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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 in household 30-50 years old (H30TO50)

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
0	61.0% 339	0.0% 0	40.7% 307	82.0% 337	87.2% 123	42.4% 1106
1	25.4% 141	30.0% 224	31.0% 234	13.6% 56	6.4% 9	25.5% 664
2	12.8% 71	66.1% 494	26.4% 199	4.1% 17	0.7% 1	30.0% 782
3	0.9% 5	2.4% 18	1.9% 14	0.2% 1	5.7% 8	1.8% 46
4 or more	0.0% 0	1.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
0	43.5% 588	41.1% 518	42.4% 1106
1	26.6% 359	24.2% 305	25.4% 664
2	28.1% 379	32.0% 403	30.0% 782
3	1.3% 18	2.3% 29	1.8% 47
4 or more	0.5% 7	0.3% 4	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1259	2610

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
0	44.6% 75	44.1% 167	43.9% 277	43.2% 218	49.1% 110	37.2% 252	7	42.5% 1099
1	28.6% 48	25.6% 97	21.1% 133	24.6% 124	23.7% 53	29.8% 202	6	25.4% 657
2	24.4% 41	29.3% 111	32.0% 202	32.1% 162	25.4% 57	29.2% 198	11	29.8% 771
3	2.4% 4	0.5% 2	3.0% 19	0.2% 1	1.8% 4	2.4% 16	1	1.8% 46
4 or more	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 9	0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 224	100.0% 677	25	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
0	47.7% 863	33.8% 94	26.2% 84	27.8% 30	11.1% 1	40.7% 33	42.4% 1105
1	21.6% 392	37.4% 104	32.1% 103	33.3% 36	44.4% 4	30.9% 25	25.5% 664
2	29.4% 533	25.5% 71	36.4% 117	35.2% 38	44.4% 4	23.5% 19	30.0% 782
3	1.0% 18	3.2% 9	4.0% 13	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	1.8% 46
4 or more	0.3% 5	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 81	2608

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
0	35.4% 52	45.5% 316	50.0% 181	39.6% 275	40.2% 165	39.1% 119	42.4% 1108
1	36.1% 53	22.9% 159	22.1% 80	24.0% 167	28.8% 118	28.9% 88	25.5% 665
2	26.5% 39	30.5% 212	27.6% 100	31.7% 220	29.0% 119	30.3% 92	29.9% 782
3	2.0% 3	1.0% 7	0.3% 1	3.7% 26	1.0% 4	1.6% 5	1.8% 46
4 or more	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 7	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 695	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2612

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
0	41.8% 184	46.2% 287	41.0% 361	41.2% 275	42.4% 1107
1	22.7% 100	23.2% 144	26.3% 232	28.1% 188	25.4% 664
2	33.9% 149	27.9% 173	31.8% 280	26.9% 180	30.0% 782
3	1.6% 7	2.1% 13	0.9% 8	2.7% 18	1.8% 46
4 or more	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 7	0.4% 11
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
0	43.5% 133	42.7% 450	37.7% 181	40.7% 171	46.8% 125	57.7% 41	4	42.4% 1101
1	28.1% 86	27.5% 290	26.5% 127	24.8% 104	16.5% 44	14.1% 10	2	25.4% 661
2	24.2% 74	28.5% 301	33.1% 159	32.4% 136	36.3% 97	16.9% 12	4	30.0% 779
3	2.9% 9	0.9% 9	2.7% 13	1.4% 6	0.4% 1	11.3% 8	1	1.8% 46
4 or more	1.3% 4	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	11	2599