Presbyterian Panel Series VII: Clergy Background Survey, Fall 1990

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CONGYRS How long have you been associated with this congregation?   1) 1 year or less   2) 2-3 years   3) 4-5 years   4) 6-10 years   5) 11-15 years   6) 16-25 years   7) 26 or more years

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
1 year or less	475	21.7%	21.7%	-1.21
2-3 years	534	24.4%	46.2%	-.62
4-5 years	322	14.7%	60.9%	-.04
6-10 years	412	18.8%	79.7%	.55
11-15 years	173	7.9%	87.6%	1.14
16-25 years	214	9.8%	97.4%	1.72
26 or more years	56	2.6%	100%	2.31

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Region Household income Education Age Race Political party Type of respondent

Sex (I-SEX)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
1 year or less	32.3% 98	20.0% 375	21.7% 473
2-3 years	32.7% 99	23.2% 435	24.5% 534
4-5 years	15.5% 47	14.6% 274	14.7% 321
6-10 years	12.9% 39	19.8% 371	18.8% 410
11-15 years	3.0% 9	8.7% 164	7.9% 173
16-25 years	2.6% 8	10.9% 205	9.8% 213
26 or more years	1.0% 3	2.8% 52	2.5% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 1876	2179

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
1 year or less	20.6% 398	30.6% 76	21.7% 474
2-3 years	23.8% 461	28.6% 71	24.4% 532
4-5 years	14.9% 288	13.7% 34	14.8% 322
6-10 years	19.3% 374	15.3% 38	18.9% 412
11-15 years	8.2% 159	5.2% 13	7.9% 172
16-25 years	10.5% 203	4.4% 11	9.8% 214
26 or more years	2.6% 51	2.0% 5	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 1934	100.0% 248	2182

Region (I-REGION)

	South	West	Northeast	Midwest	TOTAL
1 year or less	22.4% 180	20.2% 71	21.2% 94	22.0% 125	21.7% 470
2-3 years	24.4% 196	29.0% 102	21.4% 95	23.3% 132	24.2% 525
4-5 years	15.6% 125	13.9% 49	15.3% 68	13.8% 78	14.8% 320
6-10 years	19.1% 153	18.8% 66	20.3% 90	18.0% 102	19.0% 411
11-15 years	7.8% 63	7.4% 26	7.9% 35	8.5% 48	7.9% 172
16-25 years	8.5% 68	8.5% 30	11.3% 50	11.3% 64	9.8% 212
26 or more years	2.2% 18	2.3% 8	2.7% 12	3.2% 18	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 352	100.0% 444	100.0% 567	2166

Household income (I-INCOME)

	$15,000-$24,999	$25,000-$49,999	$50,000-$99,999	$100,000 or more	TOTAL
1 year or less	24.6% 67	22.8% 263	19.8% 132	15.2% 12	21.8% 474
2-3 years	31.6% 86	24.5% 283	22.3% 149	20.3% 16	24.6% 534
4-5 years	14.7% 40	16.2% 187	12.3% 82	12.7% 10	14.7% 319
6-10 years	15.1% 41	18.8% 217	20.5% 137	17.7% 14	18.8% 409
11-15 years	6.6% 18	7.3% 84	9.4% 63	8.9% 7	7.9% 172
16-25 years	4.0% 11	8.6% 99	12.7% 85	22.8% 18	9.8% 213
26 or more years	3.3% 9	2.0% 23	3.0% 20	2.5% 2	2.5% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 1156	100.0% 668	100.0% 79	2175

Education (I-EDUCHI)

		High schl	College	Grad	TOTAL
1 year or less	100.0% 1	24.2% 8	21.8% 384	21.3% 81	21.8% 474
2-3 years	0.0% 0	21.2% 7	25.0% 439	22.6% 86	24.5% 532
4-5 years	0.0% 0	15.2% 5	14.7% 259	14.5% 55	14.7% 319
6-10 years	0.0% 0	30.3% 10	18.6% 328	18.4% 70	18.8% 408
11-15 years	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	7.6% 133	9.5% 36	7.9% 171
16-25 years	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.9% 174	10.3% 39	9.8% 213
26 or more years	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	2.4% 42	3.4% 13	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 1	100.0% 33	100.0% 1759	100.0% 380	2173

Age (I-AGE)

	<40 yrs	40-49 yrs	50-59 yrs	60+ yrs	TOTAL
1 year or less	29.8% 175	25.3% 148	15.9% 95	14.1% 57	21.8% 475
2-3 years	33.0% 194	24.6% 144	22.4% 134	15.3% 62	24.5% 534
4-5 years	19.6% 115	14.8% 87	12.5% 75	10.9% 44	14.7% 321
6-10 years	15.7% 92	23.2% 136	17.5% 105	19.0% 77	18.8% 410
11-15 years	1.5% 9	8.4% 49	10.4% 62	12.3% 50	7.8% 170
16-25 years	0.0% 0	3.6% 21	18.7% 112	19.3% 78	9.7% 211
26 or more years	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	2.7% 16	9.1% 37	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 587	100.0% 586	100.0% 599	100.0% 405	2177

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Non-white	TOTAL
1 year or less	21.7% 443	21.7% 31	21.7% 474
2-3 years	24.3% 496	25.9% 37	24.4% 533
4-5 years	14.8% 302	14.0% 20	14.7% 322
6-10 years	18.9% 385	18.9% 27	18.9% 412
11-15 years	7.9% 162	7.7% 11	7.9% 173
16-25 years	9.8% 201	9.1% 13	9.8% 214
26 or more years	2.5% 52	2.8% 4	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 2041	100.0% 143	2184

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Independen	Republican	Other/NA	TOTAL
1 year or less	22.8% 253	22.2% 98	18.8% 111	30.6% 11	21.7% 473
2-3 years	25.7% 285	23.3% 103	22.2% 131	30.6% 11	24.4% 530
4-5 years	14.8% 164	13.6% 60	16.1% 95	5.6% 2	14.8% 321
6-10 years	18.2% 202	19.0% 84	19.9% 117	19.4% 7	18.8% 410
11-15 years	8.0% 89	9.3% 41	6.8% 40	8.3% 3	8.0% 173
16-25 years	9.1% 101	9.3% 41	12.1% 71	0.0% 0	9.8% 213
26 or more years	1.4% 15	3.4% 15	4.1% 24	5.6% 2	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 1109	100.0% 442	100.0% 589	100.0% 36	2176

Type of respondent (I-SAMPLE)

	Pastors	Spec clerg	TOTAL
1 year or less	20.5% 314	24.7% 161	21.7% 475
2-3 years	23.9% 366	25.8% 168	24.4% 534
4-5 years	14.9% 228	14.4% 94	14.7% 322
6-10 years	20.4% 313	15.2% 99	18.8% 412
11-15 years	8.6% 132	6.3% 41	7.9% 173
16-25 years	9.4% 144	10.7% 70	9.8% 214
26 or more years	2.4% 37	2.9% 19	2.6% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 1534	100.0% 652	2186