New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ5 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. - Chicago Studies   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	11	2.9%	2.9%	-4.16
Often	14	3.7%	6.6%	-2.65
Seldom	32	8.5%	15.1%	-1.14
Never	320	84.9%	100%	.37

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	2.0% 6	6.7% 5	2.9% 11
Often	3.0% 9	6.7% 5	3.7% 14
Seldom	8.6% 26	8.0% 6	8.5% 32
Never	86.4% 261	78.7% 59	84.9% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 75	377

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	7.8% 6	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	3.0% 11
Often	3.6% 1	3.9% 3	7.5% 9	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.8% 14
Seldom	7.1% 2	10.4% 8	10.0% 12	7.1% 7	6.1% 3	8.6% 32
Never	89.3% 25	77.9% 60	79.2% 95	91.8% 90	91.8% 45	84.7% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	372

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.3% 11	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Often	3.9% 13	2.6% 1	3.8% 14
Seldom	9.0% 30	2.6% 1	8.3% 31
Never	83.9% 281	94.7% 36	85.0% 317
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	3.2% 5	2.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Often	4.5% 7	3.2% 6	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 14
Seldom	10.4% 16	6.3% 12	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	8.6% 32
Never	81.8% 126	87.8% 166	80.8% 21	100.0% 5	85.0% 318
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	4.0% 7	20.0% 2	2.7% 10
Often	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	6.8% 12	10.0% 1	3.8% 14
Seldom	2.5% 2	5.7% 6	11.9% 21	20.0% 2	8.4% 31
Never	97.5% 77	92.5% 98	77.3% 136	50.0% 5	85.2% 316
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 176	100.0% 10	371

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	2.2% 6	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	3.3% 9	5.3% 5	0.0% 0	3.8% 14
Seldom	7.3% 20	12.8% 12	0.0% 0	8.6% 32
Never	87.2% 238	78.7% 74	100.0% 3	85.1% 315
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.2% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Often	4.0% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 14
Seldom	8.3% 29	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	8.5% 32
Never	84.5% 294	87.5% 21	100.0% 5	84.9% 320
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377