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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? Strangers (RECSTRA)

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	92.1% 512	93.8% 701	93.5% 705	93.7% 385	100.0% 141	93.7% 2444
Yes	7.9% 44	6.2% 46	6.4% 48	5.6% 23	0.0% 0	6.2% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2609

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	94.1% 1272	93.1% 1172	93.6% 2444
Yes	5.6% 76	6.8% 86	6.2% 162
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
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	89.9% 152	93.1% 353	94.1% 595	92.9% 468	90.2% 203	96.3% 652	21	93.7% 2423
Yes	10.1% 17	6.6% 25	5.9% 37	7.1% 36	9.8% 22	3.7% 25	1	6.3% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	25	2586

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	93.3% 1689	95.0% 264	96.9% 312	92.7% 101	100.0% 9	85.4% 70	93.6% 2445
Yes	6.7% 122	4.7% 13	3.1% 10	7.3% 8	0.0% 0	11.0% 9	6.2% 162
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 322	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2611

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	96.6% 141	94.7% 657	95.6% 346	93.8% 650	92.9% 381	88.5% 269	93.7% 2444
Yes	2.7% 4	5.3% 37	4.4% 16	5.8% 40	7.1% 29	11.5% 35	6.2% 161
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2609

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	92.0% 405	96.0% 596	94.7% 834	91.2% 609	93.6% 2444
Yes	8.0% 35	4.0% 25	5.2% 46	8.4% 56	6.2% 162
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	96.1% 293	94.4% 996	95.4% 458	90.7% 382	90.2% 240	93.0% 66	8	93.7% 2435
Yes	3.0% 9	5.6% 59	4.4% 21	9.3% 39	9.8% 26	7.0% 5	2	6.1% 159
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2598