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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 performs small acts of kindness for you (for example, making you coffee in the morning)? (ARH_3)

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	1.4% 1	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.4% 1	0.1% 2
Never	5.0% 11	3.9% 22	2.1% 11	4.5% 13	5.6% 4	3.6% 61
Rarely	8.7% 19	6.4% 36	3.9% 21	6.9% 20	9.9% 7	6.2% 103
Once or twice a month	11.5% 25	6.8% 38	6.9% 37	4.1% 12	0.0% 0	6.7% 112
Once a week	12.8% 28	10.7% 60	8.4% 45	7.6% 22	8.5% 6	9.6% 161
A few times a week	22.5% 49	26.8% 150	28.2% 151	21.7% 63	14.1% 10	25.3% 423
Once a day	17.9% 39	21.1% 118	17.8% 95	21.0% 61	15.5% 11	19.4% 324
More than once a day	21.6% 47	23.4% 131	30.5% 163	30.0% 87	43.7% 31	27.4% 459
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 559	100.0% 535	100.0% 290	100.0% 71	1673

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 13	1.8% 15	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	4.3% 35	3.2% 27	3.7% 62
Rarely	8.9% 73	3.5% 30	6.2% 103
Once or twice a month	9.8% 80	3.7% 32	6.7% 112
Once a week	10.9% 89	8.3% 71	9.6% 160
A few times a week	24.9% 204	25.6% 219	25.3% 423
Once a day	19.3% 158	19.4% 166	19.4% 324
More than once a day	20.0% 164	34.5% 295	27.4% 459
Missing	533	404	937
TOTAL	100.0% 818	100.0% 855	1673

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	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	5.5% 22	0	1.7% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.1% 2
Never	0.0% 0	3.9% 10	2.2% 9	3.4% 12	0.6% 1	7.3% 29	0	3.7% 61
Rarely	6.9% 6	2.4% 6	5.1% 21	4.3% 15	5.7% 9	10.8% 43	2	6.0% 100
Once or twice a month	3.4% 3	6.3% 16	6.1% 25	6.5% 23	7.5% 12	7.6% 30	3	6.6% 109
Once a week	6.9% 6	9.0% 23	10.9% 45	7.4% 26	4.4% 7	13.1% 52	0	9.6% 159
A few times a week	31.0% 27	28.2% 72	26.9% 111	26.4% 93	22.0% 35	20.9% 83	1	25.3% 421
Once a day	16.1% 14	19.2% 49	23.3% 96	18.2% 64	20.1% 32	17.6% 70	0	19.6% 325
More than once a day	34.5% 30	30.2% 77	25.2% 104	32.7% 115	39.6% 63	16.9% 67	1	27.4% 456
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 255	100.0% 412	100.0% 352	100.0% 159	100.0% 397	7	1662

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 19	3.2% 4	2.0% 4	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	3.1% 38	5.6% 7	6.6% 13	3.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 61
Rarely	4.8% 59	7.3% 9	12.1% 24	7.0% 6	0.0% 0	11.1% 4	6.1% 102
Once or twice a month	6.5% 79	9.7% 12	4.0% 8	9.3% 8	0.0% 0	13.9% 5	6.7% 112
Once a week	8.9% 109	11.3% 14	11.6% 23	10.5% 9	0.0% 0	16.7% 6	9.6% 161
A few times a week	25.6% 313	27.4% 34	20.2% 40	26.7% 23	0.0% 0	36.1% 13	25.3% 423
Once a day	20.8% 254	13.7% 17	19.2% 38	14.0% 12	16.7% 1	5.6% 2	19.4% 324
More than once a day	28.6% 349	21.8% 27	24.2% 48	27.9% 24	83.3% 5	16.7% 6	27.5% 459
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1221	100.0% 124	100.0% 198	100.0% 86	100.0% 6	100.0% 36	1671

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 1	2.8% 13	1.5% 4	0.9% 4	1.4% 3	1.5% 3	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	7.5% 5	3.9% 18	2.7% 7	4.0% 18	4.1% 9	2.5% 5	3.7% 62
Rarely	7.5% 5	4.3% 20	6.5% 17	7.8% 35	4.1% 9	7.8% 16	6.1% 102
Once or twice a month	10.4% 7	9.2% 43	5.3% 14	6.0% 27	3.2% 7	6.4% 13	6.6% 111
Once a week	9.0% 6	8.4% 39	11.8% 31	11.5% 52	10.8% 24	3.9% 8	9.6% 160
A few times a week	32.8% 22	20.6% 96	26.7% 70	26.4% 119	27.5% 61	27.0% 55	25.3% 423
Once a day	11.9% 8	17.8% 83	22.5% 59	20.0% 90	18.5% 41	21.1% 43	19.4% 324
More than once a day	19.4% 13	32.7% 152	22.5% 59	23.5% 106	30.6% 68	29.9% 61	27.5% 459
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 465	100.0% 262	100.0% 451	100.0% 222	100.0% 204	1671

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	3.6% 14	1.6% 9	1.2% 5	1.7% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.1% 2
Never	4.0% 12	3.6% 14	3.8% 22	3.1% 13	3.6% 61
Rarely	4.0% 12	7.2% 28	5.8% 33	7.3% 30	6.2% 103
Once or twice a month	10.1% 30	5.1% 20	7.3% 42	4.8% 20	6.7% 112
Once a week	9.4% 28	8.7% 34	9.4% 54	10.7% 44	9.6% 160
A few times a week	25.6% 76	26.1% 102	25.2% 144	24.5% 101	25.3% 423
Once a day	17.2% 51	20.5% 80	17.3% 99	22.8% 94	19.4% 324
More than once a day	29.3% 87	25.3% 99	29.4% 168	25.4% 105	27.4% 459
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 391	100.0% 572	100.0% 413	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	8.6% 16	0.8% 5	1.6% 5	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	2.6% 1	0	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Never	12.8% 24	3.2% 20	3.4% 11	0.7% 2	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	3.6% 60
Rarely	11.8% 22	5.6% 35	6.6% 21	5.6% 16	4.7% 10	0.0% 0	0	6.2% 104
Once or twice a month	3.7% 7	9.8% 61	5.3% 17	6.3% 18	3.3% 7	2.6% 1	0	6.6% 111
Once a week	8.0% 15	10.6% 66	10.6% 34	8.0% 23	8.4% 18	10.3% 4	0	9.6% 160
A few times a week	14.4% 27	25.1% 157	27.8% 89	30.1% 86	26.2% 56	17.9% 7	0	25.3% 422
Once a day	17.6% 33	20.3% 127	16.6% 53	22.7% 65	14.5% 31	41.0% 16	0	19.4% 325
More than once a day	23.0% 43	24.5% 153	28.1% 90	26.6% 76	40.2% 86	25.6% 10	2	27.4% 458
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 625	100.0% 320	100.0% 286	100.0% 214	100.0% 39	2	1671