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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 other non-relative (HR_OTHRL)

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	92.4% 514	94.5% 707	98.5% 743	98.1% 404	98.6% 139	96.0% 2507
Yes	7.6% 42	5.5% 41	1.5% 11	1.9% 8	1.4% 2	4.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	95.9% 1296	96.3% 1211	96.1% 2507
Yes	4.1% 55	3.7% 47	3.9% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1258	2609

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
No	97.0% 164	98.7% 374	96.8% 612	96.4% 487	99.1% 223	92.5% 625	24	96.1% 2485
Yes	3.0% 5	1.3% 5	3.2% 20	3.6% 18	0.9% 2	7.5% 51	2	3.9% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	98.2% 1779	91.7% 255	87.9% 282	96.3% 104	100.0% 9	92.8% 77	96.0% 2506
Yes	1.8% 32	8.3% 23	12.1% 39	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	7.2% 6	4.0% 104
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2610

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	93.9% 138	97.4% 676	99.2% 359	93.8% 651	95.6% 392	96.1% 292	96.1% 2508
Yes	6.1% 9	2.6% 18	0.8% 3	6.2% 43	4.4% 18	3.9% 12	3.9% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2611

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	98.6% 434	95.5% 592	95.3% 839	96.0% 641	96.1% 2506
Yes	1.4% 6	4.5% 28	4.7% 41	4.0% 27	3.9% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	100.0% 880	100.0% 668	2608

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	91.8% 281	95.5% 1008	96.7% 464	97.6% 411	99.3% 265	97.2% 69	10	96.0% 2498
Yes	8.2% 25	4.5% 48	3.3% 16	2.4% 10	0.7% 2	2.8% 2	0	4.0% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2601