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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

In the past twelve months, have you ever had two weeks or longer when nearly every day you felt worthless? (HM_25)

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	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.2% 5
Yes	17.4% 97	14.3% 107	15.6% 117	11.7% 48	9.9% 14	14.7% 383
No	82.6% 459	85.4% 638	84.3% 634	87.5% 358	89.4% 126	85.0% 2215
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2605

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.2% 2	0.2% 5
Yes	16.7% 225	12.5% 157	14.7% 382
No	83.0% 1117	87.2% 1097	85.1% 2214
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1345	100.0% 1258	2603

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	1	0.2% 5
Yes	20.8% 35	14.0% 53	12.0% 76	10.7% 54	8.9% 20	21.0% 142	4	14.7% 380
No	79.2% 133	86.0% 325	87.5% 552	89.1% 449	91.1% 205	78.6% 531	19	85.0% 2195
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	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	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Yes	13.6% 245	17.0% 47	18.4% 59	8.3% 9	0.0% 0	27.7% 23	14.7% 383
No	86.2% 1558	83.0% 230	80.7% 259	91.7% 99	100.0% 9	72.3% 60	85.0% 2215
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% 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	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Yes	17.0% 25	15.5% 107	10.8% 39	14.0% 97	20.7% 85	10.3% 31	14.7% 384
No	83.0% 122	83.9% 580	89.2% 323	85.6% 594	79.3% 325	89.7% 271	85.0% 2215
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	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	0.2% 2	0.5% 3	0.2% 5
Yes	13.9% 61	14.8% 92	16.5% 145	12.6% 84	14.7% 382
No	86.1% 379	85.2% 528	83.0% 729	86.9% 579	85.1% 2215
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	0.7% 2	0.1% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Yes	25.2% 77	18.0% 190	11.6% 56	9.5% 40	7.1% 19	2.8% 2	0	14.8% 384
No	74.2% 227	81.9% 865	87.9% 423	90.5% 381	92.9% 248	97.2% 69	3	85.0% 2213
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 481	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2602