New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ20 Here is a list of periodicals ministers report reading. Perhaps you read some of these as well. Please indicate how frequently you read these. - Pastoral Music   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	38	10.1%	10.1%	-2.63
Often	16	4.2%	14.3%	-1.6
Seldom	23	6.1%	20.4%	-.57
Never	300	79.6%	100%	.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	7.3% 22	21.3% 16	10.1% 38
Often	4.6% 14	2.7% 2	4.2% 16
Seldom	5.6% 17	8.0% 6	6.1% 23
Never	82.5% 249	68.0% 51	79.6% 300
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	6.5% 5	7.5% 9	15.3% 15	16.3% 8	10.2% 38
Often	3.6% 1	2.6% 2	5.8% 7	4.1% 4	4.1% 2	4.3% 16
Seldom	3.6% 1	7.8% 6	5.8% 7	7.1% 7	4.1% 2	6.2% 23
Never	89.3% 25	83.1% 64	80.8% 97	73.5% 72	75.5% 37	79.3% 295
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	10.1% 34	7.9% 3	9.9% 37
Often	4.2% 14	5.3% 2	4.3% 16
Seldom	6.3% 21	2.6% 1	5.9% 22
Never	79.4% 266	84.2% 32	79.9% 298
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	9.1% 14	9.0% 17	19.2% 5	20.0% 1	9.9% 37
Often	5.8% 9	3.2% 6	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	7.8% 12	4.2% 8	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 22
Never	77.3% 119	83.6% 158	69.2% 18	80.0% 4	79.9% 299
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	8.9% 7	8.5% 9	9.7% 17	40.0% 4	10.0% 37
Often	3.8% 3	2.8% 3	5.1% 9	10.0% 1	4.3% 16
Seldom	5.1% 4	3.8% 4	6.8% 12	20.0% 2	5.9% 22
Never	82.3% 65	84.9% 90	78.4% 138	30.0% 3	79.8% 296
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	11.4% 31	6.4% 6	33.3% 1	10.3% 38
Often	4.4% 12	4.3% 4	0.0% 0	4.3% 16
Seldom	5.5% 15	5.3% 5	0.0% 0	5.4% 20
Never	78.8% 215	84.0% 79	66.7% 2	80.0% 296
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	9.8% 34	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	10.1% 38
Often	4.0% 14	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.2% 16
Seldom	5.7% 20	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	6.1% 23
Never	80.5% 280	66.7% 16	80.0% 4	79.6% 300
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377