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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

Respondent lives with child (HR_CHILD)

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
No	69.0% 383	27.8% 208	53.1% 400	77.2% 318	90.8% 128	55.1% 1437
Yes	31.0% 172	72.2% 539	46.9% 354	22.8% 94	9.2% 13	44.9% 1172
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	50.7% 685	59.7% 752	55.1% 1437
Yes	49.3% 666	40.3% 507	44.9% 1173
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
No	62.1% 105	56.2% 213	58.2% 368	55.6% 280	54.7% 123	50.0% 338	11	55.2% 1427
Yes	37.9% 64	43.8% 166	41.8% 264	44.4% 224	45.3% 102	50.0% 338	15	44.8% 1158
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	58.3% 1055	50.5% 140	42.4% 136	47.7% 52	33.3% 3	62.2% 51	55.1% 1437
Yes	41.7% 756	49.5% 137	57.6% 185	52.3% 57	66.7% 6	37.8% 31	44.9% 1172
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 277	100.0% 321	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2609

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	46.9% 69	57.5% 399	58.4% 212	51.3% 356	57.3% 235	54.9% 167	55.1% 1438
Yes	53.1% 78	42.5% 295	41.6% 151	48.7% 338	42.7% 175	45.1% 137	44.9% 1174
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2612

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	51.8% 228	53.9% 335	57.0% 502	55.7% 372	55.1% 1437
Yes	48.2% 212	46.1% 286	43.0% 379	44.3% 296	44.9% 1173
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
No	53.3% 163	57.3% 605	45.0% 216	58.6% 246	55.6% 148	72.2% 52	8	55.0% 1430
Yes	46.7% 143	42.7% 451	55.0% 264	41.4% 174	44.4% 118	27.8% 20	2	45.0% 1170
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 72	10	2600