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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 volunteered for a project that helps people in the local community? (SA_VOLPR)

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	52.3% 291	52.9% 396	46.2% 349	61.7% 255	67.1% 94	53.0% 1385
Once	7.7% 43	8.4% 63	7.3% 55	3.9% 16	2.1% 3	6.9% 180
2-4 times	15.8% 88	16.8% 126	19.1% 144	9.4% 39	6.4% 9	15.5% 406
5-9 times	9.5% 53	5.9% 44	9.4% 71	4.4% 18	4.3% 6	7.4% 192
Once a month	8.1% 45	7.6% 57	8.5% 64	6.8% 28	8.6% 12	7.9% 206
Twice a month	3.8% 21	4.9% 37	3.7% 28	6.3% 26	3.6% 5	4.5% 117
Once a week	0.9% 5	2.0% 15	4.0% 30	4.4% 18	3.6% 5	2.8% 73
More than once a week	1.8% 10	1.3% 10	1.9% 14	2.9% 12	4.3% 6	2.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 413	100.0% 140	2612

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	52.1% 704	54.1% 681	53.0% 1385
Once	5.8% 79	8.0% 101	6.9% 180
2-4 times	16.1% 218	14.9% 188	15.5% 406
5-9 times	7.2% 98	7.5% 94	7.4% 192
Once a month	7.7% 104	8.1% 102	7.9% 206
Twice a month	5.5% 74	3.4% 43	4.5% 117
Once a week	3.0% 41	2.5% 31	2.8% 72
More than once a week	2.4% 33	1.5% 19	2.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 1259	2611

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	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	44.6% 75	47.6% 180	49.3% 311	47.5% 240	49.1% 110	66.7% 451	17	52.9% 1367
Once	14.3% 24	8.5% 32	6.7% 42	5.7% 29	4.5% 10	5.8% 39	2	6.8% 176
2-4 times	12.5% 21	16.9% 64	22.0% 139	13.5% 68	18.3% 41	10.4% 70	2	15.6% 403
5-9 times	8.3% 14	8.5% 32	7.0% 44	8.1% 41	10.7% 24	5.0% 34	3	7.3% 189
Once a month	8.3% 14	8.2% 31	7.6% 48	11.7% 59	8.9% 20	5.0% 34	0	8.0% 206
Twice a month	4.2% 7	6.1% 23	4.0% 25	7.5% 38	4.5% 10	2.1% 14	0	4.5% 117
Once a week	4.2% 7	3.4% 13	1.7% 11	3.8% 19	3.1% 7	2.2% 15	0	2.8% 72
More than once a week	3.0% 5	0.8% 3	1.7% 11	2.2% 11	0.9% 2	2.8% 19	2	2.0% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	26	2582

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	50.6% 916	54.8% 153	68.2% 219	47.3% 52	22.2% 2	53.1% 43	53.0% 1385
Once	6.1% 110	7.2% 20	6.5% 21	17.3% 19	0.0% 0	11.1% 9	6.9% 179
2-4 times	17.0% 308	15.8% 44	8.7% 28	10.0% 11	44.4% 4	13.6% 11	15.5% 406
5-9 times	8.2% 149	7.9% 22	3.7% 12	5.5% 6	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	7.4% 192
Once a month	8.8% 160	5.4% 15	5.3% 17	5.5% 6	22.2% 2	7.4% 6	7.9% 206
Twice a month	4.9% 88	2.5% 7	4.4% 14	5.5% 6	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	4.5% 117
Once a week	2.7% 49	4.3% 12	2.2% 7	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	4.9% 4	2.8% 73
More than once a week	1.7% 31	2.2% 6	0.9% 3	9.1% 10	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	2.0% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 1812	100.0% 279	100.0% 321	100.0% 110	100.0% 9	100.0% 81	2612

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Never	56.2% 82	49.1% 340	44.2% 160	58.1% 403	58.8% 241	52.3% 159	53.1% 1385
Once	9.6% 14	4.8% 33	7.7% 28	8.2% 57	6.3% 26	6.6% 20	6.8% 178
2-4 times	12.3% 18	17.9% 124	18.5% 67	13.7% 95	14.9% 61	13.5% 41	15.6% 406
5-9 times	8.9% 13	8.2% 57	9.1% 33	5.8% 40	7.6% 31	5.9% 18	7.4% 192
Once a month	6.2% 9	10.4% 72	8.8% 32	6.5% 45	5.6% 23	8.2% 25	7.9% 206
Twice a month	2.1% 3	5.1% 35	5.5% 20	4.0% 28	4.6% 19	3.6% 11	4.4% 116
Once a week	3.4% 5	3.3% 23	4.4% 16	2.3% 16	1.7% 7	1.6% 5	2.8% 72
More than once a week	1.4% 2	1.2% 8	1.4% 5	1.4% 10	0.5% 2	8.2% 25	2.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 692	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	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	54.1% 238	55.4% 344	51.2% 451	52.6% 352	53.0% 1385
Once	5.0% 22	5.5% 34	6.7% 59	9.6% 64	6.9% 179
2-4 times	13.2% 58	15.6% 97	17.5% 154	14.3% 96	15.5% 405
5-9 times	9.8% 43	7.2% 45	7.3% 64	6.0% 40	7.4% 192
Once a month	5.9% 26	6.8% 42	8.4% 74	9.7% 65	7.9% 207
Twice a month	5.7% 25	4.7% 29	4.1% 36	4.0% 27	4.5% 117
Once a week	2.5% 11	3.5% 22	2.7% 24	2.2% 15	2.8% 72
More than once a week	3.9% 17	1.3% 8	2.0% 18	1.5% 10	2.0% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Never	74.8% 229	59.1% 624	45.8% 220	39.0% 164	38.2% 102	62.0% 44	3	53.2% 1383
Once	4.9% 15	5.5% 58	9.0% 43	8.3% 35	9.7% 26	1.4% 1	2	6.8% 178
2-4 times	9.5% 29	14.8% 156	16.3% 78	19.5% 82	16.9% 45	16.9% 12	4	15.5% 402
5-9 times	4.2% 13	5.8% 61	10.0% 48	10.0% 42	9.4% 25	1.4% 1	2	7.3% 190
Once a month	2.9% 9	6.7% 71	8.1% 39	11.2% 47	12.4% 33	8.5% 6	0	7.9% 205
Twice a month	1.3% 4	3.1% 33	6.0% 29	6.9% 29	7.9% 21	1.4% 1	0	4.5% 117
Once a week	1.0% 3	2.7% 29	3.5% 17	3.1% 13	3.4% 9	1.4% 1	0	2.8% 72
More than once a week	1.3% 4	2.3% 24	1.3% 6	1.7% 7	2.2% 6	7.0% 5	0	2.0% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	11	2600