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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's gender (HR_GEND)

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
Female	49.6% 276	50.1% 375	52.3% 394	55.6% 229	55.3% 78	51.8% 1352
Male	50.4% 280	49.9% 373	47.7% 360	44.4% 183	44.7% 63	48.2% 1259
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Female	100.0% 1351	0.0% 0	51.8% 1351
Male	0.0% 0	100.0% 1259	48.2% 1259
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
Female	48.8% 82	51.2% 194	48.4% 306	44.8% 226	47.6% 107	61.1% 413	23	51.4% 1328
Male	51.2% 86	48.8% 185	51.6% 326	55.2% 278	52.4% 118	38.9% 263	3	48.6% 1256
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Female	51.8% 938	56.1% 156	49.2% 158	52.3% 57	44.4% 4	45.8% 38	51.7% 1351
Male	48.2% 873	43.9% 122	50.8% 163	47.7% 52	55.6% 5	54.2% 45	48.3% 1260
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
Female	63.7% 93	52.3% 363	56.6% 205	53.1% 368	40.2% 165	51.3% 156	51.7% 1350
Male	36.3% 53	47.7% 331	43.4% 157	46.9% 325	59.8% 245	48.7% 148	48.3% 1259
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2609

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Female	56.8% 250	53.0% 329	50.7% 447	48.7% 326	51.8% 1352
Male	43.2% 190	47.0% 292	49.3% 434	51.3% 343	48.2% 1259
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 669	2611

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
Female	55.6% 170	51.2% 541	53.2% 255	57.0% 240	38.0% 101	54.9% 39	5	51.8% 1346
Male	44.4% 136	48.8% 515	46.8% 224	43.0% 181	62.0% 165	45.1% 32	5	48.2% 1253
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599