levels) and his current prayer habits (eleven levels); spouse's religious affiliation; parental (maternal and paternal) and …

prayer (11 levels); information on the mother's and father's church attendance when the respondent was a child (9 levels) as … a child. The output (respondent's religiosity) is measured using detailed data on mass attendance and prayer. Exposure … effect on the private/intimate activity of prayer than on the social/public activity of church attendance. Current mass …

respondent was a child (nine levels each), as well as on his current churchgoing (six levels) and prayer habits (eleven levels …

utilitarian/social motives-has six alternative levels); and prayer (an intimate/private religious activity with pure religious …) is measured using detailed data on the two aspects of the individual's religiosity: mass attendance and prayer. Socio … flowing mainly through the father. An exception is prayer habits of men that are affected more significantly by the mother …

Using a sample of Spanish Catholics, we examined the level of religiosity (measured by beliefs, prayer and church …