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Results & Summaries

Religious Leaders

The PALS seeks to understand the impact of religion in everyday life, and ultimately the connections between religious change and other forms of change among diverse individuals and families over the course of their lives.

Results & Summaries

[ASK ARH_1 IF LV_1=1 or 2. ELSE SKIP TO ARH_8] Thinking about your relationship with your spouse/partner in the past year, how often would you say that your spouse/partner expresses affection or love for you? (ARH_1)

Variable Comparisons

[Age | Gender | Political Ideology | Race | Religious Tradition | Region | Education ]

Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	3.6% 19	4.5% 13	1.4% 1	2.2% 37
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	1.4% 1	0.2% 4
Never	1.4% 3	1.8% 10	1.3% 7	1.4% 4	5.6% 4	1.7% 28
Rarely	3.2% 7	2.1% 12	3.8% 20	6.2% 18	7.0% 5	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	4.6% 10	3.0% 17	5.8% 31	13.0% 38	4.2% 3	5.9% 99
Once a week	5.5% 12	8.2% 46	5.6% 30	14.4% 42	16.9% 12	8.5% 142
A few times a week	10.6% 23	20.6% 115	17.8% 95	14.7% 43	11.3% 8	17.0% 284
Once a day	14.3% 31	20.2% 113	20.6% 110	19.5% 57	22.5% 16	19.6% 327
More than once a day	60.4% 131	43.3% 242	41.1% 219	26.0% 76	29.6% 21	41.2% 689
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 559	100.0% 533	100.0% 292	100.0% 71	1672

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	2.2% 18	2.3% 20	2.3% 38
Don't know	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	1.2% 10	1.9% 16	1.6% 26
Rarely	4.0% 33	3.4% 29	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	6.6% 54	5.2% 44	5.9% 98
Once a week	9.0% 74	8.1% 69	8.6% 143
A few times a week	16.1% 132	17.9% 153	17.0% 285
Once a day	19.8% 162	19.3% 165	19.6% 327
More than once a day	40.6% 332	41.9% 358	41.3% 690
Missing	533	404	937
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 854	1672

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 7	1.1% 4	1.9% 3	6.0% 24	0	2.3% 39
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 4
Never	1.1% 1	1.2% 3	0.7% 3	1.4% 5	1.9% 3	3.0% 12	0	1.6% 27
Rarely	2.3% 2	5.1% 13	2.9% 12	2.3% 8	2.5% 4	5.8% 23	0	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	6.8% 6	3.5% 9	6.5% 27	5.9% 21	8.0% 13	5.8% 23	0	5.9% 99
Once a week	10.2% 9	4.7% 12	10.4% 43	5.6% 20	8.6% 14	10.3% 41	3	8.3% 139
A few times a week	15.9% 14	22.7% 58	12.6% 52	21.2% 75	14.2% 23	15.8% 63	2	17.1% 285
Once a day	13.6% 12	20.3% 52	23.5% 97	20.3% 72	13.0% 21	18.3% 73	0	19.6% 327
More than once a day	48.9% 43	42.2% 108	41.6% 172	42.1% 149	48.8% 79	34.7% 138	2	41.2% 689
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 256	100.0% 413	100.0% 354	100.0% 162	100.0% 398	7	1671

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.2% 27	3.2% 4	2.5% 5	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	2.3% 38
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	1.2% 15	2.4% 3	4.5% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 27
Rarely	2.9% 36	8.8% 11	5.5% 11	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	5.7% 70	6.4% 8	5.0% 10	11.8% 10	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	5.9% 99
Once a week	7.7% 94	8.8% 11	8.0% 16	11.8% 10	0.0% 0	28.9% 11	8.5% 142
A few times a week	14.6% 178	23.2% 29	23.1% 46	28.2% 24	0.0% 0	21.1% 8	17.0% 285
Once a day	21.3% 260	15.2% 19	16.1% 32	15.3% 13	16.7% 1	5.3% 2	19.5% 327
More than once a day	44.1% 538	32.0% 40	35.2% 70	28.2% 24	83.3% 5	36.8% 14	41.3% 691
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1221	100.0% 125	100.0% 199	100.0% 85	100.0% 6	100.0% 38	1674

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 1	4.1% 19	2.3% 6	1.3% 6	1.4% 3	2.0% 4	2.3% 39
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	2.9% 2	1.3% 6	0.8% 2	2.9% 13	1.4% 3	0.5% 1	1.6% 27
Rarely	11.6% 8	3.0% 14	4.2% 11	2.9% 13	3.2% 7	4.4% 9	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	4.3% 3	5.8% 27	5.3% 14	6.9% 31	5.9% 13	5.4% 11	5.9% 99
Once a week	7.2% 5	7.3% 34	7.2% 19	11.3% 51	6.4% 14	9.9% 20	8.6% 143
A few times a week	33.3% 23	10.8% 50	17.1% 45	21.5% 97	11.4% 25	21.2% 43	16.9% 283
Once a day	10.1% 7	20.2% 94	22.1% 58	19.5% 88	23.2% 51	13.8% 28	19.5% 326
More than once a day	29.0% 20	47.1% 219	40.7% 107	33.7% 152	47.3% 104	42.9% 87	41.2% 689
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 465	100.0% 263	100.0% 451	100.0% 220	100.0% 203	1671

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	4.9% 19	2.1% 12	1.5% 6	2.3% 38
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3
Never	2.7% 8	0.5% 2	1.6% 9	2.2% 9	1.7% 28
Rarely	5.0% 15	4.4% 17	3.1% 18	2.7% 11	3.6% 61
Once or twice a month	5.3% 16	8.2% 32	4.9% 28	5.6% 23	5.9% 99
Once a week	10.7% 32	4.4% 17	9.4% 54	9.5% 39	8.5% 142
A few times a week	21.3% 64	17.5% 68	15.9% 91	15.1% 62	17.0% 285
Once a day	19.0% 57	21.3% 83	18.5% 106	20.0% 82	19.6% 328
More than once a day	35.7% 107	38.8% 151	44.3% 254	43.3% 178	41.2% 690
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 389	100.0% 574	100.0% 411	1674

Education

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	9.6% 18	1.6% 10	1.6% 5	0.3% 1	2.3% 5	2.5% 1	0	2.4% 40
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 3
Never	4.3% 8	1.0% 6	2.2% 7	1.0% 3	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.6% 26
Rarely	4.8% 9	5.0% 31	4.1% 13	1.4% 4	2.3% 5	0.0% 0	0	3.7% 62
Once or twice a month	4.3% 8	7.8% 49	4.7% 15	4.2% 12	5.2% 11	7.5% 3	0	5.9% 98
Once a week	11.7% 22	8.0% 50	9.4% 30	7.7% 22	7.0% 15	7.5% 3	0	8.5% 142
A few times a week	16.5% 31	14.7% 92	17.2% 55	19.2% 55	21.1% 45	17.5% 7	0	17.0% 285
Once a day	17.6% 33	21.1% 132	20.7% 66	17.4% 50	18.8% 40	17.5% 7	0	19.6% 328
More than once a day	31.4% 59	40.3% 252	40.1% 128	48.8% 140	42.3% 90	47.5% 19	2	41.1% 688
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 625	100.0% 319	100.0% 287	100.0% 213	100.0% 40	2	1672