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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

Government should do more to help minorities increase their standard of living. (AMA_6)

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
Refused	0.7% 4	0.8% 6	1.1% 8	3.2% 13	2.1% 3	1.3% 34
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.4% 3	0.9% 7	0.5% 2	0.7% 1	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	13.2% 73	19.5% 146	15.7% 118	16.9% 69	10.0% 14	16.1% 420
Somewhat disagree	10.6% 59	14.2% 106	18.9% 142	10.8% 44	19.3% 27	14.5% 378
Neither agree nor disagree	26.3% 146	21.9% 164	23.2% 175	25.0% 102	21.4% 30	23.7% 617
Somewhat agree	22.9% 127	22.1% 165	19.3% 145	25.5% 104	30.0% 42	22.4% 583
Strongly agree	26.1% 145	21.1% 158	21.0% 158	18.1% 74	16.4% 23	21.4% 558
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 748	100.0% 753	100.0% 408	100.0% 140	2604

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.7% 23	0.9% 11	1.3% 34
Don't know	1.0% 13	0.2% 2	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	12.8% 173	19.6% 247	16.1% 420
Somewhat disagree	13.6% 183	15.5% 195	14.5% 378
Neither agree nor disagree	25.6% 345	21.6% 272	23.7% 617
Somewhat agree	23.1% 312	21.5% 271	22.4% 583
Strongly agree	22.2% 299	20.7% 260	21.5% 559
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1348	100.0% 1258	2606

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	1.2% 6	0.0% 0	2.8% 19	4	1.2% 30
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.1% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	1.0% 7	1	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	13.2% 22	12.1% 46	18.1% 114	14.5% 73	27.6% 62	14.9% 101	3	16.2% 418
Somewhat disagree	7.8% 13	12.4% 47	15.1% 95	24.3% 122	16.9% 38	8.9% 60	3	14.5% 375
Neither agree nor disagree	16.2% 27	21.6% 82	26.9% 170	23.9% 120	20.9% 47	24.6% 166	5	23.7% 612
Somewhat agree	26.3% 44	26.6% 101	25.2% 159	21.1% 106	19.1% 43	18.9% 128	2	22.5% 581
Strongly agree	35.9% 60	25.6% 97	14.3% 90	15.1% 76	14.7% 33	28.8% 195	7	21.3% 551
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 379	100.0% 631	100.0% 503	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	25	2581

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 17	1.8% 5	2.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 4	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.5% 9	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	18.7% 337	8.6% 24	13.8% 44	7.4% 8	0.0% 0	8.3% 7	16.1% 420
Somewhat disagree	18.5% 334	5.8% 16	6.6% 21	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	4.8% 4	14.6% 379
Neither agree nor disagree	26.2% 474	14.0% 39	15.4% 49	34.3% 37	0.0% 0	21.4% 18	23.7% 617
Somewhat agree	23.3% 421	20.9% 58	16.9% 54	22.2% 24	75.0% 6	22.6% 19	22.4% 582
Strongly agree	11.8% 214	48.2% 134	44.5% 142	31.5% 34	25.0% 2	38.1% 32	21.4% 558
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1806	100.0% 278	100.0% 319	100.0% 108	100.0% 8	100.0% 84	2603

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.7% 1	1.7% 12	1.4% 5	1.7% 12	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	1.3% 33
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.6% 4	0.8% 3	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	9.5% 14	19.4% 134	15.0% 54	16.0% 111	17.8% 73	11.6% 35	16.2% 421
Somewhat disagree	4.8% 7	16.6% 115	19.7% 71	11.6% 80	14.4% 59	15.6% 47	14.6% 379
Neither agree nor disagree	17.7% 26	25.1% 174	24.1% 87	22.0% 152	23.7% 97	26.5% 80	23.7% 616
Somewhat agree	19.7% 29	19.7% 136	26.9% 97	24.1% 167	21.2% 87	22.2% 67	22.4% 583
Strongly agree	46.3% 68	16.9% 117	12.2% 44	24.0% 166	22.4% 92	23.2% 70	21.4% 557
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 361	100.0% 692	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	2604

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	1.6% 10	1.3% 11	1.5% 10	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	0.8% 7	0.5% 3	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	17.3% 76	15.5% 96	17.1% 150	14.7% 98	16.1% 420
Somewhat disagree	13.4% 59	16.3% 101	13.5% 118	15.0% 100	14.5% 378
Neither agree nor disagree	22.1% 97	23.7% 147	23.8% 209	24.5% 163	23.7% 616
Somewhat agree	23.0% 101	24.3% 151	21.2% 186	21.8% 145	22.4% 583
Strongly agree	23.0% 101	18.4% 114	22.3% 196	22.1% 147	21.4% 558
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 621	100.0% 877	100.0% 666	2603

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
Refused	6.5% 20	0.8% 8	0.4% 2	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.3% 34
Don't know	2.0% 6	0.5% 5	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	16.7% 51	17.0% 179	17.3% 83	15.2% 64	10.9% 29	18.3% 13	0	16.1% 419
Somewhat disagree	5.6% 17	12.3% 130	17.3% 83	23.1% 97	16.2% 43	11.3% 8	0	14.5% 378
Neither agree nor disagree	19.9% 61	26.5% 280	24.4% 117	21.7% 91	21.4% 57	14.1% 10	1	23.7% 616
Somewhat agree	11.8% 36	23.1% 244	20.0% 96	23.1% 97	32.7% 87	29.6% 21	2	22.4% 581
Strongly agree	37.6% 115	19.9% 210	20.4% 98	16.0% 67	18.0% 48	25.4% 18	2	21.4% 556
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2599