New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ17 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. - Origins   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	23	6.1%	6.1%	-2.55
Often	47	12.5%	18.6%	-1.47
Seldom	84	22.3%	40.8%	-.38
Never	223	59.2%	100%	.71

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	6.0% 18	6.7% 5	6.1% 23
Often	13.6% 41	8.0% 6	12.5% 47
Seldom	21.9% 66	24.0% 18	22.3% 84
Never	58.6% 177	61.3% 46	59.2% 223
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	3.6% 1	9.1% 7	7.5% 9	6.1% 6	0.0% 0	6.2% 23
Often	14.3% 4	16.9% 13	14.2% 17	10.2% 10	6.1% 3	12.6% 47
Seldom	21.4% 6	26.0% 20	28.3% 34	18.4% 18	12.2% 6	22.6% 84
Never	60.7% 17	48.1% 37	50.0% 60	65.3% 64	81.6% 40	58.6% 218
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	6.3% 21	5.3% 2	6.2% 23
Often	13.4% 45	5.3% 2	12.6% 47
Seldom	23.3% 78	10.5% 4	22.0% 82
Never	57.0% 191	78.9% 30	59.2% 221
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	5.8% 9	6.9% 13	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	6.1% 23
Often	17.5% 27	9.0% 17	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	12.6% 47
Seldom	24.7% 38	21.2% 40	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	22.2% 83
Never	51.9% 80	63.0% 119	69.2% 18	80.0% 4	59.1% 221
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	0.9% 1	10.8% 19	10.0% 1	6.2% 23
Often	3.8% 3	9.4% 10	17.0% 30	20.0% 2	12.1% 45
Seldom	10.1% 8	20.8% 22	27.8% 49	30.0% 3	22.1% 82
Never	83.5% 66	68.9% 73	44.3% 78	40.0% 4	59.6% 221
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	5.5% 15	8.5% 8	0.0% 0	6.2% 23
Often	10.3% 28	20.2% 19	0.0% 0	12.7% 47
Seldom	19.8% 54	28.7% 27	33.3% 1	22.2% 82
Never	64.5% 176	42.6% 40	66.7% 2	58.9% 218
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	6.6% 23	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 23
Often	12.6% 44	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	12.5% 47
Seldom	22.7% 79	20.8% 5	0.0% 0	22.3% 84
Never	58.0% 202	66.7% 16	100.0% 5	59.2% 223
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377