New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ3 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. - The Catechist   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	104	27.7%	27.7%	-1.38
Often	46	12.3%	40%	-.59
Seldom	69	18.4%	58.4%	.21
Never	156	41.6%	100%	1

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	32.7% 98	8.0% 6	27.7% 104
Often	12.0% 36	13.3% 10	12.3% 46
Seldom	18.0% 54	20.0% 15	18.4% 69
Never	37.3% 112	58.7% 44	41.6% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 75	375

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	14.3% 4	29.9% 23	37.3% 44	24.5% 24	16.3% 8	27.8% 103
Often	14.3% 4	11.7% 9	12.7% 15	12.2% 12	12.2% 6	12.4% 46
Seldom	21.4% 6	24.7% 19	16.1% 19	14.3% 14	20.4% 10	18.4% 68
Never	50.0% 14	33.8% 26	33.9% 40	49.0% 48	51.0% 25	41.4% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 118	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	370

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	28.2% 94	23.7% 9	27.8% 103
Often	12.3% 41	13.2% 5	12.4% 46
Seldom	18.3% 61	21.1% 8	18.6% 69
Never	41.1% 137	42.1% 16	41.2% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 38	371

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	20.1% 31	33.7% 63	26.9% 7	40.0% 2	27.7% 103
Often	11.0% 17	13.9% 26	7.7% 2	20.0% 1	12.4% 46
Seldom	27.9% 43	10.2% 19	23.1% 6	20.0% 1	18.5% 69
Never	40.9% 63	42.2% 79	42.3% 11	20.0% 1	41.4% 154
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 187	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	372

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	29.1% 23	25.5% 27	30.5% 53	10.0% 1	28.2% 104
Often	11.4% 9	15.1% 16	9.8% 17	10.0% 1	11.7% 43
Seldom	12.7% 10	17.0% 18	21.8% 38	30.0% 3	18.7% 69
Never	46.8% 37	42.5% 45	37.9% 66	50.0% 5	41.5% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	369

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	29.9% 81	21.3% 20	33.3% 1	27.7% 102
Often	12.5% 34	12.8% 12	0.0% 0	12.5% 46
Seldom	15.9% 43	24.5% 23	0.0% 0	17.9% 66
Never	41.7% 113	41.5% 39	66.7% 2	41.8% 154
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	368

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	27.2% 94	41.7% 10	0.0% 0	27.7% 104
Often	13.0% 45	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	12.3% 46
Seldom	18.8% 65	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	18.4% 69
Never	41.0% 142	41.7% 10	80.0% 4	41.6% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	375