Presbyterian Panel Survey, May 2001, The U.S. Congregational Life Survey (Presbyterian Panel Version), Clergy

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YR5LEVSC In the past five years, how often have you seriously thought of leaving pastoral ministry to enter a secular position?   1) Very often   2) Fairly often   3) Once in a while   4) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	29	3.7%	3.7%	-3.15
Fairly often	50	6.3%	10%	-1.85
Once in a while	266	33.7%	43.7%	-.55
Never	444	56.3%	100%	.75

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Race Political party Marital status Household income

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Very often	6.3% 7	4.6% 13	2.6% 9	0.0% 0	3.7% 29
Fairly often	9.0% 10	9.3% 26	3.8% 13	2.3% 1	6.4% 50
Once in a while	41.4% 46	37.9% 106	30.2% 103	13.6% 6	33.6% 261
Never	43.2% 48	48.2% 135	63.3% 216	84.1% 37	56.2% 436
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 280	100.0% 341	100.0% 44	776

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very often	4.4% 8	3.5% 21	3.7% 29
Fairly often	8.3% 15	5.9% 35	6.4% 50
Once in a while	33.3% 60	33.7% 201	33.6% 261
Never	53.9% 97	57.0% 340	56.2% 437
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 597	777

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Indian	Asian	Hispanic	Some other race	TOTAL
Very often	3.2% 24	0.0% 0	25.0% 1	11.1% 1	28.6% 2	50.0% 1	3.7% 29
Fairly often	6.6% 49	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 50
Once in a while	33.8% 252	57.1% 4	0.0% 0	44.4% 4	14.3% 1	50.0% 1	33.9% 262
Never	56.4% 420	28.6% 2	75.0% 3	44.4% 4	57.1% 4	0.0% 0	55.9% 433
TOTAL	100.0% 745	100.0% 7	100.0% 4	100.0% 9	100.0% 7	100.0% 2	774

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	Natural Law	TOTAL
Very often	4.1% 17	2.0% 3	4.7% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 29
Fairly often	7.4% 31	6.8% 10	4.1% 8	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	6.5% 50
Once in a while	34.3% 143	31.1% 46	34.7% 67	23.1% 3	0.0% 0	33.5% 259
Never	54.2% 226	60.1% 89	56.5% 109	76.9% 10	0.0% 0	56.2% 434
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 148	100.0% 193	100.0% 13	100.0% 1	772

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Very often	3.6% 25	4.9% 4	3.7% 29
Fairly often	6.2% 43	8.5% 7	6.5% 50
Once in a while	33.7% 233	32.9% 27	33.6% 260
Never	56.5% 391	53.7% 44	56.2% 435
TOTAL	100.0% 692	100.0% 82	774

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$10K-19,999	$20K-49,999	$50K-99,999	$100K+	TOTAL
Very often	0.0% 0	4.9% 11	3.0% 13	4.5% 5	3.8% 29
Fairly often	0.0% 0	8.4% 19	6.0% 26	4.5% 5	6.5% 50
Once in a while	0.0% 0	39.4% 89	33.0% 142	27.7% 31	33.9% 262
Never	100.0% 4	47.3% 107	57.9% 249	63.4% 71	55.8% 431
TOTAL	100.0% 4	100.0% 226	100.0% 430	100.0% 112	772