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New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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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 to the parish where you work in a paid capacity today?

	1) Very close
	2)
	3)
	4)
	5) Not at all close

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very close	194	52%	52%	-.78
	112	30%	82%	.28
	45	12.1%	94.1%	1.34
	16	4.3%	98.4%	2.4
Not at all close	6	1.6%	100%	3.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very close	55.0% 164	40.0% 30	52.0% 194
	29.2% 87	33.3% 25	30.0% 112
	11.1% 33	16.0% 12	12.1% 45
	3.4% 10	8.0% 6	4.3% 16
Not at all close	1.3% 4	2.7% 2	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 75	373

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Very close	57.7% 15	57.9% 44	52.5% 63	53.6% 52	38.8% 19	52.4% 193
	30.8% 8	27.6% 21	30.0% 36	25.8% 25	40.8% 20	29.9% 110
	11.5% 3	9.2% 7	10.0% 12	14.4% 14	14.3% 7	11.7% 43
	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	5.0% 6	6.2% 6	6.1% 3	4.3% 16
Not at all close	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 76	100.0% 120	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	368

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Very close	52.1% 173	45.9% 17	51.5% 190
	31.3% 104	21.6% 8	30.4% 112
	11.4% 38	18.9% 7	12.2% 45
	3.6% 12	10.8% 4	4.3% 16
Not at all close	1.5% 5	2.7% 1	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 37	369

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Very close	48.7% 75	54.3% 101	53.8% 14	75.0% 3	52.2% 193
	33.8% 52	29.0% 54	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	30.0% 111
	11.7% 18	10.8% 20	19.2% 5	25.0% 1	11.9% 44
	5.2% 8	3.2% 6	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Not at all close	0.6% 1	2.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
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	60.5% 46	46.7% 50	54.0% 94	20.0% 2	52.3% 192
	18.4% 14	32.7% 35	32.8% 57	20.0% 2	29.4% 108
	14.5% 11	13.1% 14	9.8% 17	30.0% 3	12.3% 45
	3.9% 3	4.7% 5	2.9% 5	30.0% 3	4.4% 16
Not at all close	2.6% 2	2.8% 3	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 76	100.0% 107	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	367

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Very close	51.7% 139	54.3% 51	66.7% 2	52.5% 192
	29.4% 79	31.9% 30	0.0% 0	29.8% 109
	12.3% 33	10.6% 10	0.0% 0	11.7% 43
	4.5% 12	3.2% 3	33.3% 1	4.4% 16
Not at all close	2.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 269	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	366

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Very close	52.3% 180	50.0% 12	40.0% 2	52.0% 194
	29.9% 103	37.5% 9	0.0% 0	30.0% 112
	11.3% 39	12.5% 3	60.0% 3	12.1% 45
	4.7% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Not at all close	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 344	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	373