New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ25 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. - Salt   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	9	2.4%	2.4%	-3.98
Often	18	4.8%	7.2%	-2.49
Seldom	56	14.9%	22%	-1.01
Never	294	78%	100%	.47

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	2.3% 7	2.7% 2	2.4% 9
Often	4.3% 13	6.7% 5	4.8% 18
Seldom	15.6% 47	12.0% 9	14.9% 56
Never	77.8% 235	78.7% 59	78.0% 294
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	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	2.5% 3	3.1% 3	4.1% 2	2.4% 9
Often	7.1% 2	3.9% 3	1.7% 2	9.2% 9	4.1% 2	4.8% 18
Seldom	3.6% 1	13.0% 10	20.8% 25	13.3% 13	12.2% 6	14.8% 55
Never	89.3% 25	81.8% 63	75.0% 90	74.5% 73	79.6% 39	78.0% 290
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	2.7% 9	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	4.8% 16	5.3% 2	4.8% 18
Seldom	15.8% 53	7.9% 3	15.0% 56
Never	76.7% 257	86.8% 33	77.7% 290
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	2.6% 4	2.1% 4	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	5.2% 8	5.3% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 18
Seldom	13.6% 21	15.9% 30	15.4% 4	20.0% 1	15.0% 56
Never	78.6% 121	76.7% 145	80.8% 21	80.0% 4	77.8% 291
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	1.9% 2	2.8% 5	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	2.5% 2	4.7% 5	6.3% 11	0.0% 0	4.9% 18
Seldom	6.3% 5	9.4% 10	21.6% 38	20.0% 2	14.8% 55
Never	88.6% 70	84.0% 89	69.3% 122	80.0% 8	77.9% 289
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	2.2% 6	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	5.1% 14	4.3% 4	0.0% 0	4.9% 18
Seldom	15.8% 43	12.8% 12	0.0% 0	14.9% 55
Never	76.9% 210	79.8% 75	100.0% 3	77.8% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	1.7% 6	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 9
Often	5.2% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 18
Seldom	14.1% 49	25.0% 6	20.0% 1	14.9% 56
Never	79.0% 275	62.5% 15	80.0% 4	78.0% 294
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377