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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

Thinking about your relationship with your spouse/partner in the past year, how often would you say that your spouse/partner compliments you for the work you do around the house or as a parent? (ARH_2)

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	2.2% 12	3.8% 11	4.2% 3	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	4.6% 10	1.8% 10	1.3% 7	5.8% 17	5.6% 4	2.9% 48
Rarely	7.8% 17	9.8% 55	12.0% 64	7.9% 23	8.3% 6	9.9% 165
Once or twice a month	12.0% 26	14.8% 83	14.6% 78	17.2% 50	4.2% 3	14.3% 240
Once a week	17.5% 38	14.3% 80	15.4% 82	15.1% 44	6.9% 5	14.9% 249
A few times a week	27.6% 60	28.5% 160	29.8% 159	26.5% 77	27.8% 20	28.4% 476
Once a day	14.3% 31	17.6% 99	13.3% 71	12.7% 37	20.8% 15	15.1% 253
More than once a day	16.1% 35	12.5% 70	11.4% 61	10.0% 29	22.2% 16	12.6% 211
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 561	100.0% 534	100.0% 291	100.0% 72	1675

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.8% 15	1.8% 15	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Never	4.0% 33	1.9% 16	2.9% 49
Rarely	12.7% 104	7.0% 60	9.8% 164
Once or twice a month	14.5% 119	14.2% 121	14.3% 240
Once a week	14.8% 121	15.0% 128	14.9% 249
A few times a week	26.7% 219	30.1% 257	28.4% 476
Once a day	13.9% 114	16.3% 139	15.1% 253
More than once a day	11.5% 94	13.7% 117	12.6% 211
Missing	533	404	937
TOTAL	100.0% 820	100.0% 855	1675

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	5.5% 22	0	1.7% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 3
Never	1.2% 1	1.6% 4	1.5% 6	2.5% 9	1.3% 2	6.5% 26	0	2.9% 48
Rarely	10.5% 9	9.4% 24	6.8% 28	9.0% 32	10.1% 16	13.8% 55	0	9.9% 164
Once or twice a month	9.3% 8	13.0% 33	17.5% 72	10.7% 38	12.6% 20	16.8% 67	2	14.3% 238
Once a week	22.1% 19	18.9% 48	16.5% 68	15.3% 54	11.3% 18	10.0% 40	1	14.8% 247
A few times a week	27.9% 24	30.3% 77	28.4% 117	35.0% 124	27.0% 43	22.1% 88	3	28.4% 473
Once a day	17.4% 15	17.7% 45	15.0% 62	14.7% 52	20.8% 33	11.5% 46	0	15.2% 253
More than once a day	10.5% 9	9.1% 23	13.3% 55	11.6% 41	17.0% 27	13.5% 54	1	12.6% 209
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 254	100.0% 412	100.0% 354	100.0% 159	100.0% 399	7	1664

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.7% 21	3.2% 4	2.0% 4	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 30
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	2.1% 26	6.4% 8	6.5% 13	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 48
Rarely	9.1% 111	11.2% 14	11.0% 22	16.3% 14	0.0% 0	11.1% 4	9.9% 165
Once or twice a month	13.4% 164	20.8% 26	15.0% 30	11.6% 10	0.0% 0	27.8% 10	14.3% 240
Once a week	15.4% 188	19.2% 24	10.5% 21	9.3% 8	0.0% 0	22.2% 8	14.9% 249
A few times a week	30.2% 369	16.8% 21	24.5% 49	30.2% 26	16.7% 1	27.8% 10	28.4% 476
Once a day	16.9% 207	8.8% 11	10.5% 21	12.8% 11	0.0% 0	8.3% 3	15.1% 253
More than once a day	10.9% 133	13.6% 17	20.0% 40	17.4% 15	83.3% 5	2.8% 1	12.6% 211
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1222	100.0% 125	100.0% 200	100.0% 86	100.0% 6	100.0% 36	1675

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 1	2.8% 13	1.5% 4	1.1% 5	1.4% 3	1.5% 3	1.7% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	10.0% 7	2.4% 11	2.3% 6	4.2% 19	0.5% 1	2.0% 4	2.9% 48
Rarely	12.9% 9	10.3% 48	8.4% 22	9.3% 42	9.0% 20	11.8% 24	9.9% 165
Once or twice a month	24.3% 17	13.3% 62	15.6% 41	13.5% 61	13.5% 30	14.3% 29	14.3% 240
Once a week	10.0% 7	11.6% 54	17.6% 46	15.1% 68	23.9% 53	10.8% 22	14.9% 250
A few times a week	18.6% 13	24.9% 116	30.2% 79	33.5% 151	27.5% 61	27.1% 55	28.4% 475
Once a day	10.0% 7	17.8% 83	16.0% 42	11.8% 53	14.9% 33	17.2% 35	15.1% 253
More than once a day	12.9% 9	16.1% 75	8.4% 22	11.5% 52	9.5% 21	15.3% 31	12.6% 210
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 465	100.0% 262	100.0% 451	100.0% 222	100.0% 203	1673

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	3.8% 15	1.6% 9	1.2% 5	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	1.3% 4	3.1% 12	4.4% 25	1.7% 7	2.9% 48
Rarely	10.0% 30	8.5% 33	10.8% 62	9.5% 39	9.8% 164
Once or twice a month	22.1% 66	12.1% 47	12.0% 69	13.9% 57	14.3% 239
Once a week	13.0% 39	13.3% 52	13.8% 79	19.2% 79	14.9% 249
A few times a week	29.4% 88	31.5% 123	27.9% 160	25.5% 105	28.5% 476
Once a day	13.0% 39	17.7% 69	14.0% 80	15.8% 65	15.1% 253
More than once a day	10.7% 32	10.0% 39	15.0% 86	13.1% 54	12.6% 211
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 390	100.0% 573	100.0% 411	1673

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	8.5% 16	0.8% 5	1.6% 5	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	2.6% 1	0	1.8% 30
Don't know	1.1% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 3
Never	9.6% 18	2.7% 17	2.5% 8	0.3% 1	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 47
Rarely	10.1% 19	13.0% 81	6.0% 19	8.0% 23	9.9% 21	2.6% 1	0	9.8% 164
Once or twice a month	15.4% 29	16.2% 101	13.8% 44	13.2% 38	8.9% 19	23.7% 9	0	14.4% 240
Once a week	5.9% 11	15.2% 95	16.6% 53	18.5% 53	16.0% 34	7.9% 3	0	14.9% 249
A few times a week	17.0% 32	25.0% 156	34.8% 111	36.2% 104	26.8% 57	39.5% 15	0	28.5% 475
Once a day	11.2% 21	14.4% 90	16.0% 51	14.3% 41	19.7% 42	15.8% 6	2	15.0% 251
More than once a day	21.3% 40	12.5% 78	8.8% 28	9.4% 27	16.0% 34	7.9% 3	0	12.6% 210
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 624	100.0% 319	100.0% 287	100.0% 213	100.0% 38	2	1669