New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ28 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. - Theological Studies   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	6	1.6%	1.6%	-4.28
Often	21	5.6%	7.2%	-2.71
Seldom	42	11.1%	18.3%	-1.14
Never	308	81.7%	100%	.43

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 4	2.7% 2	1.6% 6
Often	4.3% 13	10.7% 8	5.6% 21
Seldom	11.3% 34	10.7% 8	11.1% 42
Never	83.1% 251	76.0% 57	81.7% 308
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	2.6% 2	1.7% 2	0.0% 0	4.1% 2	1.6% 6
Often	3.6% 1	6.5% 5	8.3% 10	4.1% 4	2.0% 1	5.6% 21
Seldom	10.7% 3	16.9% 13	12.5% 15	9.2% 9	4.1% 2	11.3% 42
Never	85.7% 24	74.0% 57	77.5% 93	86.7% 85	89.8% 44	81.5% 303
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	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Often	5.1% 17	10.5% 4	5.6% 21
Seldom	11.9% 40	2.6% 1	11.0% 41
Never	81.2% 272	86.8% 33	81.8% 305
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	3.2% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Often	5.8% 9	3.7% 7	15.4% 4	0.0% 0	5.3% 20
Seldom	14.3% 22	9.5% 18	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	11.2% 42
Never	76.6% 118	86.2% 163	76.9% 20	100.0% 5	81.8% 306
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	1.7% 3	10.0% 1	1.6% 6
Often	0.0% 0	7.5% 8	5.7% 10	20.0% 2	5.4% 20
Seldom	5.1% 4	2.8% 3	18.8% 33	20.0% 2	11.3% 42
Never	94.9% 75	87.7% 93	73.9% 130	50.0% 5	81.7% 303
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	1.5% 4	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Often	5.1% 14	6.4% 6	0.0% 0	5.4% 20
Seldom	9.2% 25	18.1% 17	0.0% 0	11.4% 42
Never	84.2% 230	73.4% 69	100.0% 3	81.6% 302
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Often	5.7% 20	4.2% 1	0.0% 0	5.6% 21
Seldom	11.2% 39	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	11.1% 42
Never	81.3% 283	83.3% 20	100.0% 5	81.7% 308
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377