Life Choices, 1990

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PRAY How often do you pray - daily, several times a week, once a week, 2 or 3 times a month, once a month or less, or never?   1) Daily   2) Several times a week   3) Once a week   4) 2 or 3 times a month   5) Once a month or less   6) Never   7) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Daily	1098	50.5%	50.5%	-.8
Several times a week	264	12.1%	62.6%	-.28
Once a week	164	7.5%	70.2%	.24
2 or 3 times a month	152	7%	77.2%	.77
Once a month or less	253	11.6%	88.8%	1.29
Never	186	8.6%	97.4%	1.82
Don't know	57	2.6%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Age Church attendance Education Region Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-59 years old	60-74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Daily	36.1% 149	47.2% 353	52.8% 224	62.3% 263	65.4% 102	50.4% 1091
Several times a week	15.7% 65	12.0% 90	12.7% 54	8.8% 37	10.9% 17	12.2% 263
Once a week	8.0% 33	8.2% 61	6.4% 27	6.6% 28	7.7% 12	7.4% 161
2 or 3 times a month	11.6% 48	7.6% 57	5.2% 22	5.0% 21	2.6% 4	7.0% 152
Once a month or less	15.7% 65	11.8% 88	12.3% 52	9.2% 39	5.8% 9	11.7% 253
Never	9.7% 40	9.6% 72	9.0% 38	6.6% 28	5.1% 8	8.6% 186
Don't know	3.1% 13	3.6% 27	1.7% 7	1.4% 6	2.6% 4	2.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 748	100.0% 424	100.0% 422	100.0% 156	2163

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Never	Once a month or less	Once a week or less	Several times a week	TOTAL
Daily	23.7% 88	31.8% 215	66.5% 537	86.4% 248	50.8% 1088
Several times a week	7.0% 26	13.6% 92	14.1% 114	10.5% 30	12.2% 262
Once a week	5.7% 21	8.3% 56	9.9% 80	2.4% 7	7.7% 164
2 or 3 times a month	7.8% 29	11.5% 78	5.4% 44	0.3% 1	7.1% 152
Once a month or less	14.8% 55	26.2% 177	2.1% 17	0.3% 1	11.7% 250
Never	38.0% 141	5.8% 39	0.6% 5	0.0% 0	8.6% 185
Don't know	3.0% 11	2.8% 19	1.4% 11	0.0% 0	1.9% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 371	100.0% 676	100.0% 808	100.0% 287	2142

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college/trade/technical school	College graduate	TOTAL
Daily	55.4% 217	50.3% 358	51.1% 304	45.7% 213	50.4% 1092
Several times a week	11.5% 45	12.4% 88	13.8% 82	10.1% 47	12.1% 262
Once a week	6.9% 27	8.6% 61	6.1% 36	8.6% 40	7.6% 164
2 or 3 times a month	6.1% 24	6.9% 49	7.6% 45	7.1% 33	7.0% 151
Once a month or less	9.4% 37	13.6% 97	9.4% 56	13.5% 63	11.7% 253
Never	8.2% 32	5.5% 39	8.9% 53	13.3% 62	8.6% 186
Don't know	2.6% 10	2.8% 20	3.2% 19	1.7% 8	2.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 392	100.0% 712	100.0% 595	100.0% 466	2165

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Daily	48.2% 270	47.7% 278	58.5% 393	43.7% 157	50.5% 1098
Several times a week	10.4% 58	13.6% 79	11.9% 80	13.1% 47	12.1% 264
Once a week	10.0% 56	6.7% 39	6.7% 45	6.7% 24	7.5% 164
2 or 3 times a month	6.6% 37	9.6% 56	4.8% 32	7.5% 27	7.0% 152
Once a month or less	15.7% 88	11.3% 66	7.9% 53	12.8% 46	11.6% 253
Never	7.3% 41	9.4% 55	6.7% 45	12.5% 45	8.6% 186
Don't know	1.8% 10	1.7% 10	3.6% 24	3.6% 13	2.6% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 560	100.0% 583	100.0% 672	100.0% 359	2174

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Daily	40.5% 423	59.8% 650	50.3% 1073
Several times a week	12.7% 133	11.9% 129	12.3% 262
Once a week	8.1% 85	6.9% 75	7.5% 160
2 or 3 times a month	8.8% 92	5.2% 57	7.0% 149
Once a month or less	15.4% 161	8.3% 90	11.8% 251
Never	11.0% 115	6.2% 67	8.5% 182
Don't know	3.4% 36	1.7% 19	2.6% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 1045	100.0% 1087	2132

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
Daily	55.3% 644	51.0% 338	20.0% 11	65.6% 59	53.3% 1052
Several times a week	12.5% 146	13.1% 87	1.8% 1	12.2% 11	12.4% 245
Once a week	6.4% 75	10.7% 71	16.4% 9	4.4% 4	8.1% 159
2 or 3 times a month	7.2% 84	6.8% 45	5.5% 3	7.8% 7	7.0% 139
Once a month or less	10.7% 124	11.9% 79	29.1% 16	2.2% 2	11.2% 221
Never	5.3% 62	4.5% 30	27.3% 15	5.6% 5	5.7% 112
Don't know	2.5% 29	2.0% 13	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	2.2% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1164	100.0% 663	100.0% 55	100.0% 90	1972