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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 other non-relative (HR_OTHNO)

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	94.2% 523	96.1% 719	97.9% 738	96.1% 396	93.6% 132	96.1% 2508
Yes	5.8% 32	3.9% 29	2.1% 16	3.9% 16	6.4% 9	3.9% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	96.4% 1303	95.7% 1205	96.1% 2508
Yes	3.6% 48	4.3% 54	3.9% 102
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	96.4% 163	94.7% 358	97.2% 614	98.8% 498	98.2% 221	93.6% 634	21	96.2% 2488
Yes	3.6% 6	5.3% 20	2.8% 18	1.2% 6	1.8% 4	6.4% 43	5	3.8% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	26	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	96.7% 1751	97.8% 271	93.2% 300	98.2% 107	77.8% 7	88.0% 73	96.1% 2509
Yes	3.3% 60	2.2% 6	6.8% 22	1.8% 2	22.2% 2	12.0% 10	3.9% 102
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 277	100.0% 322	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No	99.3% 146	96.1% 666	96.7% 351	93.5% 648	97.8% 401	97.7% 297	96.1% 2509
Yes	0.7% 1	3.9% 27	3.3% 12	6.5% 45	2.2% 9	2.3% 7	3.9% 101
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	98.4% 433	96.1% 597	97.2% 856	93.3% 623	96.1% 2509
Yes	1.6% 7	3.9% 24	2.8% 25	6.7% 45	3.9% 101
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	91.2% 279	96.2% 1016	97.1% 466	97.4% 410	98.9% 264	88.7% 63	10	96.0% 2498
Yes	8.8% 27	3.8% 40	2.9% 14	2.6% 11	1.1% 3	11.3% 8	0	4.0% 103
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2601