New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ33 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. - Worship   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	14	3.7%	3.7%	-3.52
Often	20	5.3%	9%	-2.18
Seldom	54	14.4%	23.4%	-.85
Never	288	76.6%	100%	.48

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	3.3% 10	5.4% 4	3.7% 14
Often	3.6% 11	12.2% 9	5.3% 20
Seldom	14.2% 43	14.9% 11	14.4% 54
Never	78.8% 238	67.6% 50	76.6% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 302	100.0% 74	376

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	5.0% 6	5.1% 5	2.1% 1	3.8% 14
Often	3.6% 1	7.8% 6	5.0% 6	5.1% 5	4.2% 2	5.4% 20
Seldom	7.1% 2	18.2% 14	17.5% 21	13.3% 13	8.3% 4	14.6% 54
Never	89.3% 25	71.4% 55	72.5% 87	76.5% 75	85.4% 41	76.3% 283
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 98	100.0% 48	371

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.6% 12	5.3% 2	3.8% 14
Often	5.4% 18	5.3% 2	5.4% 20
Seldom	15.9% 53	2.6% 1	14.5% 54
Never	75.1% 251	86.8% 33	76.3% 284
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	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	3.8% 14
Often	5.2% 8	4.2% 8	3.8% 1	40.0% 2	5.1% 19
Seldom	12.4% 19	16.9% 32	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	14.5% 54
Never	77.1% 118	77.2% 146	73.1% 19	60.0% 3	76.7% 286
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 189	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	373

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	1.3% 1	2.8% 3	4.0% 7	30.0% 3	3.8% 14
Often	3.8% 3	3.8% 4	5.1% 9	20.0% 2	4.9% 18
Seldom	5.1% 4	7.5% 8	22.9% 40	20.0% 2	14.6% 54
Never	89.9% 71	85.8% 91	68.0% 119	30.0% 3	76.8% 284
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	3.3% 9	5.3% 5	0.0% 0	3.8% 14
Often	5.5% 15	3.2% 3	0.0% 0	4.9% 18
Seldom	15.1% 41	13.8% 13	0.0% 0	14.6% 54
Never	76.1% 207	77.7% 73	100.0% 3	76.7% 283
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	369

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	3.5% 12	8.3% 2	0.0% 0	3.7% 14
Often	5.5% 19	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	5.3% 20
Seldom	13.3% 46	33.3% 8	0.0% 0	14.4% 54
Never	77.8% 270	58.3% 14	80.0% 4	76.6% 288
TOTAL	100.0% 347	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	376