Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2000, Combined File - Analysis
SEMINARY (Weighted by WEIGHT)
Please describe the current, [senior/sole] [clergy person or person in charge of the congregation] by checking all of the boxes that apply or filling in the requested information. Highest level of ministerial education:
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
0) Does not apply | 1106 | 9.1% | 9.1% | |
1) None | 755 | 6.2% | 15.3% | |
2) Certificate or correspondence program | 506 | 4.2% | 19.5% | |
3) Bible college or some seminary | 2942 | 24.2% | 43.7% | |
4) Seminary Masters degree (e.g., M.Div) | 3881 | 31.9% | 75.6% | |
5) Post-Masters, Seminary degree (e.g. D.Min) | 2967 | 24.4% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 2277 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 12024 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Liberal Protestant | Moderate Protestant | Evangelical Protestant | Historically Black | Catholic and Orthodox | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Does not apply | 7.4%92 | 9.8%296 | 0.6%30 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 89.8%688 | 0 | 9.1%1106 |
None | 0.5%6 | 1.2%37 | 9.2%494 | 12.5%216 | 1.3%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 6.2%754 |
Certificate or correspondence program | 0.7%9 | 2.0%59 | 7.1%380 | 3.2%55 | 4.0%3 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 4.2%506 |
Bible college or some seminary | 3.8%47 | 14.3%429 | 37.0%1976 | 27.8%480 | 10.7%8 | 0.3%2 | 0 | 24.2%2942 |
Seminary Masters degree (e.g., M.Div) | 65.4%810 | 29.2%877 | 30.4%1625 | 25.8%445 | 65.3%49 | 9.9%76 | 0 | 31.9%3882 |
Post-Masters, Seminary degree (e.g. D.Min) | 22.1%274 | 43.5%1309 | 15.7%841 | 30.7%529 | 18.7%14 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 24.4%2967 |
Missing | 487 | 307 | 231 | 84 | 743 | 425 | 2277 | 0 |
Total | 100%1238 | 100%3007 | 100%5346 | 100%1725 | 100%75 | 100%766 | 12157 |
Region (I-REGION)
North east | South | North central | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Does not apply | 7.6%108 | 5.5%256 | 5.5%192 | 23.0%547 | 6 | 9.2%1103 |
None | 3.0%43 | 6.3%297 | 5.7%198 | 8.2%195 | 31 | 6.1%733 |
Certificate or correspondence program | 3.6%51 | 4.4%206 | 4.4%152 | 3.0%72 | 13 | 4.0%481 |
Bible college or some seminary | 19.1%272 | 24.8%1162 | 26.1%905 | 22.4%531 | 62 | 24.0%2870 |
Seminary Masters degree (e.g., M.Div) | 42.3%603 | 29.8%1397 | 33.6%1167 | 27.8%661 | 60 | 32.0%3828 |
Post-Masters, Seminary degree (e.g. D.Min) | 24.5%349 | 29.1%1364 | 24.8%860 | 15.5%368 | 19 | 24.6%2941 |
Missing | 552 | 553 | 767 | 364 | 2468 | 41 |
Total | 100%1426 | 100%4682 | 100%3474 | 100%2374 | 11956 |