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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 parent-in-law (HR_PARLW)

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	98.9% 549	99.5% 744	98.9% 746	99.0% 408	100.0% 141	99.2% 2588
Yes	1.1% 6	0.5% 4	1.1% 8	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	99.4% 1343	98.8% 1244	99.1% 2587
Yes	0.6% 8	1.2% 15	0.9% 23
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	99.4% 167	100.0% 379	99.2% 627	99.6% 502	98.2% 220	98.7% 667	24	99.2% 2562
Yes	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.4% 2	1.8% 4	1.3% 9	2	0.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	26	2583

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	99.4% 1800	98.6% 274	98.8% 318	95.4% 103	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	99.1% 2586
Yes	0.6% 11	1.4% 4	1.2% 4	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 322	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2610

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	99.3% 146	98.8% 686	100.0% 362	98.4% 682	99.8% 409	99.3% 301	99.1% 2586
Yes	0.7% 1	1.2% 8	0.0% 0	1.6% 11	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.9% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2609

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	98.9% 435	98.7% 613	99.5% 877	99.1% 662	99.1% 2587
Yes	1.1% 5	1.3% 8	0.5% 4	0.9% 6	0.9% 23
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	99.3% 304	99.0% 1045	97.9% 470	99.8% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	99.1% 2577
Yes	0.7% 2	1.0% 11	2.1% 10	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.9% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2601