Fewer than one in ten panelists report having been physically abused as a child.
Women are more likely than men to report past experience with each type of abuse.
In their role as counselors, majorities of pastors and specialized clergy report encountering people who have experienced physical abuse, often childhood sexual abuse, other childhood physical abuse, or partner abuse. Health and Spirituality Current Health Around a fourth of panelists rate their current health as excellent , and most of the rest choose very good . Almost every one else in each sample prays either once a day or two or more times a week . Majorities of members and elders report sharing their religious experiences with other members over the past year, but for many that sharing is very occasional. About three in four panelists in each sample find the three-year term they served as panelists about right in length.