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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 5-17 years old (HR5TO17)

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	69.2% 385	40.4% 302	66.2% 500	92.9% 382	98.6% 139	65.4% 1708
1	20.1% 112	23.9% 179	20.4% 154	4.4% 18	1.4% 2	17.8% 465
2	7.7% 43	23.9% 179	9.9% 75	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	11.5% 301
3	2.2% 12	8.6% 64	2.4% 18	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	3.8% 99
4	0.5% 3	2.7% 20	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 28
5 or more	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	0.5% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
0	61.5% 831	69.7% 877	65.4% 1708
1	19.9% 269	15.6% 196	17.8% 465
2	12.2% 165	10.8% 136	11.5% 301
3	4.3% 58	3.2% 40	3.8% 98
4	1.6% 21	0.6% 7	1.1% 28
5 or more	0.5% 7	0.2% 3	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1259	2610

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
0	70.8% 119	70.4% 267	67.3% 426	65.7% 331	61.3% 138	60.0% 406	21	65.2% 1687
1	17.9% 30	17.7% 67	18.3% 116	16.9% 85	17.3% 39	18.6% 126	3	17.9% 463
2	7.7% 13	9.5% 36	9.3% 59	12.9% 65	14.2% 32	14.0% 95	2	11.6% 300
3	3.0% 5	1.8% 7	4.6% 29	4.0% 20	4.0% 9	4.1% 28	0	3.8% 98
4	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	2.2% 5	2.8% 19	0	1.1% 29
5 or more	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.9% 2	0.4% 3	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 633	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	26	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
0	70.2% 1272	53.1% 147	49.2% 158	67.6% 73	12.5% 1	68.7% 57	65.5% 1708
1	15.7% 284	22.0% 61	24.0% 77	20.4% 22	62.5% 5	18.1% 15	17.8% 464
2	10.6% 192	15.2% 42	14.6% 47	12.0% 13	0.0% 0	8.4% 7	11.5% 301
3	2.5% 46	6.5% 18	9.7% 31	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	2.4% 2	3.8% 98
4	0.7% 13	1.8% 5	2.2% 7	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	2.4% 2	1.1% 28
5 or more	0.2% 4	1.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 277	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 8	100.0% 83	2608

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
0	48.3% 71	66.1% 458	69.3% 251	66.2% 460	63.7% 261	68.4% 208	65.5% 1709
1	22.4% 33	18.8% 130	16.3% 59	15.5% 108	20.5% 84	16.8% 51	17.8% 465
2	18.4% 27	10.5% 73	11.6% 42	11.7% 81	10.7% 44	11.5% 35	11.6% 302
3	7.5% 11	3.5% 24	1.7% 6	5.0% 35	3.2% 13	3.0% 9	3.8% 98
4	2.7% 4	0.6% 4	1.1% 4	1.0% 7	1.7% 7	0.3% 1	1.0% 27
5 or more	0.7% 1	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 362	100.0% 695	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2611

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
0	63.4% 279	67.9% 420	64.2% 566	66.2% 443	65.5% 1708
1	18.9% 83	17.0% 105	19.1% 168	16.3% 109	17.8% 465
2	13.2% 58	10.0% 62	11.2% 99	12.3% 82	11.5% 301
3	3.6% 16	3.6% 22	4.0% 35	3.7% 25	3.8% 98
4	0.5% 2	1.3% 8	1.1% 10	1.0% 7	1.0% 27
5 or more	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.4% 3	0.4% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 619	100.0% 881	100.0% 669	2609

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	65.0% 199	64.0% 676	58.7% 281	70.8% 298	71.4% 190	81.4% 57	6	65.4% 1701
1	17.0% 52	19.3% 204	24.0% 115	12.1% 51	12.4% 33	11.4% 8	1	17.8% 463
2	8.8% 27	11.5% 122	12.7% 61	12.8% 54	13.2% 35	4.3% 3	0	11.6% 302
3	6.2% 19	3.5% 37	3.8% 18	3.6% 15	1.5% 4	2.9% 2	2	3.7% 95
4	2.0% 6	1.3% 14	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	1.5% 4	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 29
5 or more	1.0% 3	0.4% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1057	100.0% 479	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 70	9	2599