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Results & Summaries

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

In a typical month do your volunteering activities take up more than one hour of your time? (VO_2)

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
Yes	55.0% 138	59.3% 195	55.9% 179	60.2% 77	72.0% 18	57.6% 607
No	45.0% 113	40.7% 134	44.1% 141	39.8% 51	28.0% 7	42.4% 446
Missing	305	418	433	283	115	1554
TOTAL	100.0% 251	100.0% 329	100.0% 320	100.0% 128	100.0% 25	1053

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Yes	54.0% 310	61.8% 298	57.6% 608
No	46.0% 264	38.2% 184	42.4% 448
Missing	777	777	1554
TOTAL	100.0% 574	100.0% 482	1056

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	52.2% 47	56.7% 106	49.6% 137	63.3% 140	63.0% 51	63.8% 125	3	57.7% 606
No	47.8% 43	43.3% 81	50.4% 139	36.7% 81	37.0% 30	36.2% 71	2	42.3% 445
Missing	79	191	356	283	143	480	0	1532
TOTAL	100.0% 90	100.0% 187	100.0% 276	100.0% 221	100.0% 81	100.0% 196	5	1051

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Yes	53.6% 423	69.4% 68	72.3% 60	63.3% 31	0.0% 0	71.4% 25	57.5% 607
No	46.4% 366	30.6% 30	27.7% 23	36.7% 18	100.0% 1	28.6% 10	42.5% 448
Missing	1022	180	239	59	8	46	1554
TOTAL	100.0% 789	100.0% 98	100.0% 83	100.0% 49	100.0% 1	100.0% 35	1055

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Yes	64.7% 33	53.1% 137	50.9% 88	62.3% 162	62.4% 111	56.6% 77	57.6% 608
No	35.3% 18	46.9% 121	49.1% 85	37.7% 98	37.6% 67	43.4% 59	42.4% 448
Missing	96	436	189	434	232	168	1555
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 258	100.0% 173	100.0% 260	100.0% 178	100.0% 136	1056

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Yes	60.3% 120	59.1% 136	57.5% 199	54.4% 153	57.6% 608
No	39.7% 79	40.9% 94	42.5% 147	45.6% 128	42.4% 448
Missing	241	392	535	387	1555
TOTAL	100.0% 199	100.0% 230	100.0% 346	100.0% 281	1056

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
Yes	62.3% 33	51.5% 191	61.8% 131	53.9% 124	67.7% 105	69.0% 20	4	57.5% 604
No	37.7% 20	48.5% 180	38.2% 81	46.1% 106	32.3% 50	31.0% 9	2	42.5% 446
Missing	253	685	268	190	112	43	0	1551
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 371	100.0% 212	100.0% 230	100.0% 155	100.0% 29	6	1050