19.0% 4	66.7% 2	19.5% 59
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	17.2% 48	19.0% 4	0.0% 0	17.2% 52
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	21.1% 59	14.3% 3	33.3% 1	20.8% 63
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	22.2% 62	33.3% 7	0.0% 0	22.8% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 279	100.0% 21	100.0% 3	303