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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 had friends over to your home? (SA_FRNDS)

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	0.7% 1	0.0% 1
Never	5.4% 30	6.0% 45	10.5% 79	15.3% 63	22.7% 32	9.5% 249
Once	2.0% 11	1.9% 14	1.7% 13	1.7% 7	2.1% 3	1.8% 48
2-4 times	7.6% 42	10.4% 78	13.7% 103	14.8% 61	13.5% 19	11.6% 303
5-9 times	8.1% 45	11.0% 82	12.1% 91	12.7% 52	12.1% 17	11.0% 287
Once a month	16.0% 89	20.3% 152	20.2% 152	21.9% 90	19.1% 27	19.5% 510
Twice a month	21.1% 117	22.3% 167	18.8% 142	16.5% 68	11.3% 16	19.5% 510
Once a week	13.2% 73	14.0% 105	10.5% 79	8.5% 35	8.5% 12	11.7% 304
More than once a week	26.7% 148	14.0% 105	12.6% 95	8.5% 35	9.9% 14	15.2% 397
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	9.7% 131	9.5% 119	9.6% 250
Once	1.8% 24	2.0% 25	1.9% 49
2-4 times	12.0% 163	11.2% 141	11.6% 304
5-9 times	11.0% 149	11.0% 138	11.0% 287
Once a month	19.7% 266	19.4% 244	19.5% 510
Twice a month	19.0% 257	20.1% 253	19.5% 510
Once a week	12.4% 168	10.9% 137	11.7% 305
More than once a week	14.3% 194	16.0% 202	15.2% 396
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
Never	7.7% 13	8.7% 33	8.7% 55	5.7% 29	9.8% 22	12.7% 86	12	9.2% 238
Once	2.4% 4	0.8% 3	2.2% 14	1.4% 7	1.3% 3	2.5% 17	0	1.9% 48
2-4 times	14.9% 25	9.8% 37	10.4% 66	11.5% 58	8.5% 19	13.9% 94	4	11.6% 299
5-9 times	13.7% 23	8.2% 31	11.6% 73	12.5% 63	11.2% 25	10.5% 71	1	11.1% 286
Once a month	14.9% 25	23.5% 89	21.8% 138	20.0% 101	25.9% 58	14.3% 97	1	19.7% 508
Twice a month	11.3% 19	19.3% 73	21.8% 138	20.8% 105	20.1% 45	18.8% 127	3	19.6% 507
Once a week	10.7% 18	13.5% 51	11.6% 73	13.5% 68	11.6% 26	9.9% 67	2	11.7% 303
More than once a week	24.4% 41	16.1% 61	11.9% 75	14.7% 74	11.6% 26	17.4% 118	2	15.3% 395
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 505	100.0% 224	100.0% 677	26	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	8.3% 151	12.2% 34	16.1% 52	5.5% 6	12.5% 1	6.0% 5	9.5% 249
Once	1.1% 20	4.0% 11	3.7% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	1.8% 48
2-4 times	10.4% 189	12.9% 36	16.8% 54	12.8% 14	0.0% 0	13.3% 11	11.6% 304
5-9 times	10.0% 182	13.7% 38	13.7% 44	14.7% 16	0.0% 0	8.4% 7	11.0% 287
Once a month	21.5% 389	15.1% 42	11.5% 37	27.5% 30	0.0% 0	14.5% 12	19.5% 510
Twice a month	21.3% 386	13.7% 38	13.7% 44	22.0% 24	0.0% 0	21.7% 18	19.5% 510
Once a week	12.3% 222	10.4% 29	10.9% 35	7.3% 8	12.5% 1	13.3% 11	11.7% 306
More than once a week	15.0% 271	18.0% 50	13.7% 44	10.1% 11	75.0% 6	16.9% 14	15.2% 396
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 322	100.0% 109	100.0% 8	100.0% 83	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	14.3% 21	9.5% 66	7.4% 27	11.7% 81	6.6% 27	8.9% 27	9.5% 249
Once	3.4% 5	1.2% 8	1.1% 4	2.3% 16	2.7% 11	1.7% 5	1.9% 49
2-4 times	15.0% 22	10.0% 69	11.6% 42	13.3% 92	10.0% 41	12.3% 37	11.6% 303
5-9 times	13.6% 20	9.4% 65	8.8% 32	14.0% 97	9.0% 37	11.9% 36	11.0% 287
Once a month	13.6% 20	19.7% 136	25.1% 91	18.2% 126	19.8% 81	18.2% 55	19.5% 509
Twice a month	18.4% 27	19.1% 132	19.3% 70	16.6% 115	23.7% 97	22.8% 69	19.6% 510
Once a week	6.8% 10	15.9% 110	11.0% 40	9.8% 68	10.2% 42	11.3% 34	11.7% 304
More than once a week	15.0% 22	15.2% 105	15.7% 57	14.3% 99	18.0% 74	12.9% 39	15.2% 396
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	2608

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	7.7% 34	10.0% 62	10.2% 90	9.6% 64	9.6% 250
Once	2.7% 12	1.4% 9	1.8% 16	1.6% 11	1.8% 48
2-4 times	11.8% 52	8.9% 55	12.0% 106	13.6% 91	11.6% 304
5-9 times	10.0% 44	10.3% 64	12.9% 114	9.7% 65	11.0% 287
Once a month	21.6% 95	19.5% 121	20.7% 183	16.6% 111	19.5% 510
Twice a month	21.8% 96	22.2% 138	15.3% 135	21.1% 141	19.5% 510
Once a week	10.9% 48	11.4% 71	13.0% 115	10.6% 71	11.7% 305
More than once a week	13.4% 59	16.3% 101	13.8% 122	17.1% 114	15.2% 396
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 882	100.0% 668	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	19.8% 61	9.1% 96	6.9% 33	7.4% 31	5.6% 15	18.3% 13	2	9.6% 249
Once	2.9% 9	2.2% 23	0.6% 3	2.9% 12	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 48
2-4 times	19.8% 61	10.2% 108	9.8% 47	10.5% 44	12.4% 33	12.7% 9	2	11.6% 302
5-9 times	8.1% 25	12.3% 130	10.8% 52	8.8% 37	13.2% 35	11.3% 8	0	11.0% 287
Once a month	15.3% 47	16.8% 177	20.6% 99	24.0% 101	28.2% 75	12.7% 9	2	19.5% 508
Twice a month	8.4% 26	19.3% 204	22.5% 108	24.5% 103	19.5% 52	23.9% 17	0	19.6% 510
Once a week	10.7% 33	11.6% 122	13.1% 63	10.2% 43	13.2% 35	7.0% 5	4	11.6% 301
More than once a week	14.6% 45	18.6% 196	15.8% 76	11.7% 49	7.5% 20	14.1% 10	0	15.2% 396
TOTAL	100.0% 308	100.0% 1056	100.0% 481	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2602