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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

About how many times in the past twelve months have you visited family in person or had them visit you? (SA_FAMLY)

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
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.1% 2
Never	2.0% 11	4.1% 31	3.3% 25	3.9% 16	2.1% 3	3.3% 86
Once	3.4% 19	4.3% 32	2.6% 20	2.9% 12	1.4% 2	3.3% 85
2-4 times	9.5% 53	10.6% 79	11.1% 84	8.5% 35	13.5% 19	10.3% 270
5-9 times	12.8% 71	12.2% 91	11.4% 86	9.7% 40	12.1% 17	11.7% 305
Once a month	15.9% 88	12.0% 90	14.0% 106	14.3% 59	12.8% 18	13.8% 361
Twice a month	14.1% 78	14.8% 111	14.8% 112	17.7% 73	18.4% 26	15.3% 400
Once a week	15.5% 86	18.9% 141	16.2% 122	17.5% 72	21.3% 30	17.3% 451
More than once a week	26.8% 149	23.1% 173	26.5% 200	25.5% 105	17.0% 24	24.9% 651
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	2.9% 39	3.7% 47	3.3% 86
Once	3.1% 42	3.4% 43	3.3% 85
2-4 times	8.4% 113	12.4% 156	10.3% 269
5-9 times	11.2% 152	12.2% 153	11.7% 305
Once a month	13.3% 180	14.5% 182	13.9% 362
Twice a month	14.0% 190	16.7% 210	15.3% 400
Once a week	17.5% 237	17.0% 214	17.3% 451
More than once a week	29.4% 398	20.2% 254	25.0% 652
TOTAL	100.0% 1353	100.0% 1259	2612

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 1
Never	3.0% 5	3.2% 12	2.5% 16	3.2% 16	2.7% 6	4.1% 28	2	3.2% 83
Once	6.5% 11	2.6% 10	3.5% 22	1.4% 7	0.4% 1	4.6% 31	4	3.2% 82
2-4 times	14.3% 24	13.2% 50	10.9% 69	7.5% 38	8.0% 18	9.6% 65	6	10.2% 264
5-9 times	14.3% 24	8.7% 33	12.8% 81	13.4% 68	9.4% 21	11.3% 76	1	11.7% 303
Once a month	14.3% 24	17.9% 68	10.6% 67	12.6% 64	14.7% 33	15.4% 104	1	13.9% 360
Twice a month	12.5% 21	15.6% 59	13.8% 87	19.8% 100	18.8% 42	13.0% 88	1	15.4% 397
Once a week	14.3% 24	15.3% 58	21.6% 136	14.8% 75	23.7% 53	14.8% 100	4	17.3% 446
More than once a week	20.8% 35	23.5% 89	24.2% 153	27.1% 137	22.3% 50	27.1% 183	5	25.0% 647
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 631	100.0% 506	100.0% 224	100.0% 675	25	2583

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	2.5% 46	3.6% 10	4.7% 15	6.5% 7	0.0% 0	9.8% 8	3.3% 86
Once	2.0% 36	3.6% 10	5.6% 18	10.2% 11	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	3.3% 85
2-4 times	9.4% 170	13.7% 38	10.2% 33	13.0% 14	0.0% 0	18.3% 15	10.3% 270
5-9 times	12.2% 221	10.1% 28	10.6% 34	13.0% 14	22.2% 2	7.3% 6	11.7% 305
Once a month	14.1% 255	9.7% 27	13.4% 43	20.4% 22	0.0% 0	17.1% 14	13.8% 361
Twice a month	16.9% 306	13.3% 37	13.0% 42	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	11.0% 9	15.3% 400
Once a week	17.3% 314	15.1% 42	19.3% 62	20.4% 22	44.4% 4	8.5% 7	17.3% 451
More than once a week	25.5% 462	30.9% 86	23.3% 75	11.1% 12	33.3% 3	15.9% 13	24.9% 651
TOTAL	100.0% 1812	100.0% 278	100.0% 322	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	6.1% 9	2.0% 14	1.1% 4	4.5% 31	3.6% 15	4.3% 13	3.3% 86
Once	2.7% 4	1.7% 12	1.9% 7	3.9% 27	3.9% 16	6.9% 21	3.3% 87
2-4 times	12.2% 18	9.8% 68	9.6% 35	8.7% 60	12.9% 53	11.5% 35	10.3% 269
5-9 times	8.8% 13	11.0% 76	11.6% 42	11.0% 76	14.6% 60	12.5% 38	11.7% 305
Once a month	10.9% 16	13.8% 96	13.5% 49	13.6% 94	13.9% 57	16.4% 50	13.9% 362
Twice a month	14.3% 21	17.6% 122	12.9% 47	18.0% 125	12.2% 50	11.2% 34	15.3% 399
Once a week	15.6% 23	16.9% 117	20.4% 74	19.6% 136	14.1% 58	13.5% 41	17.2% 449
More than once a week	29.3% 43	26.9% 187	28.9% 105	20.8% 144	24.8% 102	23.7% 72	25.0% 653
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 411	100.0% 304	2612

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	0.9% 4	2.9% 18	3.2% 28	5.4% 36	3.3% 86
Once	2.5% 11	2.7% 17	3.3% 29	4.3% 29	3.3% 86
2-4 times	8.6% 38	6.0% 37	12.1% 107	12.9% 86	10.3% 268
5-9 times	14.1% 62	7.6% 47	11.1% 98	14.6% 98	11.7% 305
Once a month	12.5% 55	13.4% 83	14.8% 130	14.1% 94	13.9% 362
Twice a month	14.1% 62	18.7% 116	14.3% 126	14.3% 96	15.3% 400
Once a week	18.8% 83	21.6% 134	15.3% 135	14.8% 99	17.3% 451
More than once a week	28.6% 126	27.1% 168	25.7% 226	19.6% 131	24.9% 651
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 620	100.0% 881	100.0% 669	2611

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
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Never	7.5% 23	2.6% 27	2.9% 14	3.3% 14	1.9% 5	4.2% 3	0	3.3% 86
Once	6.2% 19	2.6% 28	3.5% 17	2.6% 11	3.0% 8	5.6% 4	0	3.3% 87
2-4 times	9.2% 28	8.4% 89	9.4% 45	12.4% 52	13.9% 37	19.7% 14	4	10.2% 265
5-9 times	8.5% 26	12.0% 127	9.2% 44	11.4% 48	20.3% 54	7.0% 5	0	11.7% 304
Once a month	14.1% 43	13.7% 145	12.3% 59	15.4% 65	15.8% 42	9.9% 7	1	13.9% 361
Twice a month	13.1% 40	14.8% 156	16.7% 80	17.3% 73	15.0% 40	14.1% 10	0	15.3% 399
Once a week	12.7% 39	18.9% 200	17.5% 84	17.6% 74	14.7% 39	12.7% 9	5	17.1% 445
More than once a week	28.4% 87	27.0% 285	28.5% 137	19.7% 83	15.4% 41	26.8% 19	0	25.1% 652
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1057	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2601