New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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CLOSE6 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 did you feel to the parish where you worshipped five years ago?   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	129	34.9%	34.9%	-1.02
	109	29.5%	64.3%	-.2
	67	18.1%	82.4%	.61
	40	10.8%	93.2%	1.42
Not at all close	25	6.8%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very close	35.8% 106	31.1% 23	34.9% 129
	29.1% 86	31.1% 23	29.5% 109
	17.9% 53	18.9% 14	18.1% 67
	10.5% 31	12.2% 9	10.8% 40
Not at all close	6.8% 20	6.8% 5	6.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 74	370

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very close	53.8% 14	42.1% 32	35.9% 42	27.6% 27	25.0% 12	34.8% 127
	30.8% 8	27.6% 21	29.9% 35	32.7% 32	25.0% 12	29.6% 108
	11.5% 3	18.4% 14	18.8% 22	19.4% 19	18.8% 9	18.4% 67
	3.8% 1	10.5% 8	8.5% 10	9.2% 9	20.8% 10	10.4% 38
Not at all close	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	6.8% 8	11.2% 11	10.4% 5	6.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 76	100.0% 117	100.0% 98	100.0% 48	365

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very close	32.7% 108	50.0% 18	34.4% 126
	31.2% 103	13.9% 5	29.5% 108
	19.1% 63	11.1% 4	18.3% 67
	11.2% 37	8.3% 3	10.9% 40
Not at all close	5.8% 19	16.7% 6	6.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 36	366

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very close	34.0% 51	35.3% 66	26.9% 7	100.0% 4	34.9% 128
	28.7% 43	32.1% 60	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	29.4% 108
	16.0% 24	18.2% 34	30.8% 8	0.0% 0	18.0% 66
	16.0% 24	6.4% 12	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	10.9% 40
Not at all close	5.3% 8	8.0% 15	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	6.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 187	100.0% 26	100.0% 4	367

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Very close	42.1% 32	25.0% 26	39.7% 69	0.0% 0	34.9% 127
	21.1% 16	30.8% 32	31.6% 55	30.0% 3	29.1% 106
	19.7% 15	19.2% 20	14.9% 26	50.0% 5	18.1% 66
	7.9% 6	16.3% 17	8.6% 15	20.0% 2	11.0% 40
Not at all close	9.2% 7	8.7% 9	5.2% 9	0.0% 0	6.9% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 104	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	364

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very close	33.8% 91	37.4% 34	66.7% 2	35.0% 127
	27.9% 75	33.0% 30	33.3% 1	29.2% 106
	20.1% 54	13.2% 12	0.0% 0	18.2% 66
	10.4% 28	13.2% 12	0.0% 0	11.0% 40
Not at all close	7.8% 21	3.3% 3	0.0% 0	6.6% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 91	100.0% 3	363

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very close	35.5% 121	25.0% 6	40.0% 2	34.9% 129
	29.3% 100	33.3% 8	20.0% 1	29.5% 109
	18.5% 63	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	18.1% 67
	10.6% 36	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	10.8% 40
Not at all close	6.2% 21	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	6.8% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	370