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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

The government should financially compensate black Americans who are descendents of slaves. (AMA_8)

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	1.5% 11	4.7% 19	2.1% 3	1.7% 44
Don't know	0.9% 5	1.5% 11	0.7% 5	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	1.0% 25
Strongly disagree	51.4% 285	53.9% 403	58.2% 438	58.1% 237	62.9% 88	55.8% 1451
Somewhat disagree	9.9% 55	8.6% 64	12.0% 90	8.8% 36	8.6% 12	9.9% 257
Neither agree nor disagree	22.7% 126	21.8% 163	13.3% 100	15.0% 61	10.7% 15	17.9% 465
Somewhat agree	7.8% 43	6.6% 49	6.3% 47	5.6% 23	8.6% 12	6.7% 174
Strongly agree	6.3% 35	6.8% 51	8.1% 61	6.9% 28	7.1% 10	7.1% 185
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 408	100.0% 140	2601

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	2.4% 32	1.0% 12	1.7% 44
Don't know	1.4% 19	0.6% 8	1.0% 27
Strongly disagree	51.4% 692	60.3% 759	55.7% 1451
Somewhat disagree	11.1% 150	8.5% 107	9.9% 257
Neither agree nor disagree	20.0% 269	15.7% 198	17.9% 467
Somewhat agree	7.2% 97	6.1% 77	6.7% 174
Strongly agree	6.5% 87	7.8% 98	7.1% 185
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1259	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	1.2% 6	0.9% 2	4.0% 27	4	1.5% 39
Don't know	1.2% 2	0.8% 3	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 15	2	0.9% 24
Strongly disagree	45.8% 77	47.9% 181	56.8% 358	72.8% 366	75.1% 169	43.5% 294	6	56.0% 1445
Somewhat disagree	14.3% 24	14.0% 53	11.7% 74	7.2% 36	5.3% 12	8.1% 55	2	9.8% 254
Neither agree nor disagree	19.0% 32	18.0% 68	19.2% 121	10.1% 51	8.4% 19	25.1% 170	5	17.9% 461
Somewhat agree	10.1% 17	12.7% 48	5.9% 37	3.4% 17	4.4% 10	6.7% 45	1	6.7% 174
Strongly agree	8.9% 15	6.3% 24	5.4% 34	5.4% 27	5.8% 13	10.4% 70	2	7.1% 183
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 630	100.0% 503	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	22	2580

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 19	4.0% 11	2.8% 9	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	1.7% 45
Don't know	0.6% 11	2.5% 7	1.2% 4	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.0% 26
Strongly disagree	67.6% 1221	14.7% 41	38.8% 125	27.5% 30	0.0% 0	41.5% 34	55.7% 1451
Somewhat disagree	10.2% 185	8.3% 23	5.9% 19	16.5% 18	12.5% 1	13.4% 11	9.9% 257
Neither agree nor disagree	12.3% 222	24.1% 67	33.9% 109	37.6% 41	87.5% 7	25.6% 21	17.9% 467
Somewhat agree	4.5% 81	17.3% 48	9.3% 30	9.2% 10	0.0% 0	6.1% 5	6.7% 174
Strongly agree	3.8% 68	29.1% 81	8.1% 26	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	7.3% 6	7.1% 186
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 278	100.0% 322	100.0% 109	100.0% 8	100.0% 82	2606

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.7% 4	1.9% 13	1.9% 7	1.9% 13	0.5% 2	1.0% 3	1.6% 42
Don't know	2.7% 4	0.7% 5	0.3% 1	1.0% 7	0.7% 3	2.0% 6	1.0% 26
Strongly disagree	15.6% 23	68.2% 472	65.2% 236	52.5% 363	55.3% 226	43.7% 132	55.8% 1452
Somewhat disagree	6.1% 9	7.9% 55	13.8% 50	8.1% 56	13.0% 53	10.9% 33	9.8% 256
Neither agree nor disagree	26.5% 39	12.3% 85	11.0% 40	22.8% 158	14.2% 58	28.8% 87	17.9% 467
Somewhat agree	17.7% 26	4.5% 31	3.0% 11	7.5% 52	9.0% 37	6.0% 18	6.7% 175
Strongly agree	28.6% 42	4.5% 31	4.7% 17	6.2% 43	7.3% 30	7.6% 23	7.1% 186
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 692	100.0% 362	100.0% 692	100.0% 409	100.0% 302	2604

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.7% 3	1.9% 12	1.8% 16	1.8% 12	1.7% 43
Don't know	1.8% 8	0.8% 5	0.9% 8	0.9% 6	1.0% 27
Strongly disagree	50.9% 224	61.7% 384	55.9% 490	53.0% 353	55.7% 1451
Somewhat disagree	11.4% 50	7.9% 49	9.2% 81	11.6% 77	9.9% 257
Neither agree nor disagree	16.1% 71	13.7% 85	19.7% 173	20.6% 137	17.9% 466
Somewhat agree	8.9% 39	6.4% 40	5.1% 45	7.7% 51	6.7% 175
Strongly agree	10.2% 45	7.6% 47	7.3% 64	4.5% 30	7.1% 186
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 877	100.0% 666	2605

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	8.1% 25	1.1% 12	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.7% 44
Don't know	2.0% 6	0.9% 9	0.4% 2	0.7% 3	1.1% 3	5.6% 4	0	1.0% 27
Strongly disagree	36.5% 112	56.0% 592	64.0% 307	62.1% 261	57.3% 153	36.1% 26	2	55.7% 1451
Somewhat disagree	4.9% 15	9.0% 95	9.4% 45	14.0% 59	14.2% 38	8.3% 6	0	9.9% 258
Neither agree nor disagree	27.7% 85	20.2% 214	12.5% 60	12.1% 51	16.5% 44	15.3% 11	1	17.9% 465
Somewhat agree	8.1% 25	5.6% 59	6.3% 30	4.8% 20	8.2% 22	22.2% 16	2	6.6% 172
Strongly agree	12.7% 39	7.2% 76	7.1% 34	5.5% 23	2.2% 6	11.1% 8	0	7.1% 186
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 1057	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 72	5	2603