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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

Number of types listed respondent has given advice to in past twelve months (ADVCNUMB)

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
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.1% 2
0	12.3% 68	12.2% 91	9.7% 73	25.0% 103	29.1% 41	14.4% 376
1	34.6% 192	37.0% 277	39.0% 294	40.3% 166	47.5% 67	38.2% 996
2	29.0% 161	27.4% 205	21.4% 161	20.4% 84	13.5% 19	24.1% 630
3	13.9% 77	11.6% 87	13.7% 103	7.0% 29	6.4% 9	11.7% 305
4	7.7% 43	8.0% 60	11.2% 84	4.6% 19	0.7% 1	7.9% 207
5	2.3% 13	3.3% 25	4.6% 35	2.7% 11	2.1% 3	3.3% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 753	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 5	0.2% 5
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
0	14.5% 196	14.3% 180	14.4% 376
1	35.8% 484	40.7% 512	38.2% 996
2	26.0% 351	22.3% 280	24.2% 631
3	12.9% 174	10.4% 131	11.7% 305
4	6.8% 92	9.1% 115	7.9% 207
5	3.9% 53	2.6% 33	3.3% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1257	2608

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
0	13.7% 23	6.6% 25	12.4% 78	11.5% 58	12.4% 28	22.3% 151	13	14.0% 363
1	41.1% 69	37.6% 142	35.3% 223	37.2% 188	30.2% 68	44.3% 300	6	38.3% 990
2	27.4% 46	28.6% 108	26.6% 168	24.2% 122	24.9% 56	19.2% 130	1	24.4% 630
3	11.3% 19	15.3% 58	12.4% 78	13.7% 69	16.9% 38	5.9% 40	3	11.7% 302
4	5.4% 9	7.7% 29	10.3% 65	7.9% 40	8.9% 20	6.1% 41	2	7.9% 204
5	1.2% 2	4.2% 16	2.2% 14	5.0% 25	6.7% 15	2.2% 15	0	3.4% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	25	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Don't know	0.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
0	13.4% 243	11.2% 31	23.1% 74	15.9% 17	11.1% 1	13.4% 11	14.4% 377
1	34.9% 632	45.0% 125	48.9% 157	42.1% 45	22.2% 2	42.7% 35	38.2% 996
2	26.8% 485	19.4% 54	16.2% 52	23.4% 25	22.2% 2	15.9% 13	24.2% 631
3	13.0% 235	9.4% 26	5.6% 18	11.2% 12	44.4% 4	12.2% 10	11.7% 305
4	8.7% 157	7.6% 21	4.7% 15	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	7.9% 207
5	2.9% 53	7.6% 21	1.6% 5	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	3.3% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 1812	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2609

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.8% 3	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 6
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
0	15.0% 22	14.0% 97	14.9% 54	17.3% 120	12.2% 50	10.9% 33	14.4% 376
1	43.5% 64	36.6% 254	35.0% 127	41.1% 285	38.5% 158	35.9% 109	38.2% 997
2	19.0% 28	23.5% 163	25.3% 92	23.4% 162	25.1% 103	27.3% 83	24.2% 631
3	8.8% 13	13.5% 94	12.9% 47	10.0% 69	12.4% 51	10.2% 31	11.7% 305
4	4.1% 6	7.1% 49	8.8% 32	5.9% 41	11.5% 47	10.5% 32	7.9% 207
5	9.5% 14	4.9% 34	2.2% 8	2.0% 14	0.2% 1	5.3% 16	3.3% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2611

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
0	11.6% 51	17.6% 109	14.5% 128	13.3% 89	14.4% 377
1	31.0% 136	42.0% 261	40.1% 354	36.6% 245	38.1% 996
2	26.4% 116	24.5% 152	22.3% 197	24.8% 166	24.2% 631
3	17.1% 75	6.3% 39	10.9% 96	14.3% 96	11.7% 306
4	9.6% 42	6.6% 41	7.7% 68	8.4% 56	7.9% 207
5	4.3% 19	2.7% 17	4.0% 35	2.4% 16	3.3% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 621	100.0% 882	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
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
0	31.7% 97	15.5% 164	10.0% 48	9.7% 41	4.9% 13	11.3% 8	6	14.3% 371
1	44.1% 135	42.3% 447	39.2% 188	29.2% 123	24.8% 66	50.7% 36	1	38.3% 995
2	15.0% 46	22.1% 234	27.7% 133	31.6% 133	24.8% 66	23.9% 17	1	24.2% 629
3	5.2% 16	10.4% 110	13.5% 65	11.9% 50	21.8% 58	8.5% 6	2	11.7% 305
4	3.3% 10	7.0% 74	5.8% 28	11.4% 48	16.2% 43	4.2% 3	0	7.9% 206
5	0.7% 2	2.4% 25	3.8% 18	5.7% 24	6.8% 18	1.4% 1	0	3.4% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1057	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2601