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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 yell at your child or children? (ARH_10)

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	0.5% 3	1.5% 9	3.5% 13	1.7% 2	1.5% 28
Don't know	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Never	17.6% 33	9.9% 59	31.5% 193	57.0% 211	81.0% 98	31.5% 594
Rarely	33.0% 62	33.3% 199	39.7% 243	27.6% 102	10.7% 13	32.8% 619
Once or twice a month	8.5% 16	10.2% 61	9.3% 57	4.1% 15	1.7% 2	8.0% 151
Once a week	10.6% 20	9.0% 54	6.2% 38	1.1% 4	1.7% 2	6.3% 118
A few times a week	14.9% 28	21.9% 131	8.8% 54	4.6% 17	0.8% 1	12.2% 231
Once a day	8.0% 15	10.7% 64	2.8% 17	1.1% 4	2.5% 3	5.5% 103
More than once a day	4.8% 9	4.4% 26	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.0% 38
Missing	368	152	142	42	19	723
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 597	100.0% 612	100.0% 370	100.0% 121	1888

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 17	1.4% 12	1.5% 29
Don't know	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Never	29.6% 308	33.6% 285	31.4% 593
Rarely	32.8% 341	32.8% 278	32.8% 619
Once or twice a month	8.3% 86	7.6% 64	7.9% 150
Once a week	7.1% 74	5.3% 45	6.3% 119
A few times a week	11.7% 122	12.9% 109	12.2% 231
Once a day	6.1% 64	4.5% 38	5.4% 102
More than once a day	2.2% 23	1.9% 16	2.1% 39
Missing	310	413	723
TOTAL	100.0% 1041	100.0% 847	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	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	3.6% 18	4	1.3% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0	0.3% 6
Never	34.0% 33	30.8% 78	35.8% 164	30.7% 115	32.8% 59	27.1% 137	6	31.4% 586
Rarely	30.9% 30	35.6% 90	28.6% 131	31.2% 117	38.9% 70	34.9% 176	4	32.9% 614
Once or twice a month	3.1% 3	5.5% 14	10.3% 47	10.7% 40	5.0% 9	7.3% 37	0	8.0% 150
Once a week	5.2% 5	9.9% 25	3.3% 15	7.7% 29	7.2% 13	6.3% 32	0	6.4% 119
A few times a week	17.5% 17	11.5% 29	14.6% 67	11.5% 43	11.7% 21	10.3% 52	2	12.3% 229
Once a day	6.2% 6	3.6% 9	5.2% 24	6.4% 24	2.8% 5	6.1% 31	2	5.3% 99
More than once a day	2.1% 2	1.2% 3	2.0% 9	0.8% 3	1.7% 3	4.0% 20	0	2.1% 40
Missing	71	126	175	129	44	170	0	715
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 253	100.0% 458	100.0% 375	100.0% 180	100.0% 505	18	1868

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 16	2.4% 5	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	1.5% 28
Don't know	0.4% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Never	33.9% 448	25.5% 54	29.5% 69	21.2% 14	0.0% 0	17.4% 8	31.4% 593
Rarely	32.4% 428	31.6% 67	35.9% 84	27.3% 18	37.5% 3	41.3% 19	32.8% 619
Once or twice a month	7.3% 96	9.0% 19	9.0% 21	12.1% 8	0.0% 0	13.0% 6	7.9% 150
Once a week	6.1% 81	7.5% 16	6.0% 14	9.1% 6	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	6.3% 119
A few times a week	12.1% 160	9.9% 21	9.8% 23	28.8% 19	50.0% 4	8.7% 4	12.2% 231
Once a day	4.9% 65	9.0% 19	6.4% 15	1.5% 1	12.5% 1	4.3% 2	5.5% 103
More than once a day	1.7% 23	4.7% 10	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	2.1% 39
Missing	488	66	88	43	1	36	722
TOTAL	100.0% 1322	100.0% 212	100.0% 234	100.0% 66	100.0% 8	100.0% 46	1888

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 1	2.1% 11	1.4% 4	1.9% 10	0.4% 1	0.5% 1	1.5% 28
Don't know	0.9% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Never	24.3% 28	32.8% 175	36.6% 101	33.1% 170	24.4% 61	28.9% 57	31.4% 592
Rarely	27.0% 31	33.7% 180	35.1% 97	31.0% 159	37.2% 93	29.4% 58	32.8% 618
Once or twice a month	10.4% 12	6.9% 37	6.5% 18	7.2% 37	11.6% 29	8.6% 17	8.0% 150
Once a week	7.8% 9	4.7% 25	6.5% 18	6.4% 33	5.6% 14	9.6% 19	6.3% 118
A few times a week	11.3% 13	10.9% 58	11.2% 31	12.5% 64	11.2% 28	18.8% 37	12.3% 231
Once a day	12.2% 14	6.0% 32	1.8% 5	5.8% 30	6.8% 17	2.5% 5	5.5% 103
More than once a day	5.2% 6	2.6% 14	0.7% 2	1.2% 6	2.8% 7	1.5% 3	2.0% 38
Missing	32	160	86	179	158	108	723
TOTAL	100.0% 115	100.0% 534	100.0% 276	100.0% 513	100.0% 250	100.0% 197	1885

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 2	1.9% 9	1.6% 10	1.6% 7	1.5% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.0% 5	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Never	26.1% 86	34.0% 163	32.1% 204	31.9% 141	31.5% 594
Rarely	33.1% 109	31.9% 153	35.8% 228	29.0% 128	32.8% 618
Once or twice a month	10.6% 35	3.3% 16	7.7% 49	11.3% 50	7.9% 150
Once a week	7.9% 26	3.5% 17	5.7% 36	8.8% 39	6.3% 118
A few times a week	16.1% 53	13.5% 65	9.9% 63	11.1% 49	12.2% 230
Once a day	4.0% 13	7.9% 38	4.4% 28	5.2% 23	5.4% 102
More than once a day	1.5% 5	2.9% 14	2.5% 16	1.1% 5	2.1% 40
Missing	111	141	245	226	723
TOTAL	100.0% 329	100.0% 480	100.0% 636	100.0% 442	1887

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	7.6% 19	0.7% 5	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	2.1% 1	0	1.5% 29
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 6
Never	35.1% 88	32.2% 236	29.4% 116	23.5% 61	36.2% 71	39.6% 19	3	31.4% 591
Rarely	32.7% 82	28.8% 211	35.2% 139	36.9% 96	35.2% 69	41.7% 20	0	32.8% 617
Once or twice a month	4.0% 10	9.0% 66	8.6% 34	11.2% 29	4.6% 9	6.3% 3	0	8.0% 151
Once a week	3.2% 8	7.2% 53	7.1% 28	8.5% 22	4.1% 8	0.0% 0	0	6.3% 119
A few times a week	8.8% 22	11.9% 87	10.6% 42	15.4% 40	17.9% 35	8.3% 4	0	12.2% 230
Once a day	5.2% 13	6.8% 50	6.6% 26	3.5% 9	1.0% 2	2.1% 1	0	5.4% 101
More than once a day	3.6% 9	2.6% 19	1.8% 7	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	2.0% 38
Missing	55	323	84	160	70	24	0	716
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 732	100.0% 395	100.0% 260	100.0% 196	100.0% 48	3	1882