New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ21 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. - Praying   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	35	9.3%	9.3%	-2.48
Often	29	7.7%	17%	-1.46
Seldom	53	14.1%	31%	-.44
Never	260	69%	100%	.59

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	10.9% 33	2.7% 2	9.3% 35
Often	8.3% 25	5.3% 4	7.7% 29
Seldom	14.9% 45	10.7% 8	14.1% 53
Never	65.9% 199	81.3% 61	69.0% 260
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	17.9% 5	16.9% 13	10.8% 13	2.0% 2	2.0% 1	9.1% 34
Often	14.3% 4	9.1% 7	9.2% 11	6.1% 6	2.0% 1	7.8% 29
Seldom	14.3% 4	16.9% 13	20.8% 25	10.2% 10	2.0% 1	14.2% 53
Never	53.6% 15	57.1% 44	59.2% 71	81.6% 80	93.9% 46	68.8% 256
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	9.9% 33	2.6% 1	9.1% 34
Often	8.1% 27	5.3% 2	7.8% 29
Seldom	15.2% 51	5.3% 2	14.2% 53
Never	66.9% 224	86.8% 33	68.9% 257
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	15.6% 24	5.3% 10	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	9.4% 35
Often	11.7% 18	4.8% 9	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	7.5% 28
Seldom	15.6% 24	12.2% 23	23.1% 6	0.0% 0	14.2% 53
Never	57.1% 88	77.8% 147	69.2% 18	100.0% 5	69.0% 258
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	3.8% 4	15.9% 28	10.0% 1	9.4% 35
Often	1.3% 1	7.5% 8	9.7% 17	20.0% 2	7.5% 28
Seldom	3.8% 3	15.1% 16	18.8% 33	10.0% 1	14.3% 53
Never	92.4% 73	73.6% 78	55.7% 98	60.0% 6	68.7% 255
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	5.1% 14	22.3% 21	0.0% 0	9.5% 35
Often	5.1% 14	14.9% 14	0.0% 0	7.6% 28
Seldom	13.2% 36	17.0% 16	0.0% 0	14.1% 52
Never	76.6% 209	45.7% 43	100.0% 3	68.9% 255
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	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	9.3% 35
Often	8.3% 29	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 29
Seldom	13.2% 46	29.2% 7	0.0% 0	14.1% 53
Never	68.7% 239	66.7% 16	100.0% 5	69.0% 260
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377