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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: You became unemployed or you were seeking work unsuccessfully for more than one month? (HM_35)

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	30.3% 168	19.8% 148	21.9% 165	8.8% 36	0.0% 0	19.9% 517
No	69.7% 387	80.2% 599	78.1% 587	90.5% 370	100.0% 140	80.0% 2083
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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	18.1% 243	21.8% 275	19.9% 518
No	81.9% 1102	78.0% 982	80.0% 2084
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1259	2605

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Yes	22.6% 38	20.9% 79	22.0% 139	16.9% 85	12.4% 28	21.6% 146	3	19.9% 515
No	77.4% 130	79.1% 299	77.7% 490	82.9% 418	87.6% 197	78.4% 530	20	79.9% 2064
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	23	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% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	17.9% 324	28.2% 78	20.3% 65	21.1% 23	22.2% 2	31.7% 26	19.9% 518
No	81.9% 1479	71.8% 199	79.7% 255	78.9% 86	77.8% 7	68.3% 56	80.0% 2082
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1806	100.0% 277	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	28.1% 41	17.9% 124	9.1% 33	17.0% 118	29.3% 120	27.2% 82	19.9% 518
No	71.9% 105	81.8% 565	90.6% 327	83.0% 575	70.7% 290	72.8% 220	80.0% 2082
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 691	100.0% 361	100.0% 693	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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Yes	18.9% 83	20.5% 127	20.9% 183	18.6% 124	19.9% 517
No	80.9% 356	79.5% 494	78.9% 692	81.4% 542	80.0% 2084
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Yes	21.6% 66	20.7% 218	24.2% 116	15.4% 65	15.7% 42	14.1% 10	0	19.9% 517
No	78.4% 240	79.3% 837	75.8% 364	84.3% 355	84.3% 225	85.9% 61	3	80.1% 2082
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2600