New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ15 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 Reporter   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	94	25.1%	25.1%	-1.43
Often	58	15.5%	40.5%	-.62
Seldom	63	16.8%	57.3%	.18
Never	160	42.7%	100%	.99

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	25.3% 76	24.0% 18	25.1% 94
Often	16.3% 49	12.0% 9	15.5% 58
Seldom	16.3% 49	18.7% 14	16.8% 63
Never	42.0% 126	45.3% 34	42.7% 160
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 75	375

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	50.0% 14	30.3% 23	30.0% 36	13.4% 13	16.3% 8	25.4% 94
Often	14.3% 4	25.0% 19	10.0% 12	16.5% 16	14.3% 7	15.7% 58
Seldom	10.7% 3	19.7% 15	15.0% 18	17.5% 17	20.4% 10	17.0% 63
Never	25.0% 7	25.0% 19	45.0% 54	52.6% 51	49.0% 24	41.9% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 76	100.0% 120	100.0% 97	100.0% 49	370

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	26.1% 87	18.4% 7	25.3% 94
Often	16.2% 54	7.9% 3	15.4% 57
Seldom	16.8% 56	15.8% 6	16.7% 62
Never	40.8% 136	57.9% 22	42.6% 158
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 38	371

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	39.5% 60	14.8% 28	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	25.0% 93
Often	20.4% 31	12.7% 24	7.7% 2	20.0% 1	15.6% 58
Seldom	15.8% 24	16.9% 32	23.1% 6	20.0% 1	16.9% 63
Never	24.3% 37	55.6% 105	50.0% 13	60.0% 3	42.5% 158
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	372

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	5.1% 4	13.2% 14	37.9% 66	70.0% 7	24.7% 91
Often	11.4% 9	14.2% 15	19.5% 34	0.0% 0	15.7% 58
Seldom	15.2% 12	21.7% 23	15.5% 27	10.0% 1	17.1% 63
Never	68.4% 54	50.9% 54	27.0% 47	20.0% 2	42.5% 157
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	369

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	16.1% 44	51.1% 47	33.3% 1	25.0% 92
Often	13.9% 38	21.7% 20	0.0% 0	15.8% 58
Seldom	17.9% 49	14.1% 13	0.0% 0	16.8% 62
Never	52.0% 142	13.0% 12	66.7% 2	42.4% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	368

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	26.6% 92	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	25.1% 94
Often	15.9% 55	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	15.5% 58
Seldom	16.8% 58	20.8% 5	0.0% 0	16.8% 63
Never	40.8% 141	58.3% 14	100.0% 5	42.7% 160
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	375