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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

Household Roster

PAWT2

First, I'd like to ask a few questions about your household. Including yourself, how many people live in this household? (Count as residents people for whom this is their primary residence only. Do not count students currently away at school as residents if they are living away at school at the time of the interview. Students can be counted if they are currently living at home.) (HR_1)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	3.07	1.55

Number of household members under 5 years old (HR_UNDR5)

	N	Mean	Std.Deviation
TOTAL	2610	0.19	0.48

Number in household 5-17 years old (HR5TO17)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	1708	65.4
1) 1	465	17.8
2) 2	301	11.5
3) 3	98	3.8
4) 4	28	1.1
5) 5 or more	10	.4
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Number in household 18-29 years old (HR18TO29)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	1619	62
1) 1	555	21.3
2) 2	324	12.4
3) 3	78	3
4) 4 or more	35	1.3
TOTAL	2611	100.0

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Number in household 30-50 years old (H30TO50)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	1106	42.4
1) 1	664	25.5
2) 2	782	30
3) 3	46	1.8
4) 4 or more	11	.4
TOTAL	2609	100.0

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Number in household over 50 years old (HR_OVR50)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	1370	52.5
1) 1	548	21
2) 2	649	24.9
3) 3 or more	43	1.6
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent's age (HR_AGE)

	TOTAL	%
18) 18	38	1.5
19) 19	55	2.1
20) 20	37	1.4
21) 21	47	1.8
22) 22	45	1.7
23) 23	52	2
24) 24	45	1.7
25) 25	58	2.2
26) 26	53	2
27) 27	36	1.4
28) 28	37	1.4
29) 29	52	2
30) 30	39	1.5
31) 31	52	2
32) 32	38	1.5
33) 33	50	1.9
34) 34	50	1.9
35) 35	44	1.7
36) 36	54	2.1
37) 37	39	1.5
38) 38	59	2.3
39) 39	59	2.3
40) 40	64	2.5
41) 41	38	1.5
42) 42	56	2.1
43) 43	60	2.3
44) 44	45	1.7
45) 45	59	2.3
46) 46	73	2.8
47) 47	53	2
48) 48	62	2.4
49) 49	52	2
50) 50	53	2
51) 51	37	1.4
52) 52	51	2
53) 53	47	1.8
54) 54	38	1.5
55) 55	45	1.7
56) 56	39	1.5
57) 57	37	1.4
58) 58	56	2.1
59) 59	50	1.9
60) 60	18	.7
61) 61	48	1.8
62) 62	40	1.5
63) 63	37	1.4
64) 64	34	1.3
65) 65	31	1.2
66) 66	31	1.2
67) 67	25	1
68) 68	24	.9
69) 69	27	1
70) 70	18	.7
71) 71	18	.7
72) 72	23	.9
73) 73	23	.9
74) 74	13	.5
75) 75	26	1
76) 76	19	.7
77) 77	14	.5
78) 78	15	.6
79) 79	9	.3
80) 80 or higher	58	2.2
TOTAL	2605	100.0

Respondent's gender (HR_GEND)

	TOTAL	%
0) Female	1351	51.8
1) Male	1259	48.2
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Number of females in household (HR_FEM)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	247	9.5
1) 1	1310	50.2
2) 2	666	25.5
3) 3	280	10.7
4) 4	80	3.1
5) 5	19	.7
6) 6 or more	8	.3
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Number of males in household (HR_MALE)

	TOTAL	%
0) 0	271	10.4
1) 1	1234	47.3
2) 2	680	26.1
3) 3	295	11.3
4) 4	85	3.3
5) 5	22	.8
6) 6 or more	22	.8
TOTAL	2609	100.0

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Respondent lives with adopted child (HR_ADOPT)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2572	98.5
1) Yes	38	1.5
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with biological child (HR_BIOL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	1540	59
1) Yes	1070	41
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with child (HR_CHILD)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	1437	55.1
1) Yes	1173	44.9
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with child-in-law (HR_CHINL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2589	99.2
1) Yes	21	.8
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with grandchild (HR_GRCHL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2506	96
1) Yes	104	4
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with grandparent (HR_GRPAR)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2585	99
1) Yes	25	1
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with legal guardianship, foster, or partner's child (HR_GUARD)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2589	99.2
1) Yes	21	.8
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with other non-relative (HR_OTHNO)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2508	96.1
1) Yes	102	3.9
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with other non-relative (HR_OTHRL)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2507	96.1
1) Yes	103	3.9
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with parent (HR_PARNT)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2317	88.8
1) Yes	293	11.2
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with parent-in-law (HR_PARLW)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2587	99.1
1) Yes	23	.9
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with unmarried partner (HR_PRTNR)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2435	93.3
1) Yes	175	6.7
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with roomer (HR_ROOM)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2592	99.3
1) Yes	18	.7
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with roommate (HR_RMMTE)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2490	95.4
1) Yes	120	4.6
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with sibling (HR_SIB)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2402	92
1) Yes	208	8
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with spouse (HR_SPOUS)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	1129	43.3
1) Yes	1481	56.7
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Respondent lives with step child (HR_STEP)

	TOTAL	%
0) No	2493	95.5
1) Yes	117	4.5
TOTAL	2610	100.0

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Instructions

View each question on our survey and how our respondents answered to the left.

To perform an auto-analysis of how an item relates to key demographics such as gender, education, church attendance and more, click on the "Analyze results" link below a variable.

Modules

Click on a link to jump to a topic module. Move the mouse over links to see short descriptions.

Household Roster
Current Living Arrangement
Race/Ethnicity
Race Ethnicity (ACASI)
Housing Choice
Work/Job
Sensation-Seeking
Social Activities
Congregational Identity
Congregational Affiliation
Religious Identification
Centrality and Salience of Religious Identity
Networks and Network Density
Intergroup Contact
Political Participation
Volunteering and Informal Helping
Moral/Political Attitudes
Moral and Political Attitudes (ACASI)
Religion - Importance
Religious Guidance/Religious Authority
Religious Guidance and Religious Authority (ACASI)
Relationship Behaviors (ACASI)
Relationship Quality (ACASI)
Deviance (ACASI)
Religious Beliefs (ACASI)
Religious Attendance (ACASI)
Spiritual Experiences
Health
Demographics
Generated Variables
Appended and Other Variables

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