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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

In the last twelve months, about how often, if at all, did you spend time emailing friends or family, in chat rooms or in an online discussion over the Internet? (SA_31)

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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	25.4% 141	37.7% 282	39.3% 297	52.1% 214	71.1% 101	39.6% 1035
A few times	10.5% 58	8.4% 63	7.9% 60	6.6% 27	4.2% 6	8.2% 214
Once a month	6.1% 34	2.9% 22	3.3% 25	4.4% 18	7.7% 11	4.2% 110
2-3 times a month	7.4% 41	8.8% 66	6.8% 51	7.5% 31	0.7% 1	7.3% 190
Once a week	9.2% 51	6.1% 46	8.1% 61	4.4% 18	2.8% 4	6.9% 180
2-3 days a week	13.3% 74	11.4% 85	15.6% 118	10.9% 45	4.9% 7	12.6% 329
4-5 days a week	7.2% 40	7.0% 52	4.2% 32	5.6% 23	3.5% 5	5.8% 152
Every day or nearly every day	20.9% 116	17.6% 132	14.6% 110	8.5% 35	4.9% 7	15.3% 400
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 411	100.0% 142	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	38.1% 515	41.3% 520	39.7% 1035
A few times	6.9% 93	9.5% 120	8.2% 213
Once a month	4.1% 55	4.4% 55	4.2% 110
2-3 times a month	7.1% 96	7.6% 95	7.3% 191
Once a week	7.0% 94	6.8% 85	6.9% 179
2-3 days a week	13.5% 183	11.6% 146	12.6% 329
4-5 days a week	6.7% 90	4.9% 62	5.8% 152
Every day or nearly every day	16.6% 224	13.9% 175	15.3% 399
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
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	28.6% 48	28.4% 108	31.4% 199	34.9% 176	42.7% 96	58.0% 392	17	39.4% 1019
A few times	8.3% 14	6.1% 23	10.3% 65	8.5% 43	6.7% 15	7.7% 52	1	8.2% 212
Once a month	3.0% 5	2.9% 11	6.6% 42	3.2% 16	3.6% 8	4.1% 28	1	4.3% 110
2-3 times a month	2.4% 4	12.1% 46	7.1% 45	9.1% 46	6.2% 14	5.3% 36	0	7.4% 191
Once a week	7.7% 13	7.9% 30	8.1% 51	9.3% 47	2.2% 5	4.6% 31	1	6.8% 177
2-3 days a week	21.4% 36	15.3% 58	13.1% 83	14.3% 72	12.0% 27	8.0% 54	1	12.8% 330
4-5 days a week	10.7% 18	6.6% 25	8.1% 51	5.8% 29	2.7% 6	2.8% 19	4	5.7% 148
Every day or nearly every day	17.9% 30	20.5% 78	15.3% 97	14.9% 75	24.0% 54	9.5% 64	2	15.4% 398
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 380	100.0% 633	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	27	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	34.2% 620	54.1% 151	60.4% 195	21.3% 23	55.6% 5	51.2% 42	39.6% 1036
A few times	7.6% 138	14.0% 39	6.8% 22	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	9.8% 8	8.2% 213
Once a month	4.0% 73	5.0% 14	4.0% 13	10.2% 11	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	4.3% 112
2-3 times a month	8.2% 149	5.4% 15	3.7% 12	12.0% 13	11.1% 1	2.4% 2	7.3% 192
Once a week	7.6% 137	3.2% 9	5.0% 16	5.6% 6	22.2% 2	11.0% 9	6.9% 179
2-3 days a week	15.1% 274	5.7% 16	6.8% 22	7.4% 8	0.0% 0	11.0% 9	12.6% 329
4-5 days a week	6.5% 117	4.7% 13	4.0% 13	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	5.8% 152
Every day or nearly every day	16.8% 304	7.5% 21	9.3% 30	33.3% 36	11.1% 1	8.5% 7	15.3% 399
TOTAL	100.0% 1812	100.0% 279	100.0% 323	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2613

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	57.4% 85	45.2% 314	30.1% 109	45.6% 316	28.8% 118	30.7% 93	39.7% 1035
A few times	9.5% 14	8.6% 60	6.1% 22	7.4% 51	9.5% 39	8.9% 27	8.2% 213
Once a month	4.1% 6	2.9% 20	6.6% 24	4.8% 33	5.1% 21	2.6% 8	4.3% 112
2-3 times a month	6.1% 9	8.9% 62	8.0% 29	4.3% 30	8.5% 35	8.3% 25	7.3% 190
Once a week	4.1% 6	5.0% 35	7.5% 27	8.2% 57	7.8% 32	7.3% 22	6.9% 179
2-3 days a week	4.7% 7	10.5% 73	16.3% 59	11.1% 77	17.8% 73	13.2% 40	12.6% 329
4-5 days a week	8.8% 13	5.0% 35	5.2% 19	5.5% 38	6.1% 25	7.3% 22	5.8% 152
Every day or nearly every day	5.4% 8	13.5% 94	20.2% 73	13.1% 91	16.3% 67	21.8% 66	15.3% 399
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	37.3% 164	47.3% 293	39.5% 348	34.5% 230	39.7% 1035
A few times	8.9% 39	5.6% 35	9.9% 87	7.9% 53	8.2% 214
Once a month	1.8% 8	4.4% 27	3.0% 26	7.2% 48	4.2% 109
2-3 times a month	8.9% 39	7.7% 48	6.3% 55	7.3% 49	7.3% 191
Once a week	7.3% 32	6.9% 43	5.5% 48	8.4% 56	6.9% 179
2-3 days a week	11.6% 51	11.3% 70	13.1% 115	13.8% 92	12.6% 328
4-5 days a week	9.8% 43	5.5% 34	5.0% 44	4.5% 30	5.8% 151
Every day or nearly every day	14.3% 63	11.3% 70	17.8% 157	16.3% 109	15.3% 399
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	100.0% 880	100.0% 667	2607

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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	81.6% 248	46.3% 489	35.4% 170	16.1% 68	11.6% 31	36.6% 26	3	39.7% 1032
A few times	5.3% 16	7.9% 83	10.2% 49	8.1% 34	7.5% 20	8.5% 6	5	8.0% 208
Once a month	2.6% 8	4.3% 45	5.8% 28	3.1% 13	2.6% 7	12.7% 9	0	4.2% 110
2-3 times a month	1.3% 4	7.0% 74	7.9% 38	10.0% 42	8.6% 23	14.1% 10	0	7.3% 191
Once a week	1.3% 4	7.6% 80	6.0% 29	8.8% 37	9.7% 26	5.6% 4	0	6.9% 180
2-3 days a week	3.6% 11	10.3% 109	13.3% 64	20.4% 86	18.7% 50	12.7% 9	0	12.6% 329
4-5 days a week	2.0% 6	4.8% 51	6.7% 32	8.8% 37	8.6% 23	4.2% 3	0	5.8% 152
Every day or nearly every day	2.3% 7	11.7% 124	14.6% 70	24.9% 105	32.8% 88	5.6% 4	2	15.3% 398
TOTAL	100.0% 304	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 422	100.0% 268	100.0% 71	10	2601