New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ6 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. - Church   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	31	8.2%	8.2%	-2.64
Often	25	6.6%	14.9%	-1.57
Seldom	56	14.9%	29.7%	-.5
Never	265	70.3%	100%	.56

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	8.3% 25	8.0% 6	8.2% 31
Often	7.0% 21	5.3% 4	6.6% 25
Seldom	16.2% 49	9.3% 7	14.9% 56
Never	68.5% 207	77.3% 58	70.3% 265
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	7.1% 2	16.9% 13	9.2% 11	4.1% 4	2.0% 1	8.3% 31
Often	7.1% 2	7.8% 6	9.2% 11	4.1% 4	4.1% 2	6.7% 25
Seldom	10.7% 3	19.5% 15	20.0% 24	9.2% 9	8.2% 4	14.8% 55
Never	75.0% 21	55.8% 43	61.7% 74	82.7% 81	85.7% 42	70.2% 261
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	8.4% 28	5.3% 2	8.0% 30
Often	7.2% 24	2.6% 1	6.7% 25
Seldom	15.2% 51	13.2% 5	15.0% 56
Never	69.3% 232	78.9% 30	70.2% 262
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	11.0% 17	5.3% 10	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	8.0% 30
Often	7.1% 11	6.9% 13	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.7% 25
Seldom	16.9% 26	14.3% 27	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	15.0% 56
Never	64.9% 100	73.5% 139	73.1% 19	100.0% 5	70.3% 263
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	3.8% 4	11.9% 21	20.0% 2	7.8% 29
Often	3.8% 3	3.8% 4	9.1% 16	10.0% 1	6.5% 24
Seldom	1.3% 1	16.0% 17	20.5% 36	10.0% 1	14.8% 55
Never	92.4% 73	76.4% 81	58.5% 103	60.0% 6	70.9% 263
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	5.1% 14	14.9% 14	0.0% 0	7.6% 28
Often	6.2% 17	7.4% 7	0.0% 0	6.5% 24
Seldom	13.2% 36	21.3% 20	0.0% 0	15.1% 56
Never	75.5% 206	56.4% 53	100.0% 3	70.8% 262
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	8.3% 29	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	8.2% 31
Often	6.6% 23	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	6.6% 25
Seldom	15.2% 53	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	14.9% 56
Never	69.8% 243	70.8% 17	100.0% 5	70.3% 265
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377