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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

In the past twelve months, which have helped you directly by giving their time? Neighbors (RECNGHB)

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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No	84.2% 468	78.1% 584	69.7% 526	76.4% 314	78.7% 111	76.7% 2003
Yes	15.8% 88	21.9% 164	30.2% 228	22.9% 94	21.3% 30	23.1% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2611

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
No	74.9% 1013	78.6% 990	76.7% 2003
Yes	24.8% 335	21.3% 269	23.1% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 1260	2612

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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.0% 0
No	81.0% 136	72.8% 276	74.3% 469	75.4% 380	68.8% 154	83.9% 567	20	76.8% 1982
Yes	19.0% 32	26.9% 102	25.7% 162	24.6% 124	31.3% 70	16.1% 109	3	23.2% 599
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 631	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	26	2582

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	0.1% 3
No	71.5% 1294	88.1% 245	92.2% 296	83.3% 90	100.0% 9	81.7% 67	76.7% 2001
Yes	28.5% 517	11.5% 32	7.8% 25	16.7% 18	0.0% 0	14.6% 12	23.2% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2609

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
No	91.2% 134	74.2% 514	71.1% 258	78.6% 545	80.2% 329	73.0% 222	76.7% 2002
Yes	8.2% 12	25.8% 179	28.9% 105	20.9% 145	19.8% 81	27.0% 82	23.1% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.1% 3
No	65.7% 289	77.6% 482	80.4% 708	78.3% 523	76.7% 2002
Yes	34.3% 151	22.4% 139	19.5% 172	21.3% 142	23.1% 604
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 668	2610

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	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Don't know	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 3
No	88.5% 270	78.4% 827	81.7% 393	64.4% 271	65.4% 174	84.5% 60	7	76.8% 1995
Yes	10.5% 32	21.6% 228	18.1% 87	35.6% 150	34.6% 92	15.5% 11	3	23.1% 600
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1055	100.0% 481	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599