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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

One of the most effective ways to improve race relations in the U.S. is to stop talking about race. (AMA_7)

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	0.9% 5	0.8% 6	1.2% 9	3.7% 15	3.5% 5	1.5% 40
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	1.5% 11	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	19.0% 105	19.8% 148	19.7% 148	20.3% 83	22.7% 32	19.8% 516
Somewhat disagree	16.2% 90	14.1% 105	13.3% 100	10.5% 43	2.8% 4	13.1% 342
Neither agree nor disagree	25.5% 141	22.9% 171	20.1% 151	24.7% 101	29.1% 41	23.2% 605
Somewhat agree	19.1% 106	21.7% 162	24.3% 183	20.8% 85	19.9% 28	21.7% 564
Strongly agree	19.3% 107	20.3% 152	19.9% 150	19.8% 81	22.0% 31	20.0% 521
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2603

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	2.0% 27	1.0% 13	1.5% 40
Don't know	0.8% 11	0.3% 4	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	18.6% 251	21.1% 265	19.8% 516
Somewhat disagree	13.4% 180	12.9% 162	13.1% 342
Neither agree nor disagree	24.2% 326	22.3% 280	23.3% 606
Somewhat agree	22.0% 297	21.3% 268	21.7% 565
Strongly agree	19.0% 256	21.1% 265	20.0% 521
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1348	100.0% 1257	2605

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	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	1.4% 7	0.9% 2	3.4% 23	4	1.4% 36
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 10	1	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	41.9% 70	23.0% 87	17.8% 112	17.5% 88	18.2% 41	16.6% 112	6	19.8% 510
Somewhat disagree	12.0% 20	16.6% 63	13.0% 82	15.9% 80	10.7% 24	10.1% 68	4	13.1% 337
Neither agree nor disagree	13.2% 22	21.4% 81	26.1% 164	21.2% 107	17.8% 40	28.0% 189	3	23.4% 603
Somewhat agree	21.6% 36	19.0% 72	22.4% 141	26.2% 132	23.1% 52	19.1% 129	2	21.8% 562
Strongly agree	10.8% 18	19.3% 73	20.0% 126	17.9% 90	29.3% 66	21.4% 145	4	20.1% 518
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 379	100.0% 629	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	24	2580

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 20	3.6% 10	2.2% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	1.5% 40
Don't know	0.3% 6	1.4% 4	1.3% 4	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 16
Strongly disagree	18.0% 326	33.2% 92	15.9% 51	23.9% 26	0.0% 0	24.4% 20	19.8% 515
Somewhat disagree	13.5% 244	12.3% 34	10.3% 33	9.2% 10	11.1% 1	24.4% 20	13.1% 342
Neither agree nor disagree	24.1% 435	15.9% 44	26.6% 85	25.7% 28	33.3% 3	13.4% 11	23.3% 606
Somewhat agree	23.7% 429	11.9% 33	18.8% 60	25.7% 28	44.4% 4	12.2% 10	21.7% 564
Strongly agree	19.2% 347	21.7% 60	25.0% 80	13.8% 15	11.1% 1	22.0% 18	20.0% 521
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 320	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2604

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.7% 4	2.0% 14	1.9% 7	1.7% 12	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	1.5% 40
Don't know	2.0% 3	0.7% 5	0.0% 0	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.6% 16
Strongly disagree	29.9% 44	15.9% 110	21.3% 77	17.2% 119	23.5% 96	23.1% 70	19.8% 516
Somewhat disagree	14.3% 21	13.6% 94	16.0% 58	12.3% 85	12.5% 51	11.2% 34	13.2% 343
Neither agree nor disagree	15.6% 23	21.2% 147	19.1% 69	27.6% 191	25.2% 103	23.8% 72	23.2% 605
Somewhat agree	10.2% 15	23.7% 164	24.3% 88	21.6% 150	22.5% 92	18.5% 56	21.7% 565
Strongly agree	25.2% 37	22.8% 158	17.4% 63	18.9% 131	15.9% 65	22.1% 67	20.0% 521
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 362	100.0% 693	100.0% 409	100.0% 303	2606

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	2.3% 14	1.7% 15	1.5% 10	1.6% 41
Don't know	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	0.7% 6	0.6% 4	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	25.2% 111	14.2% 88	20.2% 177	20.9% 139	19.8% 515
Somewhat disagree	16.8% 74	9.2% 57	12.9% 113	14.6% 97	13.1% 341
Neither agree nor disagree	21.1% 93	26.3% 163	21.3% 186	24.5% 163	23.3% 605
Somewhat agree	19.8% 87	24.0% 149	21.9% 192	20.4% 136	21.7% 564
Strongly agree	15.9% 70	23.9% 148	21.3% 186	17.6% 117	20.0% 521
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	100.0% 875	100.0% 666	2601

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	8.5% 26	0.8% 8	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.6% 41
Don't know	2.3% 7	0.5% 5	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	16.3% 50	17.4% 184	17.9% 86	24.0% 101	29.2% 78	23.9% 17	0	19.8% 516
Somewhat disagree	7.5% 23	14.6% 154	11.7% 56	13.3% 56	18.0% 48	5.6% 4	0	13.1% 341
Neither agree nor disagree	24.8% 76	22.8% 241	28.3% 136	16.7% 70	20.2% 54	36.6% 26	3	23.2% 603
Somewhat agree	14.1% 43	20.8% 220	22.3% 107	26.9% 113	24.0% 64	25.4% 18	0	21.7% 565
Strongly agree	26.5% 81	23.1% 244	19.0% 91	18.3% 77	7.9% 21	7.0% 5	2	20.0% 519
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	5	2600