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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 were fired from your job? (HM_36)

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	11.9% 66	5.4% 40	4.3% 32	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	5.4% 140
No	88.1% 489	94.6% 707	95.7% 720	99.0% 405	100.0% 140	94.5% 2461
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	4.0% 54	6.8% 86	5.4% 140
No	96.0% 1292	93.0% 1170	94.5% 2462
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	7.1% 12	6.3% 24	5.2% 33	5.2% 26	1.8% 4	5.9% 40	1	5.4% 139
No	92.9% 156	93.7% 354	94.5% 596	94.8% 478	98.2% 220	94.1% 635	23	94.5% 2439
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	24	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	4.4% 80	7.9% 22	6.6% 21	3.7% 4	22.2% 2	12.2% 10	5.3% 139
No	95.5% 1725	92.1% 255	93.4% 299	96.3% 104	77.8% 7	87.8% 72	94.6% 2462
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	8.2% 12	5.1% 35	4.1% 15	3.9% 27	7.3% 30	7.0% 21	5.4% 140
No	91.8% 135	94.6% 654	95.9% 347	96.1% 666	92.7% 380	93.0% 281	94.5% 2463
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes	3.6% 16	4.5% 28	6.3% 55	6.2% 41	5.4% 140
No	96.4% 424	95.5% 593	93.5% 821	93.8% 625	94.5% 2463
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Yes	5.6% 17	6.3% 67	7.1% 34	2.6% 11	3.8% 10	1.4% 1	0	5.4% 140
No	94.4% 289	93.7% 989	92.9% 446	97.4% 409	96.2% 256	98.6% 70	3	94.6% 2459
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2599