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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

In the last three years, about how many times, if any, have you received other kinds of help or assistance from your primary religious leaders, or committees or boards at your congregation? (CA_27_S)

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.7% 3	3.1% 8	1.1% 1	0.9% 14
Never	64.6% 177	72.8% 295	72.4% 328	70.2% 181	80.0% 72	71.1% 1053
Once or twice	11.7% 32	8.1% 33	8.8% 40	7.0% 18	1.1% 1	8.4% 124
Three to four times	7.7% 21	6.7% 27	5.7% 26	5.4% 14	8.9% 8	6.5% 96
Five to nine times	6.6% 18	6.7% 27	6.8% 31	4.7% 12	6.7% 6	6.4% 94
About once a month	2.6% 7	2.5% 10	1.3% 6	4.7% 12	0.0% 0	2.4% 35
More than once a month	6.6% 18	3.0% 12	4.0% 18	5.0% 13	2.2% 2	4.3% 63
Missing	282	341	301	153	51	1128
TOTAL	100.0% 274	100.0% 405	100.0% 453	100.0% 258	100.0% 90	1480

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.6% 5	1.3% 8	0.9% 13
Never	70.8% 613	71.7% 441	71.2% 1054
Once or twice	8.2% 71	8.6% 53	8.4% 124
Three to four times	6.0% 52	7.2% 44	6.5% 96
Five to nine times	8.0% 69	4.1% 25	6.3% 94
About once a month	2.2% 19	2.6% 16	2.4% 35
More than once a month	4.3% 37	4.4% 27	4.3% 64
Missing	485	644	1129
TOTAL	100.0% 866	100.0% 615	1481

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	4.6% 10	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.9% 13
Never	75.0% 54	73.6% 159	73.2% 246	66.4% 225	62.5% 105	76.0% 256	8	71.2% 1045
Once or twice	11.1% 8	6.9% 15	6.8% 23	8.3% 28	12.5% 21	8.3% 28	1	8.4% 123
Three to four times	2.8% 2	8.3% 18	7.4% 25	7.1% 24	4.8% 8	4.7% 16	3	6.3% 93
Five to nine times	4.2% 3	3.2% 7	7.1% 24	6.2% 21	11.9% 20	5.9% 20	0	6.5% 95
About once a month	5.6% 4	0.9% 2	1.8% 6	4.4% 15	3.6% 6	0.9% 3	0	2.5% 36
More than once a month	1.4% 1	2.3% 5	3.3% 11	7.4% 25	4.8% 8	3.3% 11	2	4.2% 61
Missing	96	164	295	165	56	340	0	1116
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 216	100.0% 336	100.0% 339	100.0% 168	100.0% 337	14	1468

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.4% 4	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	10.2% 6	0.0% 0	4.2% 2	0.9% 13
Never	73.0% 759	64.7% 121	75.2% 103	52.5% 31	100.0% 8	64.6% 31	71.2% 1053
Once or twice	7.3% 76	10.2% 19	8.8% 12	22.0% 13	0.0% 0	8.3% 4	8.4% 124
Three to four times	6.7% 70	7.5% 14	4.4% 6	5.1% 3	0.0% 0	4.2% 2	6.4% 95
Five to nine times	6.1% 63	10.2% 19	7.3% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 3	6.4% 95
About once a month	2.5% 26	1.6% 3	1.5% 2	5.1% 3	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	2.4% 35
More than once a month	4.0% 42	5.3% 10	2.9% 4	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	10.4% 5	4.3% 63
Missing	771	92	183	47	1	35	1129
TOTAL	100.0% 1040	100.0% 187	100.0% 137	100.0% 59	100.0% 8	100.0% 48	1479

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	5.2% 8	0.9% 14
Never	64.8% 70	66.5% 317	75.1% 190	78.9% 329	78.9% 56	59.1% 91	71.1% 1053
Once or twice	10.2% 11	10.3% 49	5.1% 13	8.6% 36	7.0% 5	6.5% 10	8.4% 124
Three to four times	8.3% 9	6.1% 29	8.3% 21	4.8% 20	1.4% 1	10.4% 16	6.5% 96
Five to nine times	11.1% 12	7.1% 34	6.3% 16	3.4% 14	11.3% 8	6.5% 10	6.4% 94
About once a month	1.9% 2	3.4% 16	3.2% 8	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	3.2% 5	2.4% 35
More than once a month	2.8% 3	6.7% 32	0.8% 2	2.9% 12	1.4% 1	8.4% 13	4.3% 63
Missing	39	215	109	277	338	150	1128
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 477	100.0% 253	100.0% 417	100.0% 71	100.0% 154	1480

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Don't know	3.2% 9	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 13
Never	66.9% 188	81.7% 295	64.0% 345	75.1% 226	71.1% 1054
Once or twice	8.9% 25	4.7% 17	10.4% 56	8.6% 26	8.4% 124
Three to four times	9.6% 27	5.0% 18	7.8% 42	3.0% 9	6.5% 96
Five to nine times	6.0% 17	4.7% 17	6.9% 37	8.0% 24	6.4% 95
About once a month	1.8% 5	0.8% 3	3.9% 21	2.0% 6	2.4% 35
More than once a month	3.6% 10	2.8% 10	6.1% 33	3.3% 10	4.3% 63
Missing	161	260	341	366	1128
TOTAL	100.0% 281	100.0% 361	100.0% 539	100.0% 301	1482

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	1.5% 4	3.4% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.8% 12
Never	81.1% 86	72.1% 428	75.2% 218	63.1% 169	68.9% 122	69.2% 27	3	71.2% 1050
Once or twice	2.8% 3	8.6% 51	7.2% 21	10.4% 28	9.6% 17	10.3% 4	1	8.4% 124
Three to four times	6.6% 7	5.6% 33	3.4% 10	9.3% 25	7.9% 14	12.8% 5	2	6.4% 94
Five to nine times	5.7% 6	6.4% 38	8.6% 25	6.0% 16	4.5% 8	5.1% 2	0	6.4% 95
About once a month	0.9% 1	2.9% 17	2.1% 6	2.6% 7	2.3% 4	0.0% 0	0	2.4% 35
More than once a month	2.8% 3	4.4% 26	3.1% 9	7.1% 19	2.8% 5	2.6% 1	0	4.3% 63
Missing	199	462	189	153	89	32	0	1124
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 594	100.0% 290	100.0% 268	100.0% 177	100.0% 39	6	1474