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Results & Summaries

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	0.0% 0	2.0% 15	6.5% 49	15.9% 65	25.0% 35	6.3% 164
No	99.8% 554	98.0% 732	93.5% 704	83.7% 343	75.0% 105	93.6% 2438
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 140	2605

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Yes	5.0% 68	7.6% 96	6.3% 164
No	95.0% 1279	92.1% 1159	93.6% 2438
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Yes	11.3% 19	5.0% 19	5.5% 35	5.6% 28	9.8% 22	5.5% 37	4	6.2% 160
No	88.7% 149	95.0% 359	94.0% 593	94.4% 476	90.2% 203	94.5% 639	19	93.7% 2419
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 631	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	23	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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	7.2% 131	5.4% 15	2.2% 7	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	7.3% 6	6.3% 163
No	92.6% 1673	94.6% 262	97.8% 314	96.3% 104	100.0% 9	92.7% 76	93.6% 2438
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	7.5% 11	6.9% 48	3.6% 13	6.9% 48	6.6% 27	5.6% 17	6.3% 164
No	92.5% 135	92.8% 641	96.4% 349	92.9% 644	93.4% 383	94.4% 286	93.6% 2438
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2605

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	6.6% 29	7.4% 46	6.4% 56	5.0% 33	6.3% 164
No	93.4% 411	92.4% 573	93.4% 820	95.0% 633	93.6% 2437
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	100.0% 878	100.0% 666	2604

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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Yes	10.5% 32	6.4% 68	7.7% 37	2.6% 11	5.2% 14	2.8% 2	0	6.3% 164
No	89.5% 274	93.5% 987	92.3% 443	97.4% 410	94.8% 253	97.2% 69	3	93.7% 2436
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2601