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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 three years, have you had any of the following life events or problems happened to you: Your parent, child, or spouse died? (HM_29)

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	8.8% 49	13.7% 102	22.6% 170	17.6% 72	10.6% 15	15.7% 408
No	91.2% 506	86.3% 645	77.4% 582	82.0% 336	89.4% 126	84.3% 2195
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 410	100.0% 141	2605

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	17.0% 229	14.1% 178	15.6% 407
No	83.0% 1117	85.7% 1078	84.3% 2195
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Yes	10.1% 17	14.6% 55	14.6% 92	13.1% 66	15.6% 35	21.0% 142	0	15.8% 407
No	89.9% 151	85.4% 323	85.1% 537	86.9% 438	84.4% 190	79.0% 533	23	84.2% 2172
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% 675	23	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	15.6% 281	20.9% 58	13.1% 42	10.2% 11	44.4% 4	13.4% 11	15.6% 407
No	84.3% 1524	79.1% 219	86.9% 278	89.8% 97	55.6% 5	86.6% 71	84.3% 2194
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 320	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2603

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	18.5% 27	17.2% 119	13.8% 50	16.0% 111	14.4% 59	13.2% 40	15.6% 406
No	81.5% 119	82.5% 570	86.2% 312	84.0% 581	85.6% 351	86.8% 262	84.3% 2195
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 692	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	2603

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	15.9% 70	18.7% 116	15.4% 135	12.9% 86	15.6% 407
No	84.1% 370	81.3% 505	84.4% 740	87.1% 580	84.3% 2195
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 0
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	20.7% 63	15.9% 168	18.3% 88	9.3% 39	13.5% 36	18.3% 13	0	15.7% 407
No	79.3% 242	84.1% 887	81.7% 392	90.7% 382	86.5% 231	81.7% 58	3	84.3% 2192
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2599