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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

In the past three years, have you had any of the following life events or problems happened to you: A serious illness, injury or assault happened to a close relative or spouse/partner? (HM_28)

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	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.2% 6
Yes	52.3% 290	44.0% 329	47.3% 356	43.8% 179	40.4% 57	46.5% 1211
No	47.7% 265	55.7% 417	52.3% 394	55.7% 228	58.9% 83	53.2% 1387
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 753	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2606

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	47.8% 643	45.1% 567	46.5% 1210
No	52.0% 700	54.6% 687	53.3% 1387
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	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0	0.2% 5
Yes	51.8% 87	46.3% 175	44.1% 278	49.0% 247	43.8% 98	46.7% 315	10	46.5% 1200
No	48.2% 81	53.2% 201	55.6% 351	51.0% 257	56.3% 126	52.9% 357	13	53.2% 1373
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% 675	23	2580

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	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Yes	48.8% 881	46.4% 129	37.2% 119	42.2% 46	22.2% 2	40.2% 33	46.5% 1210
No	51.0% 921	53.2% 148	62.2% 199	57.8% 63	77.8% 7	59.8% 49	53.3% 1387
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1806	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	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	0.1% 1	0.6% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Yes	45.2% 66	47.8% 331	46.1% 167	46.2% 320	44.4% 182	48.0% 145	46.5% 1211
No	54.1% 79	51.7% 358	53.3% 193	53.5% 371	55.6% 228	52.0% 157	53.2% 1386
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 692	100.0% 362	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	0.3% 3	0.3% 2	0.2% 5
Yes	48.4% 213	45.6% 283	47.3% 415	45.0% 300	46.5% 1211
No	51.6% 227	54.4% 338	52.2% 458	54.7% 364	53.2% 1387
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	0.7% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Yes	45.8% 140	45.5% 481	53.9% 258	41.1% 173	40.8% 109	67.6% 48	0	46.5% 1209
No	53.6% 164	54.3% 573	46.1% 221	58.9% 248	58.4% 156	32.4% 23	3	53.3% 1385
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2600