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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 hopeless? (HM_26)

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	0.3% 2	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Yes	18.2% 101	14.7% 110	14.0% 105	11.2% 46	5.7% 8	14.2% 370
No	81.6% 453	85.0% 636	85.6% 644	88.3% 361	94.3% 133	85.5% 2227
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	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	0.4% 5	0.1% 1	0.2% 6
Yes	16.5% 222	11.8% 148	14.2% 370
No	83.1% 1119	88.0% 1107	85.5% 2226
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	0.3% 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	0.7% 5	0	0.2% 6
Yes	17.9% 30	14.0% 53	14.3% 90	8.5% 43	6.3% 14	20.3% 137	3	14.2% 367
No	82.1% 138	86.0% 325	85.3% 538	91.5% 461	93.8% 210	79.0% 534	21	85.5% 2206
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	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Yes	13.4% 243	15.8% 44	16.6% 53	7.4% 8	0.0% 0	25.6% 21	14.2% 369
No	86.3% 1559	83.8% 233	82.8% 265	91.7% 99	100.0% 9	74.4% 61	85.5% 2226
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	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Yes	16.3% 24	16.0% 111	8.3% 30	13.9% 96	19.0% 78	9.9% 30	14.2% 369
No	83.0% 122	83.2% 576	91.7% 331	85.9% 595	80.7% 331	90.1% 272	85.5% 2227
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 361	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	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	0.2% 2	0.5% 3	0.2% 5
Yes	12.0% 53	14.0% 87	16.3% 143	13.1% 87	14.2% 370
No	88.0% 387	86.0% 534	83.3% 731	86.5% 576	85.5% 2228
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	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0	0.2% 6
Yes	27.5% 84	16.5% 174	10.2% 49	9.7% 41	7.1% 19	4.2% 3	0	14.2% 370
No	71.2% 218	83.5% 882	89.6% 430	90.3% 380	92.9% 247	94.4% 67	3	85.5% 2224
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2600