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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

Have you smoked one hundred or more cigarettes in your life? (HM_17)

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	35.7% 198	41.8% 312	56.4% 424	59.3% 242	56.4% 79	48.2% 1255
No	64.3% 357	58.2% 435	43.6% 328	40.2% 164	43.6% 61	51.7% 1345
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 408	100.0% 140	2602

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	44.0% 593	52.7% 663	48.2% 1256
No	55.9% 753	47.2% 594	51.7% 1347
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 1259	2606

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	0.1% 1	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	52.4% 88	51.3% 194	52.1% 329	40.5% 204	51.8% 116	46.8% 317	8	48.3% 1248
No	47.6% 80	48.7% 184	47.5% 300	59.5% 300	48.2% 108	53.0% 359	15	51.5% 1331
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	23	2582

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 2	0.4% 1	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	53.2% 962	39.9% 111	34.1% 109	31.2% 34	44.4% 4	44.6% 37	48.2% 1257
No	46.7% 843	59.7% 166	65.9% 211	68.8% 75	55.6% 5	55.4% 46	51.7% 1346
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2606

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.7% 1	0.3% 2	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	38.1% 56	48.2% 333	45.0% 163	47.7% 330	56.8% 233	46.2% 140	48.2% 1255
No	61.2% 90	51.5% 356	55.0% 199	52.3% 362	43.2% 177	53.8% 163	51.7% 1347
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 692	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	50.0% 220	50.2% 312	47.8% 419	45.6% 304	48.2% 1255
No	50.0% 220	49.8% 309	52.0% 456	54.4% 362	51.7% 1347
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 877	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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	56.5% 173	51.2% 541	51.3% 246	35.6% 150	40.2% 107	53.5% 38	0	48.3% 1255
No	43.5% 133	48.7% 514	48.8% 234	64.4% 271	59.8% 159	46.5% 33	3	51.7% 1344
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2600