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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 close family friend or another relative (aunt, cousin, grandparent) died? (HM_30)

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	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes	62.3% 346	59.0% 441	61.8% 465	65.3% 267	67.9% 95	62.0% 1614
No	37.3% 207	41.0% 306	38.2% 287	34.2% 140	32.1% 45	37.8% 985
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 409	100.0% 140	2603

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Yes	61.2% 824	62.8% 790	62.0% 1614
No	38.8% 522	36.9% 464	37.9% 986
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	0.3% 2	0	0.1% 2
Yes	61.9% 104	64.8% 245	60.0% 378	63.1% 318	67.1% 151	59.7% 403	15	62.0% 1599
No	38.1% 64	35.2% 133	39.7% 250	36.9% 186	32.9% 74	40.0% 270	8	37.9% 977
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 630	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Yes	63.7% 1150	66.2% 184	53.4% 171	50.5% 55	77.8% 7	57.3% 47	62.0% 1614
No	36.1% 652	33.5% 93	46.6% 149	49.5% 54	22.2% 2	42.7% 35	37.8% 985
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Yes	64.6% 95	64.7% 447	59.3% 214	63.5% 440	63.8% 261	51.7% 156	62.0% 1613
No	34.7% 51	35.0% 242	40.7% 147	36.5% 253	35.7% 146	48.3% 146	37.8% 985
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 361	100.0% 693	100.0% 409	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	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Yes	61.1% 269	61.2% 380	64.7% 568	59.8% 398	62.0% 1615
No	38.9% 171	38.8% 241	34.7% 305	40.2% 268	37.8% 985
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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2	0.0% 1
Yes	57.2% 175	64.8% 684	64.9% 311	54.6% 230	62.0% 165	69.0% 49	0	62.1% 1614
No	42.8% 131	35.1% 371	35.1% 168	45.4% 191	38.0% 101	31.0% 22	1	37.9% 984
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2599