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Results & Summaries

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

On average, how often have you felt unsafe, if ever, in your current neighborhood? (HC_19)

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
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	61.2% 340	65.9% 492	69.0% 520	74.9% 308	68.1% 96	67.3% 1756
Once or twice	30.8% 171	25.3% 189	25.5% 192	19.7% 81	21.3% 30	25.4% 663
Once a month	3.4% 19	5.1% 38	4.2% 32	4.4% 18	5.0% 7	4.4% 114
Once a week	2.0% 11	1.7% 13	0.7% 5	0.5% 2	3.5% 5	1.4% 36
At least once a day	2.7% 15	2.0% 15	0.7% 5	0.5% 2	2.1% 3	1.5% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	61.4% 830	73.6% 927	67.3% 1757
Once or twice	29.8% 402	20.7% 261	25.4% 663
Once a month	5.6% 76	2.9% 37	4.3% 113
Once a week	1.8% 24	1.0% 13	1.4% 37
At least once a day	1.4% 19	1.7% 21	1.5% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1259	2610

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Never	65.5% 110	62.0% 235	67.9% 430	62.4% 315	72.9% 164	71.9% 486	18	67.3% 1740
Once or twice	28.0% 47	31.7% 120	25.9% 164	29.7% 150	20.0% 45	19.1% 129	7	25.3% 655
Once a month	3.6% 6	3.4% 13	3.5% 22	5.3% 27	4.9% 11	5.3% 36	0	4.4% 115
Once a week	2.4% 4	1.3% 5	1.3% 8	1.8% 9	0.9% 2	1.3% 9	0	1.4% 37
At least once a day	0.6% 1	1.6% 6	1.4% 9	0.8% 4	1.3% 3	2.4% 16	1	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 633	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	67.5% 1222	61.6% 172	67.9% 218	75.9% 82	55.6% 5	71.1% 59	67.3% 1758
Once or twice	27.4% 496	25.4% 71	18.1% 58	17.6% 19	22.2% 2	21.7% 18	25.4% 664
Once a month	3.5% 64	5.4% 15	7.5% 24	4.6% 5	22.2% 2	3.6% 3	4.3% 113
Once a week	0.9% 16	2.5% 7	2.8% 9	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	1.4% 36
At least once a day	0.7% 13	5.0% 14	3.7% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	1.5% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 279	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	61.6% 90	66.5% 461	69.0% 249	68.0% 472	69.3% 284	66.7% 202	67.4% 1758
Once or twice	25.3% 37	27.1% 188	27.1% 98	24.8% 172	22.7% 93	24.4% 74	25.4% 662
Once a month	6.2% 9	4.3% 30	2.8% 10	4.2% 29	4.4% 18	5.6% 17	4.3% 113
Once a week	2.7% 4	1.0% 7	1.1% 4	1.0% 7	2.0% 8	1.7% 5	1.3% 35
At least once a day	4.1% 6	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.0% 14	1.7% 7	1.7% 5	1.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 693	100.0% 361	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2607

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	70.9% 312	66.2% 411	70.3% 619	62.1% 415	67.3% 1757
Once or twice	22.0% 97	28.0% 174	23.0% 203	28.3% 189	25.4% 663
Once a month	3.6% 16	2.9% 18	4.0% 35	6.7% 45	4.4% 114
Once a week	1.6% 7	1.4% 9	1.4% 12	1.2% 8	1.4% 36
At least once a day	1.8% 8	1.4% 9	1.4% 12	1.6% 11	1.5% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 668	2610

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
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 0
Never	71.6% 219	69.3% 730	63.5% 305	62.4% 262	70.7% 188	65.7% 46	6	67.4% 1750
Once or twice	14.1% 43	24.6% 259	30.0% 144	28.8% 121	25.6% 68	32.9% 23	4	25.3% 658
Once a month	6.9% 21	3.2% 34	4.2% 20	6.9% 29	3.0% 8	1.4% 1	0	4.4% 113
Once a week	2.3% 7	1.5% 16	1.5% 7	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	1.3% 35
At least once a day	5.2% 16	1.4% 15	0.8% 4	0.7% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1054	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 70	11	2596