Survey On the Beliefs and Moral Values of America's Children, 1989

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PRAY (Weighted by WEIGHT) How often do you do the following - Pray.   1) Daily   2) Several times a week   3) Once a week   4) Once a month or less   5) Never   6) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Daily	2038	38.3%	38.3%
Several times a week	1062	19.9%	58.2%
Once a week	642	12%	70.2%
Once a month or less	706	13.3%	83.5%
Never	554	10.4%	93.9%
Don't know	326	6.1%	100%
Missing	107

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Sex Race Religious preference Grade Median income

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Daily	33.1% 815	42.6% 1210	38.2% 2025
Several times a week	18.3% 450	21.3% 605	19.9% 1055
Once a week	12.3% 303	11.9% 338	12.1% 641
Once a month or less	15.0% 370	11.7% 333	13.3% 703
Never	14.4% 355	6.9% 197	10.4% 552
Don't know	6.9% 170	5.5% 156	6.1% 326
TOTAL	100.0% 2463	100.0% 2839	5302

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Daily	36.8% 1340	49.8% 341	36.0% 283	32.0% 41	38.2% 2005
Several times a week	21.0% 766	18.0% 123	17.2% 135	16.4% 21	19.9% 1045
Once a week	12.8% 468	9.9% 68	10.3% 81	10.9% 14	12.0% 631
Once a month or less	13.3% 484	8.3% 57	17.9% 141	10.2% 13	13.3% 695
Never	10.4% 381	8.0% 55	10.7% 84	21.1% 27	10.4% 547
Don't know	5.7% 207	6.0% 41	7.9% 62	9.4% 12	6.1% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 3646	100.0% 685	100.0% 786	100.0% 128	5245

Religious preference (I-RELIG)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Daily	46.3% 1063	36.8% 578	10.2% 11	24.4% 160	32.3% 211	38.3% 2023
Several times a week	22.7% 521	21.5% 337	13.0% 14	13.4% 88	13.5% 88	19.8% 1048
Once a week	11.0% 253	15.0% 235	18.5% 20	9.9% 65	9.6% 63	12.0% 636
Once a month or less	11.1% 256	13.7% 216	22.2% 24	16.9% 111	14.5% 95	13.3% 702
Never	4.7% 109	8.9% 140	25.0% 27	28.6% 188	13.3% 87	10.4% 551
Don't know	4.1% 95	4.1% 65	11.1% 12	6.8% 45	16.7% 109	6.2% 326
TOTAL	100.0% 2297	100.0% 1571	100.0% 108	100.0% 657	100.0% 653	5286

Grade (I-GRADE)

	Elem schl	Middle sch	High schl	TOTAL
Daily	41.8% 796	36.3% 626	36.2% 616	38.3% 2038
Several times a week	17.0% 324	20.5% 354	22.6% 384	19.9% 1062
Once a week	10.3% 196	14.0% 242	12.0% 204	12.0% 642
Once a month or less	10.6% 202	14.3% 246	15.2% 258	13.3% 706
Never	11.1% 212	9.3% 160	10.7% 182	10.4% 554
Don't know	9.1% 173	5.6% 96	3.4% 57	6.1% 326
TOTAL	100.0% 1903	100.0% 1724	100.0% 1701	5328

Median income (I-MEDINC)

	$10K-19999	$20K-29999	$30K-39999	$40K-49999	$50K and a	TOTAL
Daily	42.4% 357	40.6% 980	33.9% 457	43.6% 132	26.4% 112	38.3% 2038
Several times a week	19.7% 166	20.5% 494	20.9% 282	20.8% 63	13.4% 57	19.9% 1062
Once a week	9.4% 79	12.2% 295	11.4% 154	9.6% 29	20.0% 85	12.0% 642
Once a month or less	12.7% 107	11.1% 268	15.9% 214	12.2% 37	18.9% 80	13.3% 706
Never	7.7% 65	10.0% 240	12.8% 172	6.3% 19	13.7% 58	10.4% 554
Don't know	8.0% 67	5.6% 135	5.1% 69	7.6% 23	7.5% 32	6.1% 326
TOTAL	100.0% 841	100.0% 2412	100.0% 1348	100.0% 303	100.0% 424	5328