New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ9 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. - Crux of the News   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	14	3.7%	3.7%	-4.21
Often	10	2.7%	6.4%	-2.7
Seldom	16	4.2%	10.6%	-1.19
Never	337	89.4%	100%	.31

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	3.0% 9	6.7% 5	3.7% 14
Often	3.3% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	4.6% 14	2.7% 2	4.2% 16
Never	89.1% 269	90.7% 68	89.4% 337
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	6.5% 5	2.5% 3	3.1% 3	2.0% 1	3.8% 14
Often	3.6% 1	9.1% 7	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	7.1% 2	7.8% 6	4.2% 5	1.0% 1	4.1% 2	4.3% 16
Never	82.1% 23	76.6% 59	91.7% 110	95.9% 94	93.9% 46	89.2% 332
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	3.6% 12	5.3% 2	3.8% 14
Often	3.0% 10	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	4.5% 15	0.0% 0	4.0% 15
Never	89.0% 298	94.7% 36	89.5% 334
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	5.8% 9	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	3.7% 14
Often	4.5% 7	1.1% 2	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	6.5% 10	2.6% 5	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Never	83.1% 128	94.2% 178	92.3% 24	80.0% 4	89.3% 334
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 1	0.9% 1	5.7% 10	20.0% 2	3.8% 14
Often	1.3% 1	1.9% 2	4.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	2.5% 2	2.8% 3	6.3% 11	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Never	94.9% 75	94.3% 100	84.1% 148	80.0% 8	89.2% 331
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	2.6% 7	5.3% 5	33.3% 1	3.5% 13
Often	1.1% 3	7.4% 7	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	2.9% 8	7.4% 7	0.0% 0	4.1% 15
Never	93.4% 255	79.8% 75	66.7% 2	89.7% 332
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	4.0% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 14
Often	2.9% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Seldom	4.0% 14	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.2% 16
Never	89.1% 310	91.7% 22	100.0% 5	89.4% 337
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377