New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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READ34 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. - Your diocesan newspaper   1) Regularly   2) Often   3) Seldom   4) Never

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regularly	251	66.9%	66.9%	-.62
Often	52	13.9%	80.8%	.37
Seldom	34	9.1%	89.9%	1.36
Never	38	10.1%	100%	2.35

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Regularly	68.4% 206	60.8% 45	66.9% 251
Often	12.3% 37	20.3% 15	13.9% 52
Seldom	9.3% 28	8.1% 6	9.1% 34
Never	10.0% 30	10.8% 8	10.1% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 74	375

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Regularly	85.7% 24	71.4% 55	69.2% 83	59.8% 58	60.4% 29	67.3% 249
Often	3.6% 1	13.0% 10	12.5% 15	18.6% 18	14.6% 7	13.8% 51
Seldom	0.0% 0	9.1% 7	10.8% 13	9.3% 9	10.4% 5	9.2% 34
Never	10.7% 3	6.5% 5	7.5% 9	12.4% 12	14.6% 7	9.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 77	100.0% 120	100.0% 97	100.0% 48	370

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Regularly	67.6% 225	57.9% 22	66.6% 247
Often	14.1% 47	13.2% 5	14.0% 52
Seldom	9.6% 32	5.3% 2	9.2% 34
Never	8.7% 29	23.7% 9	10.2% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 38	371

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Regularly	63.4% 97	69.7% 131	69.2% 18	80.0% 4	67.2% 250
Often	18.3% 28	11.2% 21	11.5% 3	0.0% 0	14.0% 52
Seldom	9.8% 15	8.5% 16	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	8.9% 33
Never	8.5% 13	10.6% 20	11.5% 3	20.0% 1	9.9% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 188	100.0% 26	100.0% 5	372

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Regularly	61.5% 48	61.9% 65	73.9% 130	50.0% 5	67.2% 248
Often	10.3% 8	17.1% 18	12.5% 22	40.0% 4	14.1% 52
Seldom	7.7% 6	11.4% 12	8.5% 15	0.0% 0	8.9% 33
Never	20.5% 16	9.5% 10	5.1% 9	10.0% 1	9.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 105	100.0% 176	100.0% 10	369

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Regularly	65.7% 178	69.1% 65	66.7% 2	66.6% 245
Often	13.3% 36	16.0% 15	0.0% 0	13.9% 51
Seldom	9.2% 25	9.6% 9	0.0% 0	9.2% 34
Never	11.8% 32	5.3% 5	33.3% 1	10.3% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 271	100.0% 94	100.0% 3	368

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Regularly	67.9% 235	62.5% 15	20.0% 1	66.9% 251
Often	13.9% 48	16.7% 4	0.0% 0	13.9% 52
Seldom	8.7% 30	12.5% 3	20.0% 1	9.1% 34
Never	9.5% 33	8.3% 2	60.0% 3	10.1% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 346	100.0% 24	100.0% 5	375