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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 spouse (HR_SPOUS)

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	73.4% 408	32.6% 244	35.0% 264	35.0% 144	49.6% 70	43.3% 1130
Yes	26.6% 148	67.4% 504	65.0% 490	65.0% 268	50.4% 71	56.7% 1481
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	45.9% 620	40.5% 509	43.3% 1129
Yes	54.1% 731	59.5% 749	56.7% 1480
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	55.6% 94	42.3% 160	40.7% 257	35.9% 181	35.1% 79	50.3% 340	18	43.0% 1111
Yes	44.4% 75	57.7% 218	59.3% 375	64.1% 323	64.9% 146	49.7% 336	7	57.0% 1473
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	25	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	39.4% 713	61.7% 171	47.7% 153	35.8% 39	33.3% 3	59.8% 49	43.2% 1128
Yes	60.6% 1098	38.3% 106	52.3% 168	64.2% 70	66.7% 6	40.2% 33	56.8% 1481
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	59.2% 87	39.2% 272	35.4% 128	42.1% 292	55.6% 228	40.5% 123	43.3% 1130
Yes	40.8% 60	60.8% 422	64.6% 234	57.9% 402	44.4% 182	59.5% 181	56.7% 1481
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	39.3% 173	44.8% 278	42.1% 371	46.0% 307	43.3% 1129
Yes	60.7% 267	55.2% 343	57.9% 510	54.0% 361	56.7% 1481
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	48.7% 149	48.6% 513	40.2% 193	37.6% 158	26.7% 71	52.1% 37	8	43.1% 1121
Yes	51.3% 157	51.4% 543	59.8% 287	62.4% 262	73.3% 195	47.9% 34	2	56.9% 1478
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599