New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ8 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. - Commonweal   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	5	1.3%	1.3%	-4.16
Often	20	5.3%	6.6%	-2.6
Seldom	72	19.1%	25.7%	-1.04
Never	280	74.3%	100%	.53

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 4	1.3% 1	1.3% 5
Often	5.6% 17	4.0% 3	5.3% 20
Seldom	18.2% 55	22.7% 17	19.1% 72
Never	74.8% 226	72.0% 54	74.3% 280
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	2.6% 2	0.8% 1	1.0% 1	2.0% 1	1.3% 5
Often	7.1% 2	6.5% 5	5.8% 7	4.1% 4	4.1% 2	5.4% 20
Seldom	14.3% 4	23.4% 18	21.7% 26	16.3% 16	16.3% 8	19.4% 72
Never	78.6% 22	67.5% 52	71.7% 86	78.6% 77	77.6% 38	73.9% 275
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	0.9% 3	5.3% 2	1.3% 5
Often	5.7% 19	2.6% 1	5.4% 20
Seldom	20.9% 70	5.3% 2	19.3% 72
Never	72.5% 243	86.8% 33	74.0% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	1.9% 3	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
Often	7.1% 11	4.2% 8	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 20
Seldom	20.1% 31	18.5% 35	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	19.0% 71
Never	70.8% 109	76.2% 144	76.9% 20	100.0% 5	74.3% 278
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	0.0% 0	2.3% 4	10.0% 1	1.3% 5
Often	1.3% 1	7.5% 8	5.7% 10	10.0% 1	5.4% 20
Seldom	7.6% 6	17.0% 18	23.9% 42	30.0% 3	18.6% 69
Never	91.1% 72	75.5% 80	68.2% 120	50.0% 5	74.7% 277
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	0.7% 2	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
Often	4.0% 11	8.5% 8	33.3% 1	5.4% 20
Seldom	19.8% 54	17.0% 16	0.0% 0	18.9% 70
Never	75.5% 206	71.3% 67	66.7% 2	74.3% 275
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
Often	5.2% 18	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	5.3% 20
Seldom	18.4% 64	33.3% 8	0.0% 0	19.1% 72
Never	75.0% 261	58.3% 14	100.0% 5	74.3% 280
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377