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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 grandchild (HR_GRCHL)

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	99.5% 552	99.2% 742	93.4% 704	89.6% 369	98.6% 139	96.0% 2506
Yes	0.5% 3	0.8% 6	6.6% 50	10.4% 43	1.4% 2	4.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	95.0% 1285	97.1% 1222	96.0% 2507
Yes	5.0% 67	2.9% 37	4.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 1259	2611

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
No	95.2% 160	95.5% 362	96.5% 610	97.6% 492	96.4% 217	95.0% 642	24	96.1% 2483
Yes	4.8% 8	4.5% 17	3.5% 22	2.4% 12	3.6% 8	5.0% 34	2	3.9% 101
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
No	96.6% 1750	91.0% 253	94.7% 304	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	96.1% 2506
Yes	3.4% 61	9.0% 25	5.3% 17	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2609

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	91.2% 134	95.5% 663	97.5% 353	96.7% 670	95.6% 392	97.0% 295	96.1% 2507
Yes	8.8% 13	4.5% 31	2.5% 9	3.3% 23	4.4% 18	3.0% 9	3.9% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	97.0% 427	96.6% 600	95.1% 838	96.0% 641	96.0% 2506
Yes	3.0% 13	3.4% 21	4.9% 43	4.0% 27	4.0% 104
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	88.9% 272	97.2% 1026	94.8% 455	97.6% 411	99.3% 265	95.8% 68	10	96.0% 2497
Yes	11.1% 34	2.8% 30	5.2% 25	2.4% 10	0.7% 2	4.2% 3	0	4.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2601