New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CLOSE3 For each relationship shown below, please indicate how close you feel on a scale from 1 (very close) to 5 (not at all close). - How close do you feel today to the Catholic Church?   1) Very close   2)   3)   4)   5) Not at all close

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very close	133	35.7%	35.7%	-1.05
	128	34.3%	70%	-.04
	85	22.8%	92.8%	.98
	20	5.4%	98.1%	2
Not at all close	7	1.9%	100%	3.01

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very close	36.1% 108	33.8% 25	35.7% 133
	34.1% 102	35.1% 26	34.3% 128
	22.7% 68	23.0% 17	22.8% 85
	5.4% 16	5.4% 4	5.4% 20
Not at all close	1.7% 5	2.7% 2	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 74	373

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very close	59.3% 16	39.2% 29	34.2% 41	27.3% 27	37.5% 18	35.6% 131
	11.1% 3	37.8% 28	33.3% 40	40.4% 40	35.4% 17	34.8% 128
	14.8% 4	18.9% 14	22.5% 27	26.3% 26	22.9% 11	22.3% 82
	11.1% 3	4.1% 3	7.5% 9	3.0% 3	4.2% 2	5.4% 20
Not at all close	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 3	3.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 74	100.0% 120	100.0% 99	100.0% 48	368

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very close	36.0% 119	28.9% 11	35.2% 130
	33.5% 111	44.7% 17	34.7% 128
	23.6% 78	18.4% 7	23.0% 85
	4.8% 16	7.9% 3	5.1% 19
Not at all close	2.1% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 331	100.0% 38	369

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very close	36.4% 56	34.9% 65	38.5% 10	25.0% 1	35.7% 132
	29.9% 46	39.2% 73	26.9% 7	25.0% 1	34.3% 127
	24.0% 37	21.0% 39	26.9% 7	25.0% 1	22.7% 84
	7.1% 11	3.8% 7	3.8% 1	25.0% 1	5.4% 20
Not at all close	2.6% 4	1.1% 2	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 186	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	370

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very close	40.3% 31	35.2% 37	33.7% 59	30.0% 3	35.4% 130
	39.0% 30	39.0% 41	30.3% 53	20.0% 2	34.3% 126
	16.9% 13	18.1% 19	28.0% 49	30.0% 3	22.9% 84
	3.9% 3	4.8% 5	5.7% 10	20.0% 2	5.4% 20
Not at all close	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 105	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	367

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very close	33.8% 91	39.4% 37	33.3% 1	35.2% 129
	36.4% 98	28.7% 27	33.3% 1	34.4% 126
	22.7% 61	23.4% 22	33.3% 1	23.0% 84
	4.8% 13	7.4% 7	0.0% 0	5.5% 20
Not at all close	2.2% 6	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	366

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very close	36.3% 125	29.2% 7	20.0% 1	35.7% 133
	34.0% 117	41.7% 10	20.0% 1	34.3% 128
	22.1% 76	25.0% 6	60.0% 3	22.8% 85
	5.8% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.4% 20
Not at all close	1.7% 6	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.9% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	373