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

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	99.5% 552	99.5% 744	98.1% 740	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	99.2% 2589
Yes	0.5% 3	0.5% 4	1.9% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	99.6% 1346	98.6% 1242	99.2% 2588
Yes	0.4% 5	1.4% 17	0.8% 22
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
No	97.6% 164	99.7% 377	98.7% 624	100.0% 504	97.8% 220	99.4% 673	26	99.1% 2562
Yes	2.4% 4	0.3% 1	1.3% 8	0.0% 0	2.2% 5	0.6% 4	0	0.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	26	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	99.2% 1797	98.2% 273	99.1% 319	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	99.2% 2589
Yes	0.8% 14	1.8% 5	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 22
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
No	99.3% 146	98.4% 683	99.2% 360	99.7% 692	98.8% 405	100.0% 304	99.2% 2590
Yes	0.7% 1	1.6% 11	0.8% 3	0.3% 2	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2612

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	99.1% 436	99.0% 615	98.9% 871	99.9% 667	99.2% 2589
Yes	0.9% 4	1.0% 6	1.1% 10	0.1% 1	0.8% 21
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	99.7% 305	99.5% 1051	97.9% 470	99.8% 420	98.1% 261	100.0% 71	10	99.2% 2578
Yes	0.3% 1	0.5% 5	2.1% 10	0.2% 1	1.9% 5	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2600