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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

How often do you eat at the table with your child or children? (ARH_9)

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	0.5% 1	0.8% 5	1.3% 8	4.1% 15	1.7% 2	1.6% 31
Don't know	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	1.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Never	4.8% 9	4.5% 27	11.6% 71	18.8% 69	20.7% 25	10.7% 201
Rarely	11.8% 22	6.0% 36	12.9% 79	19.3% 71	19.8% 24	12.3% 232
Once or twice a month	4.3% 8	4.9% 29	16.5% 101	22.8% 84	28.9% 35	13.6% 257
Once a week	2.1% 4	4.7% 28	5.4% 33	10.1% 37	14.9% 18	6.4% 120
A few times a week	17.6% 33	22.8% 136	23.2% 142	11.7% 43	6.6% 8	19.2% 362
Once a day	21.9% 41	29.9% 178	17.8% 109	9.0% 33	3.3% 4	19.4% 365
More than once a day	34.8% 65	26.3% 157	11.1% 68	2.7% 10	4.1% 5	16.2% 305
Missing	368	152	142	42	19	723
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 596	100.0% 612	100.0% 368	100.0% 121	1884

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.7% 18	1.5% 13	1.6% 31
Don't know	0.9% 9	0.2% 2	0.6% 11
Never	10.3% 107	11.2% 95	10.7% 202
Rarely	11.9% 124	12.9% 109	12.3% 233
Once or twice a month	15.6% 163	11.1% 94	13.6% 257
Once a week	5.3% 55	7.8% 66	6.4% 121
A few times a week	17.7% 184	21.0% 178	19.2% 362
Once a day	16.9% 176	22.5% 190	19.4% 366
More than once a day	19.8% 206	11.7% 99	16.2% 305
Missing	310	413	723
TOTAL	100.0% 1042	100.0% 846	1888

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.0% 1	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.8% 19	4	1.4% 27
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.8% 4	0	0.5% 10
Never	10.3% 10	9.5% 24	12.9% 59	8.3% 31	10.5% 19	10.7% 54	4	10.5% 197
Rarely	13.4% 13	12.7% 32	12.0% 55	13.9% 52	7.7% 14	13.1% 66	1	12.4% 232
Once or twice a month	7.2% 7	14.3% 36	16.8% 77	14.1% 53	14.9% 27	11.1% 56	1	13.7% 256
Once a week	8.2% 8	6.0% 15	5.2% 24	6.9% 26	9.4% 17	5.9% 30	0	6.4% 120
A few times a week	24.7% 24	16.3% 41	21.0% 96	16.0% 60	20.4% 37	20.8% 105	0	19.4% 363
Once a day	18.6% 18	19.0% 48	19.2% 88	23.7% 89	21.0% 38	15.8% 80	4	19.3% 361
More than once a day	16.5% 16	19.8% 50	12.7% 58	16.0% 60	14.9% 27	18.0% 91	4	16.2% 302
Missing	71	126	175	129	44	170	0	715
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 252	100.0% 458	100.0% 375	100.0% 181	100.0% 505	18	1868

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 16	2.4% 5	2.1% 5	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	1.6% 31
Don't know	0.7% 9	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
Never	11.6% 154	12.8% 27	6.4% 15	6.2% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	10.7% 201
Rarely	13.0% 172	18.0% 38	3.4% 8	12.3% 8	25.0% 2	13.0% 6	12.4% 234
Once or twice a month	15.8% 209	10.9% 23	6.9% 16	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	13.0% 6	13.6% 256
Once a week	7.0% 93	4.7% 10	4.3% 10	3.1% 2	0.0% 0	15.2% 7	6.5% 122
A few times a week	19.0% 252	21.3% 45	19.7% 46	13.8% 9	0.0% 0	21.7% 10	19.2% 362
Once a day	18.8% 249	16.1% 34	25.3% 59	29.2% 19	12.5% 1	8.7% 4	19.4% 366
More than once a day	12.8% 170	13.3% 28	31.8% 74	29.2% 19	62.5% 5	19.6% 9	16.2% 305
Missing	488	66	88	43	1	36	722
TOTAL	100.0% 1324	100.0% 211	100.0% 233	100.0% 65	100.0% 8	100.0% 46	1887

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 1	2.1% 11	2.2% 6	1.8% 9	1.6% 4	0.5% 1	1.7% 32
Don't know	0.9% 1	0.8% 4	0.7% 2	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Never	14.5% 17	12.6% 67	10.8% 30	8.2% 42	5.9% 15	15.3% 30	10.6% 201
Rarely	16.2% 19	10.9% 58	17.3% 48	7.2% 37	19.0% 48	11.7% 23	12.3% 233
Once or twice a month	11.1% 13	16.3% 87	14.1% 39	13.6% 70	11.9% 30	9.7% 19	13.7% 258
Once a week	5.1% 6	7.5% 40	6.9% 19	6.8% 35	4.3% 11	5.1% 10	6.4% 121
A few times a week	17.9% 21	20.5% 109	14.1% 39	21.2% 109	20.6% 52	16.8% 33	19.2% 363
Once a day	17.1% 20	16.7% 89	22.4% 62	19.1% 98	25.3% 64	16.8% 33	19.4% 366
More than once a day	16.2% 19	12.8% 68	11.6% 32	21.4% 110	11.5% 29	24.0% 47	16.1% 305
Missing	32	160	86	179	158	108	723
TOTAL	100.0% 117	100.0% 533	100.0% 277	100.0% 514	100.0% 253	100.0% 196	1890

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 4	2.3% 11	1.4% 9	1.8% 8	1.7% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.5% 7	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Never	6.4% 21	13.1% 63	11.0% 70	10.6% 47	10.6% 201
Rarely	9.4% 31	12.5% 60	13.0% 83	13.3% 59	12.3% 233
Once or twice a month	13.3% 44	15.2% 73	14.3% 91	11.3% 50	13.7% 258
Once a week	6.7% 22	5.6% 27	6.6% 42	6.8% 30	6.4% 121
A few times a week	22.7% 75	19.6% 94	20.1% 128	14.9% 66	19.2% 363
Once a day	23.6% 78	15.8% 76	17.7% 113	22.3% 99	19.4% 366
More than once a day	16.7% 55	14.4% 69	15.2% 97	19.0% 84	16.1% 305
Missing	111	141	245	226	723
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 480	100.0% 637	100.0% 443	1890

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	8.0% 20	0.5% 4	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	2.0% 4	2.1% 1	0	1.7% 32
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.0% 7	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 10
Never	18.7% 47	10.4% 76	11.1% 44	5.7% 15	5.1% 10	20.8% 10	0	10.7% 202
Rarely	8.0% 20	14.5% 106	12.1% 48	10.7% 28	12.7% 25	6.3% 3	3	12.2% 230
Once or twice a month	11.2% 28	13.2% 97	13.9% 55	14.5% 38	13.7% 27	25.0% 12	0	13.6% 257
Once a week	6.4% 16	8.0% 59	4.8% 19	6.5% 17	3.6% 7	8.3% 4	0	6.5% 122
A few times a week	12.7% 32	20.9% 153	26.3% 104	14.1% 37	16.2% 32	12.5% 6	0	19.3% 364
Once a day	15.5% 39	18.4% 135	17.4% 69	24.0% 63	28.9% 57	6.3% 3	0	19.4% 366
More than once a day	19.5% 49	13.1% 96	13.6% 54	23.3% 61	17.8% 35	18.8% 9	1	16.1% 304
Missing	55	323	84	160	70	24	0	716
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 733	100.0% 396	100.0% 262	100.0% 197	100.0% 48	4	1887