New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CLOSE5 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 parish where you worship?   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	196	52.4%	52.4%	-.75
	112	29.9%	82.4%	.24
	35	9.4%	91.7%	1.23
	22	5.9%	97.6%	2.23
Not at all close	9	2.4%	100%	3.22

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very close	55.3% 166	40.5% 30	52.4% 196
	28.7% 86	35.1% 26	29.9% 112
	9.0% 27	10.8% 8	9.4% 35
	4.3% 13	12.2% 9	5.9% 22
Not at all close	2.7% 8	1.4% 1	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 74	374

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very close	66.7% 18	56.6% 43	48.3% 58	56.1% 55	41.7% 20	52.6% 194
	22.2% 6	26.3% 20	34.2% 41	23.5% 23	41.7% 20	29.8% 110
	0.0% 0	9.2% 7	7.5% 9	14.3% 14	8.3% 4	9.2% 34
	11.1% 3	3.9% 3	5.8% 7	5.1% 5	8.3% 4	6.0% 22
Not at all close	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	4.2% 5	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 76	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 48	369

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very close	51.7% 172	54.1% 20	51.9% 192
	30.6% 102	27.0% 10	30.3% 112
	9.3% 31	10.8% 4	9.5% 35
	6.0% 20	5.4% 2	5.9% 22
Not at all close	2.4% 8	2.7% 1	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 37	370

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very close	51.3% 79	52.9% 99	53.8% 14	100.0% 4	52.8% 196
	30.5% 47	29.9% 56	23.1% 6	0.0% 0	29.4% 109
	11.0% 17	7.5% 14	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	9.4% 35
	5.8% 9	5.9% 11	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 22
Not at all close	1.3% 2	3.7% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 187	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	371

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very close	63.6% 49	46.7% 49	53.4% 94	20.0% 2	52.7% 194
	19.5% 15	32.4% 34	32.4% 57	30.0% 3	29.6% 109
	6.5% 5	9.5% 10	9.7% 17	20.0% 2	9.2% 34
	7.8% 6	7.6% 8	2.8% 5	30.0% 3	6.0% 22
Not at all close	2.6% 2	3.8% 4	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 105	100.0% 176	100.0% 10	368

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very close	50.9% 137	57.9% 55	66.7% 2	52.9% 194
	30.5% 82	27.4% 26	0.0% 0	29.4% 108
	9.3% 25	9.5% 9	0.0% 0	9.3% 34
	6.3% 17	4.2% 4	33.3% 1	6.0% 22
Not at all close	3.0% 8	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 95	100.0% 3	367

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very close	52.5% 181	54.2% 13	40.0% 2	52.4% 196
	29.3% 101	37.5% 9	40.0% 2	29.9% 112
	9.3% 32	8.3% 2	20.0% 1	9.4% 35
	6.4% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 22
Not at all close	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	374