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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 parent (HR_PARNT)

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	65.6% 365	93.4% 699	93.6% 706	98.8% 407	99.3% 141	88.7% 2318
Yes	34.4% 191	6.6% 49	6.4% 48	1.2% 5	0.7% 1	11.3% 294
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 142	2612

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No	88.5% 1195	89.1% 1121	88.8% 2316
Yes	11.5% 156	10.9% 137	11.2% 293
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1258	2609

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
No	87.0% 147	89.4% 339	90.0% 569	90.3% 455	94.2% 212	84.6% 572	22	88.7% 2294
Yes	13.0% 22	10.6% 40	10.0% 63	9.7% 49	5.8% 13	15.4% 104	4	11.3% 291
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No	91.6% 1659	85.6% 238	80.7% 259	78.9% 86	100.0% 9	80.5% 66	88.8% 2317
Yes	8.4% 152	14.4% 40	19.3% 62	21.1% 23	0.0% 0	19.5% 16	11.2% 293
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	85.0% 125	89.5% 621	93.1% 337	88.2% 612	86.8% 356	87.8% 266	88.8% 2317
Yes	15.0% 22	10.5% 73	6.9% 25	11.8% 82	13.2% 54	12.2% 37	11.2% 293
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No	87.7% 386	90.7% 563	87.6% 771	89.2% 596	88.8% 2316
Yes	12.3% 54	9.3% 58	12.4% 109	10.8% 72	11.2% 293
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 880	100.0% 668	2609

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	90.5% 277	84.1% 888	91.7% 440	90.0% 378	98.1% 261	90.1% 64	8	88.8% 2308
Yes	9.5% 29	15.9% 168	8.3% 40	10.0% 42	1.9% 5	9.9% 7	2	11.2% 291
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599