New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ26 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. - Sojourners   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	11	2.9%	2.9%	-3.57
Often	23	6.1%	9%	-2.2
Seldom	66	17.6%	26.6%	-.84
Never	276	73.4%	100%	.53

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	3.7% 11	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Often	6.6% 20	4.0% 3	6.1% 23
Seldom	17.6% 53	17.3% 13	17.6% 66
Never	72.1% 217	78.7% 59	73.4% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 75	376

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	7.1% 2	2.6% 2	4.2% 5	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Often	3.6% 1	10.5% 8	6.7% 8	4.1% 4	4.1% 2	6.2% 23
Seldom	17.9% 5	25.0% 19	18.3% 22	15.3% 15	10.2% 5	17.8% 66
Never	71.4% 20	61.8% 47	70.8% 85	78.6% 77	85.7% 42	73.0% 271
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 76	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 49	371

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.3% 11	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Often	6.0% 20	7.9% 3	6.2% 23
Seldom	18.9% 63	5.3% 2	17.5% 65
Never	71.9% 240	86.8% 33	73.4% 273
TOTAL	100.0% 334	100.0% 38	372

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	5.2% 8	1.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Often	8.4% 13	4.8% 9	3.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.2% 23
Seldom	22.7% 35	12.8% 24	19.2% 5	20.0% 1	17.4% 65
Never	63.6% 98	80.9% 152	76.9% 20	80.0% 4	73.5% 274
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 188	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	373

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	5.1% 9	0.0% 0	3.0% 11
Often	2.5% 2	4.7% 5	8.6% 15	10.0% 1	6.2% 23
Seldom	5.1% 4	13.2% 14	24.6% 43	30.0% 3	17.3% 64
Never	92.4% 73	80.2% 85	61.7% 108	60.0% 6	73.5% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 106	100.0% 175	100.0% 10	370

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	1.8% 5	5.3% 5	0.0% 0	2.7% 10
Often	4.8% 13	9.6% 9	0.0% 0	6.0% 22
Seldom	14.7% 40	26.6% 25	0.0% 0	17.6% 65
Never	78.7% 214	58.5% 55	100.0% 3	73.7% 272
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	369

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.2% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 11
Often	5.5% 19	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	6.1% 23
Seldom	18.4% 64	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	17.6% 66
Never	72.9% 253	79.2% 19	80.0% 4	73.4% 276
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	376