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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

Number in household 18-29 years old (HR18TO29)

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
0	0.0% 0	77.7% 582	70.5% 532	88.3% 364	100.0% 141	62.0% 1619
1	40.1% 223	18.0% 135	22.0% 166	7.8% 32	0.0% 0	21.3% 556
2	43.3% 241	3.3% 25	6.6% 50	2.2% 9	0.0% 0	12.4% 325
3	10.3% 57	0.9% 7	0.9% 7	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	3.0% 78
4 or more	6.3% 35	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 749	100.0% 755	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2613

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
0	62.9% 851	61.0% 768	62.0% 1619
1	22.2% 300	20.3% 255	21.3% 555
2	10.9% 147	14.1% 177	12.4% 324
3	2.7% 37	3.2% 40	3.0% 77
4 or more	1.3% 17	1.4% 18	1.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 1258	2610

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
0	53.3% 90	60.1% 227	63.9% 404	68.1% 344	70.7% 159	56.4% 382	12	62.1% 1606
1	20.1% 34	18.8% 71	22.6% 143	18.4% 93	18.2% 41	24.4% 165	8	21.2% 547
2	14.2% 24	15.1% 57	11.2% 71	8.9% 45	10.2% 23	14.9% 101	4	12.4% 321
3	4.7% 8	4.0% 15	1.9% 12	3.6% 18	0.9% 2	3.4% 23	0	3.0% 78
4 or more	7.7% 13	2.1% 8	0.3% 2	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	2	1.3% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	26	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
0	66.0% 1196	56.8% 158	46.7% 150	62.4% 68	44.4% 4	50.6% 42	62.0% 1618
1	19.5% 353	30.2% 84	24.6% 79	15.6% 17	0.0% 0	26.5% 22	21.3% 555
2	10.8% 196	10.4% 29	19.6% 63	18.3% 20	44.4% 4	15.7% 13	12.4% 325
3	2.3% 42	2.2% 6	7.2% 23	1.8% 2	11.1% 1	4.8% 4	3.0% 78
4 or more	1.3% 24	0.4% 1	1.9% 6	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	1.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
0	61.2% 90	63.5% 441	68.3% 248	62.2% 432	53.7% 220	62.0% 188	62.0% 1619
1	28.6% 42	21.3% 148	18.5% 67	18.2% 126	26.3% 108	20.8% 63	21.2% 554
2	9.5% 14	11.8% 82	10.2% 37	13.1% 91	15.4% 63	12.2% 37	12.4% 324
3	0.7% 1	2.4% 17	1.9% 7	4.8% 33	3.2% 13	2.3% 7	3.0% 78
4 or more	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	1.1% 4	1.7% 12	1.5% 6	2.6% 8	1.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2611

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
0	65.9% 290	63.3% 393	61.9% 545	58.4% 390	62.0% 1618
1	24.3% 107	20.3% 126	21.2% 187	20.2% 135	21.3% 555
2	8.9% 39	12.9% 80	13.1% 115	13.5% 90	12.4% 324
3	0.5% 2	2.6% 16	3.4% 30	4.5% 30	3.0% 78
4 or more	0.5% 2	1.0% 6	0.5% 4	3.4% 23	1.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 668	2610

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
0	56.1% 171	56.0% 592	63.5% 305	67.9% 285	79.8% 213	69.0% 49	4	62.1% 1615
1	21.3% 65	23.6% 249	23.1% 111	18.3% 77	12.4% 33	21.1% 15	4	21.2% 550
2	16.1% 49	13.8% 146	11.3% 54	11.4% 48	6.7% 18	8.5% 6	2	12.3% 321
3	5.6% 17	4.1% 43	2.1% 10	1.0% 4	1.1% 3	1.4% 1	0	3.0% 78
4 or more	1.0% 3	2.6% 27	0.0% 0	1.4% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1057	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2600