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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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	4.3% 24	11.1% 83	10.8% 81	13.0% 53	16.4% 23	10.1% 264
No	95.7% 531	88.8% 663	89.2% 671	86.6% 354	83.6% 117	89.7% 2336
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 409	100.0% 140	2603

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	10.0% 134	10.4% 131	10.2% 265
No	90.0% 1212	89.3% 1124	89.7% 2336
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1258	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	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Yes	5.4% 9	10.8% 41	8.9% 56	11.5% 58	8.9% 20	11.4% 77	4	10.1% 261
No	94.6% 159	89.2% 337	90.6% 572	88.5% 446	91.1% 204	88.6% 599	20	89.8% 2317
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% 676	24	2581

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	11.8% 214	5.0% 14	6.9% 22	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	14.6% 12	10.1% 264
No	88.0% 1590	95.0% 264	93.1% 298	98.1% 106	100.0% 9	85.4% 70	89.7% 2337
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	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	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	6.8% 10	14.5% 100	8.0% 29	11.1% 77	6.8% 28	6.9% 21	10.2% 265
No	93.2% 137	85.1% 589	92.0% 333	88.9% 615	93.2% 382	93.1% 282	89.7% 2338
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 362	100.0% 692	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2606

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	9.8% 43	11.8% 73	10.5% 92	8.4% 56	10.1% 264
No	90.2% 396	88.2% 548	89.2% 783	91.6% 610	89.7% 2337
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 621	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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Yes	14.7% 45	11.7% 124	7.9% 38	6.7% 28	10.5% 28	2.8% 2	0	10.2% 265
No	85.3% 261	88.3% 932	92.1% 442	93.1% 392	89.5% 239	97.2% 69	3	89.8% 2335
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2601