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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 a small group that meets regularly and provides support or caring for those who participate in it? (SA_SMGRP)

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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	61.0% 340	61.0% 456	59.5% 449	63.7% 263	66.0% 93	61.3% 1601
Once	2.2% 12	2.1% 16	1.5% 11	0.7% 3	0.7% 1	1.6% 43
2-4 times	6.3% 35	6.6% 49	7.3% 55	3.4% 14	4.3% 6	6.1% 159
5-9 times	7.5% 42	5.6% 42	6.4% 48	5.6% 23	5.0% 7	6.2% 162
Once a month	5.7% 32	9.0% 67	8.1% 61	11.6% 48	7.8% 11	8.4% 219
Twice a month	6.1% 34	7.0% 52	6.4% 48	5.1% 21	7.8% 11	6.4% 166
Once a week	6.1% 34	5.3% 40	6.2% 47	5.1% 21	7.1% 10	5.8% 152
More than once a week	5.0% 28	3.5% 26	4.5% 34	4.8% 20	1.4% 2	4.2% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 557	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 413	100.0% 141	2613

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Never	60.0% 812	62.7% 789	61.3% 1601
Once	1.6% 22	1.6% 20	1.6% 42
2-4 times	5.6% 76	6.6% 83	6.1% 159
5-9 times	6.3% 85	6.1% 77	6.2% 162
Once a month	9.2% 124	7.5% 95	8.4% 219
Twice a month	6.8% 92	5.9% 74	6.4% 166
Once a week	6.1% 82	5.6% 70	5.8% 152
More than once a week	4.4% 60	4.0% 50	4.2% 110
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	0.1% 1	0	0.0% 1
Never	64.5% 109	62.3% 236	63.2% 400	51.8% 261	48.0% 107	69.2% 468	20	61.2% 1581
Once	1.8% 3	1.8% 7	1.6% 10	1.4% 7	2.2% 5	1.2% 8	2	1.5% 40
2-4 times	6.5% 11	7.7% 29	4.6% 29	6.2% 31	4.0% 9	7.2% 49	0	6.1% 158
5-9 times	6.5% 11	4.7% 18	5.7% 36	7.7% 39	12.1% 27	4.4% 30	1	6.2% 161
Once a month	8.3% 14	9.2% 35	10.9% 69	9.7% 49	7.6% 17	5.2% 35	0	8.5% 219
Twice a month	3.0% 5	6.9% 26	5.2% 33	9.9% 50	8.5% 19	4.9% 33	0	6.4% 166
Once a week	4.1% 7	5.3% 20	5.7% 36	7.7% 39	10.3% 23	3.8% 26	1	5.8% 151
More than once a week	5.3% 9	2.1% 8	3.2% 20	5.6% 28	7.2% 16	3.8% 26	3	4.1% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 633	100.0% 504	100.0% 223	100.0% 676	27	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	62.3% 1128	59.2% 164	64.6% 208	51.9% 56	11.1% 1	51.8% 43	61.3% 1600
Once	1.0% 18	2.9% 8	3.4% 11	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	1.6% 42
2-4 times	4.6% 84	9.0% 25	9.0% 29	11.1% 12	22.2% 2	7.2% 6	6.1% 158
5-9 times	6.6% 120	6.1% 17	5.3% 17	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	6.0% 5	6.2% 162
Once a month	9.1% 164	7.2% 20	7.5% 24	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	8.4% 7	8.4% 218
Twice a month	7.1% 128	5.1% 14	3.1% 10	8.3% 9	22.2% 2	4.8% 4	6.4% 167
Once a week	5.6% 102	6.9% 19	4.7% 15	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	12.0% 10	5.8% 152
More than once a week	3.7% 67	3.6% 10	2.5% 8	14.8% 16	44.4% 4	6.0% 5	4.2% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 277	100.0% 322	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2610

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
Never	59.6% 87	58.0% 402	55.8% 202	63.0% 437	71.6% 293	58.9% 179	61.3% 1600
Once	4.1% 6	0.4% 3	1.1% 4	2.4% 17	2.0% 8	1.3% 4	1.6% 42
2-4 times	8.9% 13	5.1% 35	4.1% 15	7.6% 53	4.9% 20	7.2% 22	6.1% 158
5-9 times	6.2% 9	7.1% 49	8.8% 32	6.1% 42	4.2% 17	4.3% 13	6.2% 162
Once a month	7.5% 11	7.9% 55	11.9% 43	7.9% 55	7.6% 31	7.6% 23	8.4% 218
Twice a month	4.1% 6	7.4% 51	7.5% 27	6.5% 45	4.9% 20	5.9% 18	6.4% 167
Once a week	7.5% 11	8.9% 62	6.6% 24	4.2% 29	2.2% 9	4.9% 15	5.8% 150
More than once a week	2.1% 3	5.2% 36	4.1% 15	2.3% 16	2.7% 11	9.5% 29	4.2% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 693	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 409	100.0% 304	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	62.7% 276	64.8% 402	58.9% 519	60.3% 403	61.3% 1600
Once	0.7% 3	1.1% 7	1.9% 17	2.4% 16	1.6% 43
2-4 times	6.1% 27	6.5% 40	5.7% 50	6.1% 41	6.1% 158
5-9 times	6.1% 27	6.5% 40	5.4% 48	6.9% 46	6.2% 161
Once a month	8.4% 37	8.4% 52	8.9% 78	7.6% 51	8.4% 218
Twice a month	6.4% 28	5.2% 32	7.0% 62	6.6% 44	6.4% 166
Once a week	5.7% 25	4.4% 27	7.3% 64	5.4% 36	5.8% 152
More than once a week	3.9% 17	3.2% 20	4.8% 42	4.6% 31	4.2% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	80.1% 245	62.6% 660	57.0% 274	51.7% 217	56.3% 151	66.7% 48	5	61.3% 1595
Once	1.3% 4	2.0% 21	1.2% 6	1.7% 7	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	2	1.5% 40
2-4 times	5.2% 16	6.3% 66	7.1% 34	4.8% 20	5.6% 15	9.7% 7	1	6.1% 158
5-9 times	2.3% 7	5.0% 53	7.9% 38	10.0% 42	6.7% 18	6.9% 5	0	6.3% 163
Once a month	3.9% 12	9.9% 104	10.6% 51	7.1% 30	6.0% 16	6.9% 5	0	8.4% 218
Twice a month	3.9% 12	5.3% 56	5.4% 26	9.0% 38	11.2% 30	2.8% 2	2	6.3% 164
Once a week	1.0% 3	5.1% 54	6.0% 29	9.3% 39	9.0% 24	5.6% 4	0	5.9% 153
More than once a week	2.3% 7	3.9% 41	4.8% 23	6.4% 27	4.1% 11	1.4% 1	0	4.2% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1055	100.0% 481	100.0% 420	100.0% 268	100.0% 72	10	2602