Portraits of American Life Study
Hosted by The ARDA
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
If we want to create a society where people get along, we must recognize that each ethnic group has the right to maintain its own unique traditions. (AMA_10)



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 0.5%
3
0.9%
7
1.1%
8
4.4%
18
2.1%
3
1.5%
39
Don't know 0.4%
2
0.8%
6
1.1%
8
0.5%
2
0.0%
0
0.7%
18
Strongly disagree 4.9%
27
6.8%
51
6.6%
50
7.8%
32
11.3%
16
6.8%
176
Somewhat disagree 4.5%
25
6.2%
46
6.5%
49
8.5%
35
12.8%
18
6.6%
173
Neither agree nor disagree 14.8%
82
16.5%
123
12.6%
95
10.0%
41
23.4%
33
14.4%
374
Somewhat agree 25.2%
140
26.4%
197
32.2%
242
37.1%
152
28.4%
40
29.6%
771
Strongly agree 49.7%
276
42.4%
316
39.9%
300
31.7%
130
22.0%
31
40.4%
1053
Missing 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOTAL 100.0%
555
100.0%
746
100.0%
752
100.0%
410
100.0%
141

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Gender

Female Male TOTAL
Refused 1.9%
25
1.1%
14
1.5%
39
Don't know 0.9%
12
0.4%
5
0.7%
17
Strongly disagree 6.8%
91
6.8%
86
6.8%
177
Somewhat disagree 6.2%
84
7.0%
88
6.6%
172
Neither agree nor disagree 14.2%
191
14.5%
183
14.4%
374
Somewhat agree 28.2%
380
31.1%
391
29.6%
771
Strongly agree 41.8%
563
39.0%
491
40.5%
1054
Missing 5 1 6
TOTAL 100.0%
1346
100.0%
1258

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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
0.8%
3
0.8%
5
0.8%
4
0.0%
0
3.3%
22

4
1.4%
35
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.8%
3
0.0%
0
0.4%
2
0.0%
0
1.6%
11

1
0.6%
16
Strongly disagree 4.2%
7
6.1%
23
5.9%
37
5.8%
29
11.6%
26
7.5%
51

3
6.7%
173
Somewhat disagree 4.2%
7
5.5%
21
6.2%
39
8.3%
42
6.3%
14
7.2%
49

1
6.7%
172
Neither agree nor disagree 11.9%
20
6.9%
26
13.2%
83
11.7%
59
12.9%
29
22.5%
152

5
14.3%
369
Somewhat agree 20.2%
34
31.9%
121
34.1%
215
34.0%
171
36.6%
82
21.2%
143

5
29.7%
766
Strongly agree 58.9%
99
48.0%
182
39.8%
251
39.0%
196
32.6%
73
36.7%
248

5
40.7%
1049
Missing 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
TOTAL 100.0%
168
100.0%
379
100.0%
630
100.0%
503
100.0%
224
100.0%
676

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Race

White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander Other TOTAL
Refused 1.1%
19
2.5%
7
2.2%
7
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
6.0%
5
1.5%
38
Don't know 0.4%
8
1.1%
3
1.2%
4
0.9%
1
0.0%
0
1.2%
1
0.7%
17
Strongly disagree 6.7%
121
8.3%
23
6.9%
22
8.3%
9
0.0%
0
2.4%
2
6.8%
177
Somewhat disagree 7.6%
137
5.8%
16
3.7%
12
1.9%
2
0.0%
0
6.0%
5
6.6%
172
Neither agree nor disagree 14.1%
254
14.1%
39
17.4%
56
10.2%
11
11.1%
1
16.9%
14
14.4%
375
Somewhat agree 32.5%
587
23.1%
64
19.9%
64
35.2%
38
66.7%
6
14.5%
12
29.6%
771
Strongly agree 37.7%
681
45.1%
125
48.6%
156
43.5%
47
22.2%
2
53.0%
44
40.5%
1055
Missing 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
TOTAL 100.0%
1807
100.0%
277
100.0%
321
100.0%
108
100.0%
9
100.0%
83

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Religion

Black Protestant Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Catholic Unaffiliated Other TOTAL
Refused 2.7%
4
1.6%
11
1.9%
7
1.7%
12
0.7%
3
0.3%
1
1.5%
38
Don't know 1.4%
2
0.4%
3
0.0%
0
1.0%
7
0.2%
1
1.3%
4
0.7%
17
Strongly disagree 8.8%
13
7.7%
53
6.6%
24
5.9%
41
6.6%
27
6.0%
18
6.8%
176
Somewhat disagree 5.4%
8
8.2%
57
5.0%
18
7.4%
51
6.1%
25
4.3%
13
6.6%
172
Neither agree nor disagree 14.3%
21
14.2%
98
12.4%
45
15.9%
110
13.7%
56
15.2%
46
14.4%
376
Somewhat agree 25.2%
37
33.0%
228
34.0%
123
28.7%
199
27.6%
113
23.8%
72
29.6%
772
Strongly agree 42.2%
62
34.9%
241
40.1%
145
39.4%
273
45.1%
185
49.0%
148
40.5%
1054
Missing 0 3 1 1 0 2 7
TOTAL 100.0%
147
100.0%
691
100.0%
362
100.0%
693
100.0%
410
100.0%
302

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Region

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Refused 0.5%
2
1.6%
10
1.7%
15
1.8%
12
1.5%
39
Don't know 0.9%
4
0.2%
1
0.8%
7
0.8%
5
0.7%
17
Strongly disagree 8.0%
35
6.9%
43
5.6%
49
7.5%
50
6.8%
177
Somewhat disagree 9.6%
42
4.7%
29
8.2%
72
4.4%
29
6.6%
172
Neither agree nor disagree 10.0%
44
16.1%
100
15.4%
135
14.3%
95
14.4%
374
Somewhat agree 32.6%
143
30.4%
189
29.5%
259
27.0%
180
29.6%
771
Strongly agree 38.5%
169
40.1%
249
38.8%
341
44.3%
295
40.5%
1054
Missing 0 0 3 2 5
TOTAL 100.0%
439
100.0%
621
100.0%
878
100.0%
666

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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 7.5%
23
0.9%
9
0.4%
2
0.7%
3
0.4%
1
1.4%
1

0
1.5%
39
Don't know 2.9%
9
0.6%
6
0.2%
1
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.0%
0

0
0.7%
17
Strongly disagree 10.5%
32
5.7%
60
7.9%
38
7.4%
31
5.3%
14
4.2%
3

0
6.8%
178
Somewhat disagree 5.9%
18
6.9%
73
5.8%
28
5.5%
23
8.3%
22
12.5%
9

0
6.7%
173
Neither agree nor disagree 19.9%
61
16.3%
172
16.0%
77
9.3%
39
7.1%
19
6.9%
5

1
14.3%
373
Somewhat agree 15.4%
47
30.8%
326
34.3%
165
28.2%
118
35.0%
93
29.2%
21

2
29.6%
770
Strongly agree 37.9%
116
38.9%
411
35.3%
170
48.7%
204
44.0%
117
45.8%
33

2
40.4%
1051
TOTAL 100.0%
306
100.0%
1057
100.0%
481
100.0%
419
100.0%
266
100.0%
72

5

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