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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

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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
Yes	9.0% 50	6.4% 48	11.0% 83	14.4% 59	21.3% 30	10.4% 270
No	91.0% 505	93.6% 699	89.0% 670	85.1% 348	78.0% 110	89.5% 2332
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 753	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2605

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
Yes	11.4% 153	9.3% 117	10.4% 270
No	88.6% 1193	90.5% 1139	89.5% 2332
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 1258	2605

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
Yes	7.7% 13	9.8% 37	11.3% 71	8.5% 43	11.6% 26	11.4% 77	4	10.3% 267
No	92.3% 155	90.2% 341	88.4% 558	91.5% 461	88.4% 198	88.5% 599	20	89.5% 2312
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 631	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 677	24	2582

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	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	12.3% 222	6.8% 19	4.7% 15	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	10.4% 270
No	87.6% 1582	92.8% 258	95.3% 305	96.3% 105	100.0% 9	87.8% 72	89.5% 2331
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1806	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2604

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
Yes	6.8% 10	12.4% 86	10.2% 37	10.1% 70	9.3% 38	9.6% 29	10.4% 270
No	93.2% 137	87.3% 603	89.8% 325	89.9% 623	90.7% 372	90.1% 273	89.5% 2333
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2606

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
Yes	7.5% 33	13.2% 82	11.5% 101	8.1% 54	10.4% 270
No	92.5% 407	86.8% 539	88.2% 774	91.9% 612	89.5% 2332
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 878	100.0% 666	2605

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
Yes	15.7% 48	13.4% 141	6.3% 30	5.2% 22	5.3% 14	21.1% 15	0	10.4% 270
No	84.0% 257	86.6% 915	93.8% 450	94.8% 399	94.7% 252	78.9% 56	3	89.6% 2329
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2600