New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ1 Here is a list of periodicals ministers report reading. Perhaps you read some of these as well. Please indicate how frequently you read these periodicals. - America   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	34	9%	9%	-2.31
Often	40	10.6%	19.7%	-1.28
Seldom	102	27.1%	46.8%	-.25
Never	200	53.2%	100%	.78

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	9.6% 29	6.8% 5	9.0% 34
Often	10.9% 33	9.5% 7	10.6% 40
Seldom	27.5% 83	25.7% 19	27.1% 102
Never	52.0% 157	58.1% 43	53.2% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 74	376

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	14.3% 4	13.0% 10	9.2% 11	7.2% 7	4.1% 2	9.2% 34
Often	10.7% 3	13.0% 10	12.5% 15	7.2% 7	10.2% 5	10.8% 40
Seldom	39.3% 11	40.3% 31	23.3% 28	25.8% 25	14.3% 7	27.5% 102
Never	35.7% 10	33.8% 26	55.0% 66	59.8% 58	71.4% 35	52.6% 195
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	371

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	9.3% 31	7.9% 3	9.1% 34
Often	10.5% 35	10.5% 4	10.5% 39
Seldom	29.3% 98	7.9% 3	27.2% 101
Never	50.9% 170	73.7% 28	53.2% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 38	372

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	11.7% 18	6.3% 12	11.5% 3	20.0% 1	9.1% 34
Often	13.6% 21	8.5% 16	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	10.4% 39
Seldom	33.1% 51	24.3% 46	15.4% 4	20.0% 1	27.3% 102
Never	41.6% 64	60.8% 115	65.4% 17	60.0% 3	53.2% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	2.5% 2	5.7% 6	12.6% 22	20.0% 2	8.6% 32
Often	0.0% 0	7.5% 8	16.0% 28	30.0% 3	10.5% 39
Seldom	15.2% 12	24.5% 26	34.9% 61	20.0% 2	27.3% 101
Never	82.3% 65	62.3% 66	36.6% 64	30.0% 3	53.5% 198
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	370

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	7.0% 19	13.8% 13	33.3% 1	8.9% 33
Often	8.5% 23	17.0% 16	0.0% 0	10.6% 39
Seldom	22.8% 62	41.5% 39	0.0% 0	27.4% 101
Never	61.8% 168	27.7% 26	66.7% 2	53.1% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	369

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	9.2% 32	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	9.0% 34
Often	10.9% 38	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	10.6% 40
Seldom	27.3% 95	29.2% 7	0.0% 0	27.1% 102
Never	52.6% 183	54.2% 13	100.0% 4	53.2% 200
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 4	376