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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

Now think about conversations you have had with different types of people in the past twelve months. How often do you have a conversation with someone who, as far as you know, is a single mom or single dad with children in the home? (IC_4)

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.7% 5	0.5% 2	1.4% 2	0.5% 14
Never	24.0% 133	22.2% 166	19.5% 147	45.2% 185	61.0% 86	27.5% 717
Once or twice a year	12.1% 67	8.4% 63	8.3% 63	12.7% 52	7.1% 10	9.8% 255
About once a month	9.7% 54	11.0% 82	12.6% 95	6.4% 26	8.5% 12	10.3% 269
A few times a month	11.4% 63	13.4% 100	13.6% 103	8.6% 35	11.3% 16	12.2% 317
Once a week	9.5% 53	11.8% 88	10.5% 79	9.5% 39	4.3% 6	10.2% 265
A few times a week	14.1% 78	15.5% 116	17.4% 131	8.6% 35	5.7% 8	14.1% 368
Every day	18.9% 105	17.3% 129	17.4% 131	8.6% 35	0.7% 1	15.4% 401
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 755	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2607

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.6% 8	0.5% 6	0.5% 14
Never	25.6% 346	29.5% 371	27.5% 717
Once or twice a year	8.7% 118	11.0% 138	9.8% 256
About once a month	9.1% 123	11.7% 147	10.4% 270
A few times a month	11.7% 158	12.6% 159	12.2% 317
Once a week	10.4% 140	10.0% 126	10.2% 266
A few times a week	15.0% 202	13.1% 165	14.1% 367
Every day	18.9% 256	11.5% 144	15.3% 400
Missing	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1257	2608

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0	0.0% 1
Don't know	1.8% 3	0.5% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	1	0.5% 14
Never	28.4% 48	29.9% 113	23.7% 150	25.5% 129	26.2% 59	30.6% 207	10	27.3% 706
Once or twice a year	12.4% 21	10.8% 41	10.0% 63	10.5% 53	10.7% 24	7.7% 52	1	9.8% 254
About once a month	12.4% 21	13.5% 51	8.1% 51	11.9% 60	12.4% 28	8.6% 58	0	10.4% 269
A few times a month	10.7% 18	8.2% 31	15.5% 98	14.9% 75	14.7% 33	9.2% 62	0	12.3% 317
Once a week	3.0% 5	12.4% 47	10.4% 66	11.9% 60	7.6% 17	9.9% 67	4	10.1% 262
A few times a week	13.0% 22	13.8% 52	14.2% 90	15.8% 80	16.9% 38	12.3% 83	3	14.1% 365
Every day	18.3% 31	10.8% 41	17.7% 112	9.3% 47	11.6% 26	20.7% 140	5	15.4% 397
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	24	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.2% 4	1.4% 4	1.2% 4	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.6% 16
Never	27.5% 498	14.4% 40	36.5% 118	42.6% 46	0.0% 0	18.1% 15	27.5% 717
Once or twice a year	10.8% 196	4.0% 11	7.7% 25	11.1% 12	40.0% 4	9.6% 8	9.8% 256
About once a month	10.8% 195	9.7% 27	9.6% 31	9.3% 10	10.0% 1	7.2% 6	10.3% 270
A few times a month	13.2% 238	12.2% 34	9.0% 29	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	12.0% 10	12.1% 317
Once a week	10.6% 192	11.5% 32	7.7% 25	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	14.5% 12	10.2% 266
A few times a week	14.4% 260	15.5% 43	11.1% 36	14.8% 16	10.0% 1	13.3% 11	14.1% 367
Every day	12.5% 226	31.3% 87	17.0% 55	8.3% 9	40.0% 4	24.1% 20	15.4% 401
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1809	100.0% 278	100.0% 323	100.0% 108	100.0% 10	100.0% 83	2611

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.3% 2	0.6% 2	0.7% 5	0.7% 3	0.7% 2	0.6% 15
Never	16.2% 24	24.5% 170	27.3% 99	33.5% 233	23.4% 96	31.7% 96	27.5% 718
Once or twice a year	2.7% 4	12.2% 85	11.0% 40	8.3% 58	10.0% 41	9.2% 28	9.8% 256
About once a month	7.4% 11	11.0% 76	11.3% 41	8.1% 56	13.4% 55	10.2% 31	10.3% 270
A few times a month	12.8% 19	10.2% 71	11.8% 43	12.7% 88	13.2% 54	14.2% 43	12.2% 318
Once a week	11.5% 17	9.2% 64	10.5% 38	11.5% 80	11.5% 47	6.6% 20	10.2% 266
A few times a week	17.6% 26	16.7% 116	11.0% 40	12.8% 89	11.2% 46	16.8% 51	14.1% 368
Every day	31.1% 46	15.9% 110	16.5% 60	12.4% 86	16.6% 68	10.2% 31	15.3% 401
Missing	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 695	100.0% 410	100.0% 303	2613

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
Don't know	1.4% 6	0.5% 3	0.6% 5	0.3% 2	0.6% 16
Never	29.0% 128	26.2% 163	25.4% 224	30.3% 202	27.5% 717
Once or twice a year	9.3% 41	7.9% 49	9.8% 86	12.0% 80	9.8% 256
About once a month	12.2% 54	10.8% 67	8.9% 78	10.7% 71	10.3% 270
A few times a month	10.7% 47	13.2% 82	11.6% 102	12.8% 85	12.1% 316
Once a week	9.3% 41	10.1% 63	10.3% 91	10.7% 71	10.2% 266
A few times a week	15.6% 69	11.8% 73	16.8% 148	11.6% 77	14.1% 367
Every day	12.5% 55	19.5% 121	16.6% 146	11.7% 78	15.3% 400
Missing	0	0	0	2	2
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 621	100.0% 881	100.0% 666	2609

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
Don't know	1.3% 4	0.4% 4	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	1	0.5% 13
Never	38.9% 119	27.6% 291	23.8% 114	25.4% 107	22.6% 60	32.4% 23	3	27.5% 714
Once or twice a year	9.5% 29	9.0% 95	7.5% 36	13.3% 56	13.9% 37	2.8% 2	1	9.8% 255
About once a month	4.9% 15	9.8% 104	9.0% 43	11.4% 48	19.5% 52	11.3% 8	0	10.4% 270
A few times a month	5.9% 18	12.2% 129	11.7% 56	17.1% 72	9.4% 25	23.9% 17	0	12.2% 317
Once a week	12.4% 38	9.2% 97	12.6% 60	9.2% 39	10.5% 28	5.6% 4	0	10.2% 266
A few times a week	13.1% 40	13.9% 147	16.3% 78	12.1% 51	16.2% 43	7.0% 5	2	14.0% 364
Every day	14.1% 43	17.9% 189	18.8% 90	11.4% 48	6.4% 17	16.9% 12	2	15.4% 399
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 478	100.0% 422	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	9	2599