Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010

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M46 How often do you pray/perform in the mosque?   1) Very often (several times a day)   2) Often (everyday)   3) Sometimes (once or twice a week)   4) Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)   5) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often (several times a day)	768	4.1%	4.1%	-1.93
Often (everyday)	5123	27.5%	31.6%	-1.15
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	2681	14.4%	46%	-.38
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	4462	24%	70%	.4
Never	5586	30%	100%	1.18

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Household income Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24 years old	25-34 years old	35-44 years old	45-54 years old	55-64 years old	65+ years old	TOTAL
Very often (several times a day)	4.7% 173	3.5% 158	3.1% 100	4.5% 95	6.0% 73	8.5% 71	4.3% 670
Often (everyday)	23.7% 878	29.1% 1303	34.8% 1119	36.2% 768	46.2% 560	39.2% 326	31.9% 4954
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	15.4% 568	16.1% 722	15.1% 486	16.5% 350	15.0% 182	19.6% 163	15.9% 2471
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	29.7% 1099	26.7% 1197	24.8% 795	23.6% 500	16.4% 199	14.9% 124	25.2% 3914
Never	26.5% 980	24.5% 1098	22.2% 712	19.2% 406	16.3% 198	17.8% 148	22.8% 3542
TOTAL	100.0% 3698	100.0% 4478	100.0% 3212	100.0% 2119	100.0% 1212	100.0% 832	15551

Education (I-EDUC)

	Illiterate	Elementary and primary (includes elementary school so goes from first grade to eighth grade)	Secondary	BA (completion of college degree)	MA or higher	TOTAL
Very often (several times a day)	4.8% 163	3.2% 171	3.6% 221	5.5% 178	5.5% 22	4.1% 755
Often (everyday)	35.6% 1207	29.8% 1584	25.7% 1580	21.0% 676	13.0% 52	27.6% 5099
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	10.3% 350	14.2% 757	14.6% 895	17.3% 556	24.9% 100	14.4% 2658
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	15.6% 530	24.2% 1287	25.0% 1538	27.8% 897	40.4% 162	23.9% 4414
Never	33.7% 1143	28.6% 1522	31.1% 1915	28.4% 916	16.2% 65	30.1% 5561
TOTAL	100.0% 3393	100.0% 5321	100.0% 6149	100.0% 3223	100.0% 401	18487

Household income (I-INCOME)

	First quintile	Second quintile	Third quintile	Fourth quintile	Fifth quintile	TOTAL
Very often (several times a day)	4.7% 94	3.3% 79	4.1% 135	2.1% 75	6.4% 364	4.4% 747
Often (everyday)	24.4% 491	31.1% 751	15.0% 492	31.5% 1130	19.5% 1100	23.4% 3964
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	16.0% 322	16.0% 386	11.1% 363	18.1% 648	15.2% 859	15.2% 2578
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	28.3% 569	25.8% 621	21.4% 701	28.8% 1032	25.6% 1445	25.8% 4368
Never	26.6% 534	23.8% 574	48.3% 1582	19.6% 702	33.3% 1881	31.1% 5273
TOTAL	100.0% 2010	100.0% 2411	100.0% 3273	100.0% 3587	100.0% 5649	16930

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Muslim	Christian	Jew	Other	TOTAL
Very often (several times a day)	4.1% 748	5.0% 16	0.0% 0	5.0% 1	4.1% 765
Often (everyday)	27.8% 5068	13.0% 42	100.0% 3	15.0% 3	27.5% 5116
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	14.0% 2550	38.1% 123	0.0% 0	20.0% 4	14.4% 2677
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	24.0% 4377	20.1% 65	0.0% 0	30.0% 6	24.0% 4448
Never	30.1% 5483	23.8% 77	0.0% 0	30.0% 6	30.0% 5566
TOTAL	100.0% 18226	100.0% 323	100.0% 3	100.0% 20	18572

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very often (several times a day)	7.2% 684	0.9% 84	4.1% 768
Often (everyday)	36.3% 3437	18.4% 1682	27.5% 5119
Sometimes (once or twice a week)	18.6% 1762	10.0% 912	14.4% 2674
Rarely (one or two times a month or only on religious holidays)	19.8% 1870	28.3% 2582	23.9% 4452
Never	18.1% 1708	42.4% 3871	30.0% 5579
TOTAL	100.0% 9461	100.0% 9131	18592