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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.

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About how many times in the past twelve months have you spent time with friends at a park, shopping mall, or other public place? (SA_PUBLC)

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	5.1% 28	13.1% 98	17.5% 132	25.2% 103	27.7% 39	15.4% 400
Once	1.6% 9	2.4% 18	4.0% 30	1.7% 7	0.7% 1	2.5% 65
2-4 times	10.1% 56	13.3% 99	14.2% 107	12.5% 51	8.5% 12	12.5% 325
5-9 times	6.0% 33	13.5% 101	15.8% 119	12.0% 49	10.6% 15	12.2% 317
Once a month	15.5% 86	22.1% 165	21.2% 160	13.7% 56	19.1% 27	19.0% 494
Twice a month	25.6% 142	16.9% 126	14.2% 107	16.2% 66	11.3% 16	17.6% 457
Once a week	11.0% 61	9.9% 74	8.6% 65	9.6% 39	13.5% 19	9.9% 258
More than once a week	25.1% 139	8.8% 66	4.4% 33	9.1% 37	7.8% 11	11.0% 286
Missing	0	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 747	100.0% 753	100.0% 408	100.0% 141	2603

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	15.3% 206	15.5% 195	15.4% 401
Once	2.4% 32	2.5% 32	2.5% 64
2-4 times	11.3% 153	13.7% 172	12.5% 325
5-9 times	11.9% 161	12.5% 157	12.2% 318
Once a month	20.3% 274	17.6% 221	19.0% 495
Twice a month	18.4% 249	16.6% 208	17.5% 457
Once a week	9.9% 134	9.9% 124	9.9% 258
More than once a week	10.4% 140	11.6% 146	11.0% 286
Missing	0	3	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1350	100.0% 1255	2605

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	19.0% 32	15.3% 58	10.4% 66	11.0% 55	15.6% 35	21.4% 145	10	15.1% 391
Once	2.4% 4	0.5% 2	2.7% 17	1.4% 7	4.4% 10	3.7% 25	0	2.5% 65
2-4 times	13.1% 22	11.9% 45	11.7% 74	13.0% 65	10.2% 23	13.9% 94	2	12.5% 323
5-9 times	7.1% 12	12.7% 48	13.4% 85	15.0% 75	6.2% 14	12.2% 83	2	12.3% 317
Once a month	11.9% 20	16.4% 62	22.8% 144	21.8% 109	22.7% 51	15.2% 103	6	18.9% 489
Twice a month	13.7% 23	17.2% 65	17.7% 112	19.8% 99	18.7% 42	16.8% 114	2	17.6% 455
Once a week	10.1% 17	14.2% 54	12.3% 78	9.4% 47	8.9% 20	6.0% 41	2	10.0% 257
More than once a week	22.6% 38	11.9% 45	8.7% 55	8.4% 42	13.3% 30	10.8% 73	2	11.0% 283
Missing	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 499	100.0% 225	100.0% 678	27	2581

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	12.7% 229	22.2% 62	24.4% 78	17.4% 19	11.1% 1	13.4% 11	15.3% 400
Once	2.0% 37	3.9% 11	4.4% 14	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 65
2-4 times	11.2% 203	15.1% 42	16.6% 53	16.5% 18	0.0% 0	11.0% 9	12.5% 325
5-9 times	12.6% 227	10.8% 30	9.7% 31	16.5% 18	0.0% 0	15.9% 13	12.2% 319
Once a month	21.0% 380	16.5% 46	15.0% 48	6.4% 7	0.0% 0	17.1% 14	19.0% 495
Twice a month	19.9% 360	11.8% 33	12.5% 40	9.2% 10	0.0% 0	17.1% 14	17.5% 457
Once a week	9.9% 179	9.0% 25	8.1% 26	17.4% 19	22.2% 2	9.8% 8	9.9% 259
More than once a week	10.6% 192	10.8% 30	9.4% 30	13.8% 15	66.7% 6	15.9% 13	11.0% 286
Missing	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1808	100.0% 279	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2607

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	23.3% 34	15.9% 110	10.8% 39	19.7% 137	9.0% 37	15.0% 45	15.4% 402
Once	2.7% 4	2.2% 15	1.4% 5	3.3% 23	1.5% 6	3.7% 11	2.5% 64
2-4 times	17.1% 25	11.1% 77	13.8% 50	10.2% 71	13.2% 54	16.3% 49	12.5% 326
5-9 times	8.2% 12	13.4% 93	11.3% 41	13.4% 93	11.2% 46	11.0% 33	12.2% 318
Once a month	17.1% 25	19.3% 134	22.9% 83	17.9% 124	19.5% 80	16.3% 49	19.0% 495
Twice a month	13.0% 19	21.2% 147	17.4% 63	16.0% 111	18.5% 76	13.3% 40	17.5% 456
Once a week	8.2% 12	6.3% 44	11.6% 42	10.8% 75	11.5% 47	12.6% 38	9.9% 258
More than once a week	10.3% 15	10.5% 73	10.5% 38	8.6% 60	15.6% 64	12.0% 36	11.0% 286
Missing	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 301	2607

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	13.4% 59	18.8% 117	15.7% 138	12.9% 86	15.3% 400
Once	2.5% 11	2.7% 17	3.2% 28	1.2% 8	2.5% 64
2-4 times	13.2% 58	10.6% 66	14.0% 123	11.8% 79	12.5% 326
5-9 times	11.4% 50	10.6% 66	12.2% 107	14.2% 95	12.2% 318
Once a month	20.5% 90	19.3% 120	18.6% 163	18.4% 123	19.0% 496
Twice a month	18.2% 80	15.8% 98	18.1% 159	17.9% 120	17.5% 457
Once a week	9.8% 43	11.1% 69	9.1% 80	10.0% 67	9.9% 259
More than once a week	10.7% 47	11.1% 69	9.0% 79	13.6% 91	11.0% 286
Missing	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 622	100.0% 878	100.0% 669	2608

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	32.7% 100	15.9% 167	11.7% 56	9.5% 40	10.1% 27	15.3% 11	1	15.4% 401
Once	3.3% 10	2.8% 29	2.7% 13	2.1% 9	0.7% 2	2.8% 2	0	2.5% 65
2-4 times	16.7% 51	10.3% 108	11.9% 57	16.4% 69	12.4% 33	11.1% 8	1	12.5% 326
5-9 times	11.1% 34	10.7% 113	14.4% 69	11.4% 48	13.5% 36	23.6% 17	2	12.2% 317
Once a month	11.8% 36	18.2% 192	21.5% 103	20.7% 87	25.1% 67	11.1% 8	2	19.0% 493
Twice a month	12.7% 39	17.0% 179	15.4% 74	22.3% 94	19.5% 52	19.4% 14	5	17.4% 452
Once a week	4.6% 14	11.4% 120	10.4% 50	8.6% 36	12.4% 33	6.9% 5	0	9.9% 258
More than once a week	6.9% 21	13.8% 145	11.9% 57	9.0% 38	6.4% 17	9.7% 7	0	11.0% 285
Missing	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1053	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 72	11	2599