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Results & Summaries

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

Respondent lives with biological child (HR_BIOL)

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
No	70.5% 392	33.2% 248	58.8% 443	79.6% 328	90.8% 128	59.0% 1539
Yes	29.5% 164	66.8% 499	41.2% 311	20.4% 84	9.2% 13	41.0% 1071
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	52.7% 712	65.8% 828	59.0% 1540
Yes	47.3% 640	34.2% 431	41.0% 1071
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
No	67.3% 113	59.9% 227	61.4% 388	59.7% 301	60.7% 136	53.6% 363	11	59.1% 1528
Yes	32.7% 55	40.1% 152	38.6% 244	40.3% 203	39.3% 88	46.4% 314	15	40.9% 1056
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 677	26	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	62.5% 1131	54.7% 152	46.7% 150	47.7% 52	33.3% 3	63.4% 52	59.0% 1540
Yes	37.5% 680	45.3% 126	53.3% 171	52.3% 57	66.7% 6	36.6% 30	41.0% 1070
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2610

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	51.0% 75	61.6% 427	65.3% 237	54.2% 376	61.2% 251	57.2% 174	59.0% 1540
Yes	49.0% 72	38.4% 266	34.7% 126	45.8% 318	38.8% 159	42.8% 130	41.0% 1071
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2611

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	55.7% 245	58.6% 364	60.6% 534	59.4% 397	59.0% 1540
Yes	44.3% 195	41.4% 257	39.4% 347	40.6% 271	41.0% 1070
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
No	55.2% 169	60.6% 640	51.7% 248	62.9% 264	58.3% 155	77.5% 55	8	58.9% 1531
Yes	44.8% 137	39.4% 416	48.3% 232	37.1% 156	41.7% 111	22.5% 16	2	41.1% 1068
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599