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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 insults or harshly criticizes you? (ARH_4)

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	2.4% 13	3.8% 11	1.4% 1	1.7% 29
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.4% 1	0.2% 3
Never	25.5% 55	26.7% 149	25.0% 133	24.1% 70	29.6% 21	25.6% 428
Rarely	41.2% 89	45.1% 252	43.3% 231	33.7% 98	49.3% 35	42.2% 705
Once or twice a month	13.0% 28	15.9% 89	13.5% 72	20.6% 60	7.0% 5	15.2% 254
Once a week	5.6% 12	5.7% 32	4.9% 26	7.9% 23	0.0% 0	5.6% 93
A few times a week	6.9% 15	4.3% 24	8.3% 44	4.8% 14	4.2% 3	6.0% 100
Once a day	4.2% 9	0.9% 5	2.1% 11	2.4% 7	0.0% 0	1.9% 32
More than once a day	3.2% 7	0.7% 4	0.6% 3	2.4% 7	7.0% 5	1.6% 26
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 216	100.0% 559	100.0% 533	100.0% 291	100.0% 71	1670

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.8% 15	1.9% 16	1.9% 31
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Never	32.3% 264	19.3% 165	25.6% 429
Rarely	40.5% 331	43.7% 374	42.1% 705
Once or twice a month	14.3% 117	16.1% 138	15.2% 255
Once a week	4.3% 35	6.9% 59	5.6% 94
A few times a week	4.2% 34	7.7% 66	6.0% 100
Once a day	1.5% 12	2.3% 20	1.9% 32
More than once a day	1.1% 9	1.9% 16	1.5% 25
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	0.5% 2	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	5.5% 22	0	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0	0.2% 3
Never	25.3% 22	15.3% 39	27.4% 113	25.4% 90	22.5% 36	31.5% 125	3	25.5% 425
Rarely	34.5% 30	49.0% 125	45.3% 187	45.5% 161	50.0% 80	30.0% 119	3	42.1% 702
Once or twice a month	21.8% 19	21.2% 54	14.8% 61	11.6% 41	13.8% 22	14.9% 59	0	15.4% 256
Once a week	10.3% 9	4.7% 12	4.6% 19	5.6% 20	4.4% 7	7.1% 28	0	5.7% 95
A few times a week	1.1% 1	7.1% 18	4.8% 20	8.5% 30	5.0% 8	5.3% 21	1	5.9% 98
Once a day	5.7% 5	0.0% 0	1.9% 8	1.4% 5	3.1% 5	2.3% 9	0	1.9% 32
More than once a day	0.0% 0	2.0% 5	0.7% 3	0.8% 3	1.3% 2	3.0% 12	0	1.5% 25
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 255	100.0% 413	100.0% 354	100.0% 160	100.0% 397	7	1666

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 20	3.2% 4	2.5% 5	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	23.8% 290	26.4% 33	39.9% 79	25.6% 22	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	25.6% 429
Rarely	44.4% 542	34.4% 43	37.9% 75	25.6% 22	33.3% 2	54.1% 20	42.1% 704
Once or twice a month	15.2% 186	17.6% 22	9.1% 18	30.2% 26	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	15.3% 256
Once a week	5.6% 68	5.6% 7	3.0% 6	10.5% 9	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	5.6% 94
A few times a week	6.0% 73	8.0% 10	4.0% 8	1.2% 1	66.7% 4	10.8% 4	6.0% 100
Once a day	1.9% 23	3.2% 4	1.0% 2	4.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 33
More than once a day	1.5% 18	1.6% 2	2.0% 4	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 25
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1221	100.0% 125	100.0% 198	100.0% 86	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	1673

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 1	2.8% 13	1.5% 4	1.3% 6	1.4% 3	1.5% 3	1.8% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Never	30.4% 21	25.8% 120	26.2% 69	28.6% 129	14.9% 33	27.2% 55	25.5% 427
Rarely	30.4% 21	44.0% 205	40.3% 106	41.7% 188	46.2% 102	41.1% 83	42.2% 705
Once or twice a month	21.7% 15	12.7% 59	12.2% 32	14.9% 67	20.8% 46	17.8% 36	15.3% 255
Once a week	4.3% 3	6.2% 29	7.2% 19	5.5% 25	5.9% 13	2.5% 5	5.6% 94
A few times a week	5.8% 4	5.6% 26	6.5% 17	4.4% 20	8.6% 19	7.4% 15	6.0% 101
Once a day	4.3% 3	1.5% 7	3.8% 10	1.6% 7	0.5% 1	2.0% 4	1.9% 32
More than once a day	1.4% 1	1.3% 6	1.9% 5	1.8% 8	1.8% 4	0.5% 1	1.5% 25
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 466	100.0% 263	100.0% 451	100.0% 221	100.0% 202	1672

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	3.6% 14	1.7% 10	1.5% 6	1.9% 31
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.2% 3
Never	23.7% 71	27.2% 106	26.0% 149	24.8% 102	25.6% 428
Rarely	37.5% 112	40.5% 158	45.5% 261	42.0% 173	42.1% 704
Once or twice a month	19.4% 58	13.3% 52	13.4% 77	16.7% 69	15.3% 256
Once a week	5.7% 17	5.1% 20	6.6% 38	4.6% 19	5.6% 94
A few times a week	9.0% 27	6.2% 24	4.0% 23	6.3% 26	6.0% 100
Once a day	3.3% 10	2.3% 9	1.4% 8	1.5% 6	2.0% 33
More than once a day	1.0% 3	1.8% 7	0.9% 5	2.4% 10	1.5% 25
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 390	100.0% 573	100.0% 412	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	0.6% 4	1.6% 5	0.3% 1	1.4% 3	2.6% 1	0	1.9% 32
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Never	38.0% 71	26.6% 166	24.5% 78	23.4% 67	13.1% 28	41.0% 16	2	25.5% 426
Rarely	31.6% 59	41.7% 260	43.3% 138	51.0% 146	40.8% 87	38.5% 15	0	42.3% 705
Once or twice a month	8.6% 16	14.4% 90	17.6% 56	14.0% 40	22.5% 48	12.8% 5	0	15.3% 255
Once a week	3.2% 6	6.4% 40	5.6% 18	3.8% 11	8.5% 18	0.0% 0	0	5.6% 93
A few times a week	4.3% 8	5.4% 34	6.3% 20	5.6% 16	10.3% 22	0.0% 0	0	6.0% 100
Once a day	1.1% 2	2.1% 13	0.9% 3	1.7% 5	3.3% 7	2.6% 1	0	1.9% 31
More than once a day	3.2% 6	2.6% 16	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0	1.4% 24
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 624	100.0% 319	100.0% 286	100.0% 213	100.0% 39	2	1668