Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Clergy Background Survey, Fall 1990

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CSERVE

How many congregations do you regularly serve or attend?
  1) One
  2) Two or more
  3) Retired
  4) Other response

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
One 1893 84.2% 84.2% -.38
Two or more 241 10.7% 95% 1.23
Retired 53 2.4% 97.3% 2.84
Other response 60 2.7% 100% 4.45

Variable Comparisons


Sex (I-SEX)

Female Male TOTAL
One 82.5%
259
84.6%
1628
84.3%
1887
Two or more 10.5%
33
10.8%
207
10.7%
240
Retired 3.8%
12
2.1%
40
2.3%
52
Other response 3.2%
10
2.6%
50
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
314
100.0%
1925

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Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Not married TOTAL
One 84.6%
1681
81.3%
209
84.3%
1890
Two or more 10.4%
207
12.8%
33
10.7%
240
Retired 2.3%
46
2.7%
7
2.4%
53
Other response 2.6%
52
3.1%
8
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
1986
100.0%
257

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Region (I-REGION)

South West Northeast Midwest TOTAL
One 83.3%
688
90.3%
325
83.5%
384
82.7%
479
84.3%
1876
Two or more 10.9%
90
6.4%
23
12.0%
55
12.1%
70
10.7%
238
Retired 3.1%
26
1.1%
4
1.7%
8
2.4%
14
2.3%
52
Other response 2.7%
22
2.2%
8
2.8%
13
2.8%
16
2.7%
59
TOTAL 100.0%
826
100.0%
360
100.0%
460
100.0%
579

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Household income (I-INCOME)

$15,000-$24,999 $25,000-$49,999 $50,000-$99,999 $100,000 or more TOTAL
One 69.1%
192
85.2%
1010
88.3%
611
87.7%
71
84.3%
1884
Two or more 23.0%
64
9.6%
114
7.7%
53
9.9%
8
10.7%
239
Retired 5.4%
15
2.6%
31
0.9%
6
1.2%
1
2.4%
53
Other response 2.5%
7
2.5%
30
3.2%
22
1.2%
1
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
278
100.0%
1185
100.0%
692
100.0%
81

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Education (I-EDUCHI)

High schl College Grad TOTAL
One 100.0%
1
79.4%
27
84.4%
1521
84.1%
333
84.2%
1882
Two or more 0.0%
0
11.8%
4
10.8%
194
10.4%
41
10.7%
239
Retired 0.0%
0
5.9%
2
2.3%
41
2.5%
10
2.4%
53
Other response 0.0%
0
2.9%
1
2.6%
47
3.0%
12
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
1
100.0%
34
100.0%
1803
100.0%
396

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Age (I-AGE)

<40 yrs 40-49 yrs 50-59 yrs 60+ yrs TOTAL
One 87.0%
517
85.5%
518
84.6%
520
78.4%
331
84.3%
1886
Two or more 10.1%
60
10.1%
61
9.9%
61
13.7%
58
10.7%
240
Retired 1.7%
10
1.2%
7
2.3%
14
5.0%
21
2.3%
52
Other response 1.2%
7
3.3%
20
3.3%
20
2.8%
12
2.6%
59
TOTAL 100.0%
594
100.0%
606
100.0%
615
100.0%
422

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Race (I-RACE)

White Non-white TOTAL
One 83.9%
1763
88.9%
128
84.2%
1891
Two or more 10.9%
230
7.6%
11
10.7%
241
Retired 2.4%
51
1.4%
2
2.4%
53
Other response 2.7%
57
2.1%
3
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
2101
100.0%
144

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Political party (I-POLPARTY)

Democrat Independen Republican Other/NA TOTAL
One 84.5%
974
83.2%
371
84.5%
507
81.6%
31
84.2%
1883
Two or more 9.0%
104
13.5%
60
12.0%
72
13.2%
5
10.8%
241
Retired 2.9%
34
1.8%
8
1.7%
10
2.6%
1
2.4%
53
Other response 3.6%
41
1.6%
7
1.8%
11
2.6%
1
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
1153
100.0%
446
100.0%
600
100.0%
38

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Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

Pastors Spec clerg TOTAL
One 86.2%
1333
80.0%
560
84.2%
1893
Two or more 10.4%
161
11.4%
80
10.7%
241
Retired 2.6%
40
1.9%
13
2.4%
53
Other response 0.8%
13
6.7%
47
2.7%
60
TOTAL 100.0%
1547
100.0%
700

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