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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

In the past year, how often would you say you and your spouse/partner talk or read about religion, God, or spirituality together? (ARH_7)

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	2.1% 11	3.4% 10	1.4% 1	1.6% 26
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	22.1% 48	19.1% 107	20.6% 110	18.6% 54	19.7% 14	19.9% 333
Rarely	30.4% 66	28.4% 159	23.4% 125	25.1% 73	21.1% 15	26.2% 438
Once or twice a month	16.1% 35	20.9% 117	22.7% 121	20.3% 59	18.3% 13	20.6% 345
Once a week	7.8% 17	11.4% 64	8.1% 43	13.7% 40	7.0% 5	10.1% 169
A few times a week	17.1% 37	10.6% 59	13.5% 72	12.7% 37	15.5% 11	12.9% 216
Once a day	4.1% 9	5.5% 31	5.1% 27	2.7% 8	12.7% 9	5.0% 84
More than once a day	2.3% 5	3.2% 18	4.7% 25	3.1% 9	4.2% 3	3.6% 60
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 559	100.0% 534	100.0% 291	100.0% 71	1672

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 11	2.0% 17	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	20.7% 170	19.1% 163	19.9% 333
Rarely	27.4% 225	24.9% 213	26.1% 438
Once or twice a month	21.3% 175	19.9% 170	20.6% 345
Once a week	8.5% 70	11.5% 98	10.0% 168
A few times a week	12.8% 105	13.1% 112	13.0% 217
Once a day	5.5% 45	4.6% 39	5.0% 84
More than once a day	2.2% 18	5.0% 43	3.6% 61
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	1.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.8% 3	1.9% 3	4.8% 19	0	1.7% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.1% 1
Never	29.9% 26	18.4% 47	22.5% 93	12.4% 44	12.5% 20	25.9% 103	2	20.0% 333
Rarely	20.7% 18	35.3% 90	31.7% 131	22.5% 80	7.5% 12	26.1% 104	2	26.1% 435
Once or twice a month	21.8% 19	24.7% 63	23.2% 96	24.5% 87	8.8% 14	16.3% 65	0	20.6% 344
Once a week	4.6% 4	9.4% 24	8.7% 36	11.3% 40	20.6% 33	7.5% 30	1	10.0% 167
A few times a week	20.7% 18	8.6% 22	8.2% 34	15.5% 55	23.8% 38	12.3% 49	1	12.9% 216
Once a day	1.1% 1	1.6% 4	4.1% 17	7.6% 27	13.1% 21	3.3% 13	1	5.0% 83
More than once a day	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	1.2% 5	5.4% 19	11.9% 19	3.5% 14	0	3.7% 61
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 255	100.0% 413	100.0% 355	100.0% 160	100.0% 398	7	1668

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 19	3.2% 4	2.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 27
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	20.4% 249	19.4% 24	17.7% 35	23.8% 20	0.0% 0	13.5% 5	19.9% 333
Rarely	25.5% 312	22.6% 28	27.8% 55	29.8% 25	16.7% 1	40.5% 15	26.1% 436
Once or twice a month	21.5% 263	16.1% 20	20.2% 40	19.0% 16	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	20.6% 345
Once a week	10.2% 125	8.1% 10	9.1% 18	11.9% 10	16.7% 1	10.8% 4	10.1% 168
A few times a week	12.8% 157	16.1% 20	14.6% 29	6.0% 5	0.0% 0	16.2% 6	13.0% 217
Once a day	4.9% 60	7.3% 9	4.0% 8	7.1% 6	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	5.0% 84
More than once a day	2.9% 36	7.3% 9	4.5% 9	2.4% 2	66.7% 4	0.0% 0	3.6% 60
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1222	100.0% 124	100.0% 198	100.0% 84	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	1671

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 1	2.8% 13	1.5% 4	0.9% 4	1.8% 4	0.5% 1	1.6% 27
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	23.2% 16	10.7% 50	18.4% 48	22.1% 100	28.7% 64	27.6% 56	19.9% 334
Rarely	20.3% 14	17.1% 80	31.8% 83	27.2% 123	36.8% 82	27.1% 55	26.1% 437
Once or twice a month	17.4% 12	21.6% 101	23.0% 60	23.0% 104	17.0% 38	14.3% 29	20.5% 344
Once a week	11.6% 8	12.0% 56	10.0% 26	11.1% 50	6.7% 15	6.9% 14	10.1% 169
A few times a week	10.1% 7	20.1% 94	11.9% 31	10.2% 46	4.9% 11	13.8% 28	13.0% 217
Once a day	5.8% 4	9.6% 45	1.5% 4	3.3% 15	2.7% 6	5.4% 11	5.1% 85
More than once a day	10.1% 7	5.8% 27	1.9% 5	2.2% 10	1.3% 3	4.4% 9	3.6% 61
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 467	100.0% 261	100.0% 452	100.0% 223	100.0% 203	1675

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	3.3% 13	1.4% 8	1.0% 4	1.6% 26
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	25.8% 77	20.6% 80	15.2% 87	21.7% 89	19.9% 333
Rarely	28.8% 86	22.4% 87	26.5% 152	27.5% 113	26.2% 438
Once or twice a month	18.7% 56	20.8% 81	22.0% 126	20.0% 82	20.6% 345
Once a week	9.4% 28	10.3% 40	8.6% 49	12.4% 51	10.0% 168
A few times a week	12.0% 36	12.1% 47	16.8% 96	9.0% 37	12.9% 216
Once a day	3.3% 10	7.2% 28	4.4% 25	5.1% 21	5.0% 84
More than once a day	1.7% 5	3.3% 13	5.1% 29	3.4% 14	3.6% 61
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 389	100.0% 573	100.0% 411	1672

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	1.3% 8	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	2.6% 1	0	1.7% 28
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	23.4% 44	20.0% 125	16.6% 53	17.8% 51	25.8% 55	12.8% 5	0	19.9% 333
Rarely	20.2% 38	28.8% 180	27.6% 88	23.4% 67	24.4% 52	33.3% 13	0	26.2% 438
Once or twice a month	20.2% 38	20.3% 127	20.4% 65	23.8% 68	18.3% 39	20.5% 8	0	20.7% 345
Once a week	8.5% 16	9.1% 57	12.2% 39	7.7% 22	12.7% 27	17.9% 7	0	10.1% 168
A few times a week	11.2% 21	12.8% 80	16.0% 51	15.0% 43	8.0% 17	5.1% 2	2	12.8% 214
Once a day	5.9% 11	3.4% 21	5.0% 16	7.3% 21	6.1% 13	2.6% 1	0	5.0% 83
More than once a day	2.1% 4	4.2% 26	1.6% 5	4.9% 14	4.2% 9	5.1% 2	0	3.6% 60
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 625	100.0% 319	100.0% 286	100.0% 213	100.0% 39	2	1670