New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ14 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. - National Catholic Register   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	4	1.1%	1.1%	-4.88
Often	16	4.3%	5.3%	-3.12
Seldom	40	10.6%	16%	-1.37
Never	316	84%	100%	.39

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	4.7% 14	2.7% 2	4.3% 16
Seldom	9.0% 27	17.3% 13	10.6% 40
Never	85.0% 256	80.0% 60	84.0% 316
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 75	376

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	7.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	1.1% 4
Often	3.7% 1	5.2% 4	1.7% 2	7.1% 7	4.1% 2	4.3% 16
Seldom	7.4% 2	11.7% 9	6.7% 8	13.3% 13	16.3% 8	10.8% 40
Never	81.5% 22	83.1% 64	90.8% 109	79.6% 78	77.6% 38	83.8% 311
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	371

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	3.3% 11	13.2% 5	4.3% 16
Seldom	10.5% 35	10.5% 4	10.5% 39
Never	85.0% 284	76.3% 29	84.1% 313
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 38	372

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	2.0% 3	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	5.2% 8	4.2% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	8.5% 13	12.2% 23	11.5% 3	20.0% 1	10.7% 40
Never	84.3% 129	83.1% 157	88.5% 23	80.0% 4	83.9% 313
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	373

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	6.3% 5	5.7% 6	2.9% 5	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	7.6% 6	15.1% 16	9.7% 17	10.0% 1	10.8% 40
Never	86.1% 68	77.4% 82	86.3% 151	90.0% 9	83.8% 310
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	370

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	0.7% 2	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	4.8% 13	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	12.8% 35	5.4% 5	0.0% 0	10.8% 40
Never	81.7% 223	89.2% 83	100.0% 3	83.7% 309
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 93	100.0% 3	369

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 4
Often	4.3% 15	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	10.4% 36	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	10.6% 40
Never	84.1% 292	79.2% 19	100.0% 5	84.0% 316
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	376