New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ22 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. - The Priest   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	1	.3%	.3%	-9.15
Often	5	1.3%	1.6%	-6.03
Seldom	11	2.9%	4.5%	-2.92
Never	357	95.5%	100%	.2

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	1.7% 5	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
Seldom	2.0% 6	6.8% 5	2.9% 11
Never	96.0% 288	93.2% 69	95.5% 357
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 74	374

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
Seldom	0.0% 0	9.1% 7	1.7% 2	1.0% 1	2.1% 1	3.0% 11
Never	100.0% 26	85.7% 66	98.3% 118	96.9% 95	97.9% 47	95.4% 352
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 48	369

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	0.9% 3	2.7% 1	1.1% 4
Seldom	3.0% 10	2.7% 1	3.0% 11
Never	95.8% 319	94.6% 35	95.7% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 37	370

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	0.3% 1
Often	3.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
Seldom	2.6% 4	3.2% 6	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Never	94.0% 142	96.8% 183	96.2% 25	80.0% 4	95.4% 354
TOTAL	100.0% 151	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	371

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
Seldom	3.8% 3	2.9% 3	2.9% 5	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Never	94.9% 75	96.2% 101	94.8% 165	100.0% 10	95.4% 351
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 105	100.0% 174	100.0% 10	368

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	0.0% 0	5.4% 5	0.0% 0	1.4% 5
Seldom	3.3% 9	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Never	96.3% 262	92.4% 85	100.0% 3	95.4% 350
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 92	100.0% 3	367

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
Often	1.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 5
Seldom	3.2% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Never	95.1% 328	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	95.5% 357
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	374