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
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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
0.7%
5
1.1%
8
3.2%
13
2.1%
3
1.2%
32
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.5%
4
0.9%
7
0.5%
2
0.7%
1
0.5%
14
Strongly disagree 13.5%
75
12.6%
94
14.6%
110
10.8%
44
7.9%
11
12.8%
334
Somewhat disagree 11.4%
63
10.6%
79
10.4%
78
9.5%
39
13.6%
19
10.7%
278
Neither agree nor disagree 24.9%
138
17.3%
129
11.3%
85
11.2%
46
19.3%
27
16.3%
425
Somewhat agree 18.0%
100
15.3%
114
19.1%
144
13.9%
57
8.6%
12
16.4%
427
Strongly agree 31.7%
176
43.1%
322
42.6%
321
50.9%
208
47.9%
67
42.0%
1094
Missing 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOTAL 100.0%
555
100.0%
747
100.0%
753
100.0%
409
100.0%
140

2604


Gender

Female Male TOTAL
Refused 1.4%
19
1.0%
13
1.2%
32
Don't know 0.8%
11
0.2%
3
0.5%
14
Strongly disagree 13.9%
187
11.8%
148
12.9%
335
Somewhat disagree 13.9%
187
7.2%
91
10.7%
278
Neither agree nor disagree 17.5%
236
14.9%
188
16.3%
424
Somewhat agree 15.9%
214
17.0%
214
16.4%
428
Strongly agree 36.6%
493
47.8%
601
42.0%
1094
Missing 5 1 6
TOTAL 100.0%
1347
100.0%
1258

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
0.0%
0
0.3%
2
1.0%
5
0.0%
0
2.8%
19

4
1.0%
27
Don't know 0.0%
0
0.8%
3
0.0%
0
0.2%
1
0.4%
1
1.0%
7

1
0.5%
12
Strongly disagree 18.5%
31
14.3%
54
9.8%
62
9.3%
47
10.7%
24
17.2%
116

0
13.0%
334
Somewhat disagree 14.3%
24
14.1%
53
9.5%
60
11.3%
57
8.5%
19
9.2%
62

3
10.7%
275
Neither agree nor disagree 24.4%
41
12.5%
47
15.4%
97
12.9%
65
12.1%
27
20.9%
141

7
16.2%
418
Somewhat agree 14.9%
25
22.5%
85
19.0%
120
17.1%
86
9.4%
21
13.2%
89

1
16.5%
426
Strongly agree 27.4%
46
35.8%
135
46.0%
290
48.2%
243
58.9%
132
35.7%
241

6
42.1%
1087
Missing 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
TOTAL 100.0%
168
100.0%
377
100.0%
631
100.0%
504
100.0%
224
100.0%
675

22

2579


Race

White Black Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander Other TOTAL
Refused 0.9%
16
2.2%
6
2.2%
7
0.0%
0
0.0%
0
3.6%
3
1.2%
32
Don't know 0.4%
7
1.1%
3
0.6%
2
0.9%
1
0.0%
0
1.2%
1
0.5%
14
Strongly disagree 9.1%
165
20.5%
57
27.5%
88
11.1%
12
11.1%
1
14.5%
12
12.9%
335
Somewhat disagree 9.5%
172
14.7%
41
14.4%
46
9.3%
10
0.0%
0
10.8%
9
10.7%
278
Neither agree nor disagree 14.1%
255
19.8%
55
24.1%
77
19.4%
21
0.0%
0
19.3%
16
16.3%
424
Somewhat agree 18.0%
325
13.7%
38
10.0%
32
14.8%
16
33.3%
3
16.9%
14
16.4%
428
Strongly agree 48.0%
867
28.1%
78
21.3%
68
44.4%
48
55.6%
5
33.7%
28
42.0%
1094
Missing 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
TOTAL 100.0%
1807
100.0%
278
100.0%
320
100.0%
108
100.0%
9
100.0%
83

2605


Religion

Black Protestant Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Catholic Unaffiliated Other TOTAL
Refused 1.4%
2
1.6%
11
1.1%
4
1.7%
12
0.2%
1
0.3%
1
1.2%
31
Don't know 1.4%
2
0.4%
3
0.3%
1
0.7%
5
0.2%
1
1.0%
3
0.6%
15
Strongly disagree 20.4%
30
11.0%
76
11.6%
42
14.1%
98
12.9%
53
11.6%
35
12.8%
334
Somewhat disagree 15.0%
22
8.2%
57
8.9%
32
12.8%
89
11.2%
46
10.6%
32
10.7%
278
Neither agree nor disagree 17.0%
25
16.2%
112
14.1%
51
15.9%
110
18.0%
74
17.3%
52
16.3%
424
Somewhat agree 15.0%
22
13.7%
95
18.8%
68
16.6%
115
20.0%
82
15.3%
46
16.4%
428
Strongly agree 29.9%
44
48.8%
337
45.2%
163
38.1%
264
37.5%
154
43.9%
132
42.0%
1094
Missing 0 3 1 1 0 2 7
TOTAL 100.0%
147
100.0%
691
100.0%
361
100.0%
693
100.0%
411
100.0%
301

2604


Region

Northeast Midwest South West TOTAL
Refused 0.5%
2
1.6%
10
1.1%
10
1.5%
10
1.2%
32
Don't know 1.1%
5
0.0%
0
0.6%
5
0.6%
4
0.5%
14
Strongly disagree 14.3%
63
10.8%
67
13.7%
120
12.7%
85
12.9%
335
Somewhat disagree 11.4%
50
10.0%
62
11.3%
99
10.0%
67
10.7%
278
Neither agree nor disagree 16.1%
71
17.1%
106
15.9%
140
16.2%
108
16.3%
425
Somewhat agree 12.7%
56
16.8%
104
18.7%
164
15.6%
104
16.4%
428
Strongly agree 43.9%
193
43.7%
271
38.7%
340
43.4%
290
42.0%
1094
Missing 0 0 3 2 5
TOTAL 100.0%
440
100.0%
620
100.0%
878
100.0%
668

2606


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 6.9%
21
0.7%
7
0.4%
2
0.0%
0
0.4%
1
1.4%
1

0
1.2%
32
Don't know 2.3%
7
0.5%
5
0.2%
1
0.0%
0
0.4%
1
0.0%
0

0
0.5%
14
Strongly disagree 22.2%
68
14.5%
153
8.1%
39
7.4%
31
10.9%
29
21.1%
15

0
12.9%
335
Somewhat disagree 8.8%
27
9.8%
103
9.6%
46
14.5%
61
12.5%
33
8.5%
6

2
10.6%
276
Neither agree nor disagree 17.6%
54
18.1%
191
17.3%
83
11.4%
48
11.3%
30
23.9%
17

1
16.3%
423
Somewhat agree 14.1%
43
13.8%
146
18.0%
86
20.0%
84
22.3%
59
9.9%
7

2
16.4%
425
Strongly agree 28.1%
86
42.7%
451
46.3%
222
46.8%
197
42.3%
112
35.2%
25

0
42.1%
1093
TOTAL 100.0%
306
100.0%
1056
100.0%
479
100.0%
421
100.0%
265
100.0%
71

5

2598