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Religious Leaders

The PALS seeks to understand the impact of religion in everyday life, and ultimately the connections between religious change and other forms of change among diverse individuals and families over the course of their lives.

Results & Summaries

Would you say your health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? (HM_1)

Variable Comparisons

[Age | Gender | Political Ideology | Race | Religious Tradition | Region | Education ]

Age

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 1
Excellent	21.1% 117	22.5% 168	18.1% 136	12.4% 51	7.9% 11	18.5% 483
Very good	40.2% 223	36.8% 275	32.7% 246	30.7% 126	24.3% 34	34.7% 904
Good	24.5% 136	23.3% 174	27.2% 205	28.5% 117	24.3% 34	25.6% 666
Fair	13.0% 72	14.3% 107	14.5% 109	19.3% 79	31.4% 44	15.8% 411
Poor	1.3% 7	3.2% 24	7.6% 57	8.5% 35	11.4% 16	5.3% 139
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 140	2606

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Excellent	18.3% 247	18.8% 236	18.5% 483
Very good	33.8% 455	35.6% 448	34.7% 903
Good	25.8% 347	25.4% 319	25.6% 666
Fair	16.7% 225	14.8% 186	15.8% 411
Poor	5.3% 72	5.3% 66	5.3% 138
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 1257	2604

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0	0.0% 1
Excellent	22.6% 38	22.2% 84	19.7% 124	18.5% 93	21.4% 48	13.8% 93	1	18.6% 480
Very good	31.5% 53	38.6% 146	34.8% 219	39.1% 197	39.7% 89	28.6% 193	5	34.8% 897
Good	23.8% 40	23.3% 88	27.6% 174	25.2% 127	19.6% 44	27.0% 182	11	25.4% 655
Fair	17.3% 29	13.0% 49	13.2% 83	13.1% 66	12.9% 29	22.5% 152	3	15.8% 408
Poor	4.8% 8	2.9% 11	4.4% 28	4.2% 21	6.3% 14	8.0% 54	2	5.3% 136
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 630	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 675	22	2579

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Excellent	19.0% 343	18.4% 51	17.2% 55	18.3% 20	0.0% 0	16.9% 14	18.5% 483
Very good	37.1% 670	32.1% 89	25.6% 82	34.9% 38	55.6% 5	22.9% 19	34.7% 903
Good	24.2% 437	26.7% 74	29.1% 93	32.1% 35	44.4% 4	26.5% 22	25.5% 665
Fair	14.3% 259	17.0% 47	21.6% 69	12.8% 14	0.0% 0	27.7% 23	15.8% 412
Poor	5.3% 95	5.8% 16	6.6% 21	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	5.3% 139
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2605

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Excellent	17.0% 25	16.1% 111	18.8% 68	18.8% 130	20.2% 83	22.3% 67	18.6% 484
Very good	33.3% 49	34.2% 236	43.5% 157	34.3% 238	28.3% 116	35.2% 106	34.7% 902
Good	27.9% 41	23.0% 159	24.7% 89	23.8% 165	31.2% 128	27.9% 84	25.6% 666
Fair	17.0% 25	18.1% 125	10.5% 38	17.9% 124	14.6% 60	13.0% 39	15.8% 411
Poor	4.8% 7	8.2% 57	2.5% 9	5.2% 36	5.6% 23	1.7% 5	5.3% 137
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 361	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 301	2603

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Excellent	22.3% 98	14.0% 87	18.4% 161	20.6% 137	18.6% 483
Very good	38.3% 168	32.7% 203	32.5% 285	36.9% 246	34.7% 902
Good	27.8% 122	25.3% 157	25.5% 224	24.5% 163	25.6% 666
Fair	9.1% 40	20.5% 127	16.6% 146	14.7% 98	15.8% 411
Poor	2.5% 11	7.6% 47	6.6% 58	3.3% 22	5.3% 138
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 621	100.0% 877	100.0% 666	2603

Education

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 0
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Excellent	9.4% 29	13.9% 147	18.1% 87	28.7% 121	31.1% 83	22.9% 16	2	18.6% 483
Very good	17.3% 53	33.0% 349	40.4% 194	43.0% 181	40.1% 107	25.7% 18	1	34.7% 902
Good	26.1% 80	29.9% 316	27.1% 130	16.2% 68	20.6% 55	25.7% 18	0	25.6% 667
Fair	30.6% 94	17.3% 183	11.3% 54	10.7% 45	7.5% 20	22.9% 16	0	15.8% 412
Poor	16.3% 50	5.8% 61	3.1% 15	1.4% 6	0.7% 2	2.9% 2	0	5.2% 136
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 70	5	2601