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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 attended any public meeting in which there was discussion of local government issues, or school or other community affairs? (SA_MEET)

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	54.0% 300	49.1% 367	49.2% 371	57.4% 237	67.6% 94	52.5% 1369
Once	11.3% 63	11.4% 85	8.6% 65	5.6% 23	10.1% 14	9.6% 250
2-4 times	20.7% 115	19.8% 148	21.2% 160	19.1% 79	11.5% 16	19.8% 518
5-9 times	5.8% 32	10.8% 81	10.2% 77	6.1% 25	4.3% 6	8.5% 221
Once a month	4.0% 22	5.1% 38	7.3% 55	8.0% 33	3.6% 5	5.9% 153
Twice a month	3.1% 17	2.1% 16	2.4% 18	2.2% 9	1.4% 2	2.4% 62
Once a week	0.7% 4	1.2% 9	0.8% 6	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.9% 24
More than once a week	0.5% 3	0.5% 4	0.3% 2	0.5% 2	0.7% 1	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 413	100.0% 139	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	53.3% 720	51.7% 650	52.5% 1370
Once	8.5% 115	10.7% 134	9.5% 249
2-4 times	20.1% 271	19.6% 246	19.8% 517
5-9 times	7.6% 103	9.5% 119	8.5% 222
Once a month	6.1% 82	5.6% 71	5.9% 153
Twice a month	2.7% 36	2.0% 25	2.3% 61
Once a week	1.3% 17	0.6% 7	0.9% 24
More than once a week	0.4% 5	0.5% 6	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1350	100.0% 1258	2608

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 1
Never	47.9% 81	49.6% 188	47.0% 297	46.4% 234	38.8% 87	68.1% 461	21	52.1% 1348
Once	6.5% 11	11.9% 45	10.4% 66	10.7% 54	12.9% 29	6.6% 45	0	9.7% 250
2-4 times	27.2% 46	19.0% 72	23.7% 150	20.8% 105	22.8% 51	13.3% 90	4	19.9% 514
5-9 times	7.1% 12	8.2% 31	9.5% 60	10.5% 53	12.5% 28	5.6% 38	0	8.6% 222
Once a month	7.7% 13	6.6% 25	5.4% 34	5.8% 29	10.7% 24	4.3% 29	0	6.0% 154
Twice a month	1.2% 2	3.4% 13	1.9% 12	4.6% 23	2.2% 5	0.9% 6	0	2.4% 61
Once a week	2.4% 4	0.8% 3	1.4% 9	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0	0.9% 24
More than once a week	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 677	26	2585

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	52.8% 955	44.2% 123	56.9% 182	58.7% 64	33.3% 3	51.2% 42	52.5% 1369
Once	9.8% 178	11.5% 32	6.9% 22	10.1% 11	0.0% 0	7.3% 6	9.5% 249
2-4 times	19.9% 360	20.9% 58	18.8% 60	15.6% 17	22.2% 2	24.4% 20	19.8% 517
5-9 times	8.2% 148	11.2% 31	8.8% 28	6.4% 7	44.4% 4	6.1% 5	8.6% 223
Once a month	5.9% 107	7.2% 20	5.6% 18	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.1% 5	5.9% 153
Twice a month	2.3% 42	2.9% 8	1.6% 5	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	2.3% 61
Once a week	0.8% 14	1.1% 3	0.9% 3	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 24
More than once a week	0.3% 5	1.1% 3	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1810	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2608

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	44.9% 66	53.9% 374	47.7% 173	55.2% 382	53.5% 219	51.3% 156	52.5% 1370
Once	8.2% 12	7.9% 55	9.4% 34	9.1% 63	11.2% 46	12.8% 39	9.5% 249
2-4 times	20.4% 30	18.2% 126	23.7% 86	19.7% 136	20.8% 85	17.8% 54	19.8% 517
5-9 times	13.6% 20	9.1% 63	9.9% 36	6.6% 46	7.3% 30	8.9% 27	8.5% 222
Once a month	7.5% 11	7.8% 54	6.3% 23	4.2% 29	5.4% 22	4.6% 14	5.9% 153
Twice a month	2.7% 4	2.2% 15	2.2% 8	3.0% 21	1.0% 4	3.0% 9	2.3% 61
Once a week	0.7% 1	0.6% 4	0.3% 1	1.4% 10	0.7% 3	1.3% 4	0.9% 23
More than once a week	2.0% 3	0.3% 2	0.3% 1	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 692	100.0% 409	100.0% 304	2609

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	54.0% 237	54.8% 340	48.7% 429	54.3% 363	52.5% 1369
Once	9.8% 43	9.3% 58	9.6% 85	9.4% 63	9.5% 249
2-4 times	15.7% 69	19.2% 119	21.5% 189	21.0% 140	19.8% 517
5-9 times	8.7% 38	6.9% 43	9.3% 82	8.8% 59	8.5% 222
Once a month	6.4% 28	6.0% 37	6.8% 60	4.3% 29	5.9% 154
Twice a month	4.1% 18	2.1% 13	2.5% 22	1.2% 8	2.3% 61
Once a week	0.5% 2	1.4% 9	0.8% 7	0.7% 5	0.9% 23
More than once a week	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	0.7% 6	0.1% 1	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 668	2609

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Never	71.2% 218	56.3% 594	47.7% 229	41.3% 174	40.8% 109	56.9% 41	4	52.5% 1365
Once	7.5% 23	9.3% 98	10.0% 48	9.7% 41	11.6% 31	8.3% 6	2	9.5% 247
2-4 times	13.1% 40	17.9% 189	21.7% 104	27.3% 115	23.6% 63	8.3% 6	2	19.9% 517
5-9 times	4.6% 14	7.3% 77	6.9% 33	12.4% 52	12.7% 34	13.9% 10	2	8.5% 220
Once a month	1.0% 3	6.3% 67	8.8% 42	4.5% 19	7.1% 19	5.6% 4	0	5.9% 154
Twice a month	1.3% 4	1.7% 18	3.5% 17	2.4% 10	3.0% 8	5.6% 4	0	2.3% 61
Once a week	0.7% 2	0.8% 8	0.2% 1	2.1% 9	1.1% 3	1.4% 1	0	0.9% 24
More than once a week	0.3% 1	0.5% 5	1.0% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 72	10	2602