New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Custom Table
• Results

READ31 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. - U.S. Catholic   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	48	12.7%	12.7%	-1.98
Often	52	13.8%	26.5%	-1.05
Seldom	78	20.7%	47.2%	-.13
Never	199	52.8%	100%	.8

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	14.2% 43	6.7% 5	12.7% 48
Often	14.9% 45	9.3% 7	13.8% 52
Seldom	20.2% 61	22.7% 17	20.7% 78
Never	50.7% 153	61.3% 46	52.8% 199
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	18.2% 14	15.8% 19	9.2% 9	6.1% 3	12.9% 48
Often	10.7% 3	16.9% 13	14.2% 17	14.3% 14	8.2% 4	13.7% 51
Seldom	28.6% 8	16.9% 13	25.0% 30	17.3% 17	18.4% 9	20.7% 77
Never	50.0% 14	48.1% 37	45.0% 54	59.2% 58	67.3% 33	52.7% 196
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	12.2% 41	15.8% 6	12.6% 47
Often	14.3% 48	10.5% 4	13.9% 52
Seldom	22.7% 76	5.3% 2	20.9% 78
Never	50.7% 170	68.4% 26	52.5% 196
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 38	373

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	11.7% 18	14.3% 27	3.8% 1	40.0% 2	12.8% 48
Often	16.9% 26	11.1% 21	19.2% 5	0.0% 0	13.9% 52
Seldom	25.3% 39	15.9% 30	26.9% 7	20.0% 1	20.6% 77
Never	46.1% 71	58.7% 111	50.0% 13	40.0% 2	52.7% 197
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	11.3% 12	15.9% 28	20.0% 2	12.7% 47
Often	8.9% 7	14.2% 15	16.5% 29	0.0% 0	13.7% 51
Seldom	15.2% 12	19.8% 21	23.3% 41	20.0% 2	20.5% 76
Never	69.6% 55	54.7% 58	44.3% 78	60.0% 6	53.1% 197
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	12.5% 34	14.9% 14	0.0% 0	13.0% 48
Often	12.5% 34	19.1% 18	0.0% 0	14.1% 52
Seldom	19.4% 53	25.5% 24	0.0% 0	20.8% 77
Never	55.7% 152	40.4% 38	100.0% 3	52.2% 193
TOTAL	100.0% 273	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	370

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	12.9% 45	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	12.7% 48
Often	14.1% 49	12.5% 3	0.0% 0	13.8% 52
Seldom	20.7% 72	25.0% 6	0.0% 0	20.7% 78
Never	52.3% 182	50.0% 12	100.0% 5	52.8% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 348	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	377