New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ29 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. - Today's Parish   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	40	10.6%	10.6%	-2.12
Often	52	13.8%	24.4%	-1.16
Seldom	76	20.2%	44.6%	-.2
Never	209	55.4%	100%	.77

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	11.6% 35	6.7% 5	10.6% 40
Often	13.2% 40	16.0% 12	13.8% 52
Seldom	20.9% 63	17.3% 13	20.2% 76
Never	54.3% 164	60.0% 45	55.4% 209
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	10.7% 3	15.6% 12	15.0% 18	3.1% 3	8.2% 4	10.8% 40
Often	0.0% 0	15.6% 12	16.7% 20	13.3% 13	12.2% 6	13.7% 51
Seldom	25.0% 7	20.8% 16	23.3% 28	21.4% 21	8.2% 4	20.4% 76
Never	64.3% 18	48.1% 37	45.0% 54	62.2% 61	71.4% 35	55.1% 205
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	11.0% 37	5.3% 2	10.5% 39
Often	14.0% 47	13.2% 5	13.9% 52
Seldom	21.8% 73	7.9% 3	20.4% 76
Never	53.1% 178	73.7% 28	55.2% 206
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	14.3% 22	8.5% 16	3.8% 1	20.0% 1	10.7% 40
Often	12.3% 19	16.4% 31	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	13.9% 52
Seldom	23.4% 36	16.9% 32	26.9% 7	0.0% 0	20.1% 75
Never	50.0% 77	58.2% 110	61.5% 16	80.0% 4	55.3% 207
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	374

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	6.3% 5	7.5% 8	14.2% 25	10.0% 1	10.5% 39
Often	7.6% 6	14.2% 15	16.5% 29	10.0% 1	13.7% 51
Seldom	12.7% 10	16.0% 17	22.7% 40	60.0% 6	19.7% 73
Never	73.4% 58	62.3% 66	46.6% 82	20.0% 2	56.1% 208
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	8.1% 22	18.1% 17	0.0% 0	10.5% 39
Often	14.3% 39	13.8% 13	0.0% 0	14.1% 52
Seldom	19.8% 54	22.3% 21	0.0% 0	20.3% 75
Never	57.9% 158	45.7% 43	100.0% 3	55.1% 204
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	10.6% 37	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	10.6% 40
Often	14.4% 50	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	13.8% 52
Seldom	19.8% 69	29.2% 7	0.0% 0	20.2% 76
Never	55.2% 192	50.0% 12	100.0% 5	55.4% 209
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377