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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

Which have a four-year college degree or more in education? Name 1 (NE_16_1)

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
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	8.1% 11	3.2% 9	2.1% 5	7.2% 11	8.8% 5	4.7% 41
1	91.9% 125	96.8% 269	97.9% 238	92.8% 142	91.2% 52	95.3% 826
Missing	420	469	512	259	84	1744
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 278	100.0% 243	100.0% 153	100.0% 57	867

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	5.4% 24	4.1% 17	4.7% 41
1	94.6% 424	95.9% 400	95.3% 824
Missing	902	841	1743
TOTAL	100.0% 448	100.0% 417	865

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Don't know	1.4% 1	2.2% 3	3.7% 9	2.2% 4	5.6% 4	12.2% 18	1	4.5% 39
1	98.6% 72	97.8% 135	96.3% 236	97.8% 181	94.4% 68	87.8% 129	5	95.5% 821
Missing	96	240	386	319	153	530	0	1724
TOTAL	100.0% 73	100.0% 138	100.0% 245	100.0% 185	100.0% 72	100.0% 147	6	860

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	3.4% 21	5.4% 4	10.4% 7	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	27.6% 8	4.8% 42
1	96.6% 598	94.6% 70	89.6% 60	100.0% 74	50.0% 2	72.4% 21	95.2% 825
Missing	1192	204	254	34	5	54	1743
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 74	100.0% 67	100.0% 74	100.0% 4	100.0% 29	867

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	5.7% 2	6.3% 12	5.7% 8	5.9% 13	1.5% 2	2.8% 4	4.7% 41
1	94.3% 33	93.8% 180	94.3% 132	94.1% 209	98.5% 134	97.2% 137	95.3% 825
Missing	112	502	222	471	274	163	1744
TOTAL	100.0% 35	100.0% 192	100.0% 140	100.0% 222	100.0% 136	100.0% 141	866

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know	5.7% 10	6.6% 12	4.3% 12	3.1% 7	4.7% 41
1	94.3% 166	93.4% 171	95.7% 267	96.9% 220	95.3% 824
Missing	264	437	601	441	1743
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 183	100.0% 279	100.0% 227	865

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
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Don't know	27.5% 14	8.1% 20	3.6% 5	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0	4.7% 41
1	72.5% 37	91.9% 227	96.4% 134	99.5% 219	99.5% 183	100.0% 23	2	95.3% 823
Missing	254	809	340	201	83	49	0	1736
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 247	100.0% 139	100.0% 220	100.0% 184	100.0% 23	2	864