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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED THAT THIS IS NOT THEIR FIRST PAID MINISTRY-RELATED POSITION: Prior to your current position, in which area of ministry were you most recently employed?

	1) Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish
	2) Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish
	3) Parish administration at current parish
	4) Parish administration at another parish
	5) Parish minister at current parish
	6) Parish minister at another parish
	7) Minister in some other church-related institution

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	20	9.5%	9.5%	-1.84
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	37	17.6%	27.1%	-1.38
Parish administration at current parish	1	.5%	27.6%	-.91
Parish administration at another parish	8	3.8%	31.4%	-.45
Parish minister at current parish	5	2.4%	33.8%	.02
Parish minister at another parish	86	41%	74.8%	.49
Minister in some other church-related institution	53	25.2%	100%	.95

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	11.1% 19	2.6% 1	9.5% 20
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	20.5% 35	5.1% 2	17.6% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	3.5% 6	5.1% 2	3.8% 8
Parish minister at current parish	1.8% 3	5.1% 2	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	36.8% 63	59.0% 23	41.0% 86
Minister in some other church-related institution	25.7% 44	23.1% 9	25.2% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 171	100.0% 39	210

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	23.5% 4	8.0% 4	11.9% 8	6.0% 3	4.0% 1	9.6% 20
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	23.5% 4	18.0% 9	20.9% 14	16.0% 8	8.0% 2	17.7% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	0.0% 0	8.0% 4	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	12.0% 3	3.8% 8
Parish minister at current parish	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	3.0% 2	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	23.5% 4	24.0% 12	38.8% 26	62.0% 31	48.0% 12	40.7% 85
Minister in some other church-related institution	29.4% 5	38.0% 19	22.4% 15	14.0% 7	28.0% 7	25.4% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 17	100.0% 50	100.0% 67	100.0% 50	100.0% 25	209

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	8.4% 16	16.7% 3	9.1% 19
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	17.9% 34	16.7% 3	17.8% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	3.2% 6	11.1% 2	3.8% 8
Parish minister at current parish	1.6% 3	11.1% 2	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	43.7% 83	16.7% 3	41.3% 86
Minister in some other church-related institution	24.7% 47	27.8% 5	25.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 190	100.0% 18	208

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	9.9% 11	8.6% 7	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	9.6% 20
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	21.6% 24	14.8% 12	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	17.7% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	4.5% 5	3.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 8
Parish minister at current parish	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	36.0% 40	46.9% 38	42.9% 6	66.7% 2	41.1% 86
Minister in some other church-related institution	27.0% 30	21.0% 17	35.7% 5	0.0% 0	24.9% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 81	100.0% 14	100.0% 3	209

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	0.0% 0	18.2% 10	7.4% 9	12.5% 1	9.7% 20
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	4.5% 1	14.5% 8	21.3% 26	12.5% 1	17.4% 36
Parish administration at current parish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	4.5% 1	5.5% 3	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	3.9% 8
Parish minister at current parish	4.5% 1	1.8% 1	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	45.5% 10	43.6% 24	38.5% 47	62.5% 5	41.5% 86
Minister in some other church-related institution	40.9% 9	16.4% 9	26.2% 32	12.5% 1	24.6% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	100.0% 122	100.0% 8	207

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	7.0% 9	12.2% 9	33.3% 1	9.2% 19
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	14.7% 19	24.3% 18	0.0% 0	18.0% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	3.1% 4	5.4% 4	0.0% 0	3.9% 8
Parish minister at current parish	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 4
Parish minister at another parish	50.4% 65	25.7% 19	0.0% 0	40.8% 84
Minister in some other church-related institution	21.7% 28	31.1% 23	66.7% 2	25.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 74	100.0% 3	206

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school affiliated with current parish	10.3% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.5% 20
Catholic school administrator, principal or teacher at school not affiliated with current parish	15.9% 31	41.7% 5	33.3% 1	17.6% 37
Parish administration at current parish	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
Parish administration at another parish	4.1% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 8
Parish minister at current parish	1.5% 3	8.3% 1	33.3% 1	2.4% 5
Parish minister at another parish	42.6% 83	25.0% 3	0.0% 0	41.0% 86
Minister in some other church-related institution	25.1% 49	25.0% 3	33.3% 1	25.2% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 12	100.0% 3	210