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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 Hispanic? (IC_14)

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	0.2% 1	0.5% 3	0.4% 3	1.0% 4	1.5% 2	0.6% 13
Never	15.9% 72	14.2% 90	16.7% 114	28.6% 109	37.3% 50	19.0% 435
Once or twice a year	5.1% 23	11.5% 73	12.7% 87	15.7% 60	13.4% 18	11.4% 261
About once a month	9.5% 43	9.0% 57	8.6% 59	13.9% 53	11.2% 15	9.9% 227
A few times a month	9.9% 45	13.3% 84	11.9% 81	13.1% 50	14.2% 19	12.2% 279
Once a week	12.1% 55	11.8% 75	8.2% 56	6.6% 25	9.7% 13	9.8% 224
A few times a week	23.1% 105	17.9% 113	19.5% 133	9.4% 36	9.7% 13	17.5% 400
Every day	24.2% 110	21.8% 138	21.8% 149	11.5% 44	3.0% 4	19.5% 445
Missing	101	116	70	31	8	326
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 633	100.0% 683	100.0% 381	100.0% 134	2285

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.6% 7	0.5% 5	0.5% 12
Never	21.5% 256	16.4% 179	19.1% 435
Once or twice a year	13.8% 164	8.9% 97	11.4% 261
About once a month	10.4% 124	9.3% 102	9.9% 226
A few times a month	11.3% 134	13.3% 145	12.2% 279
Once a week	7.6% 91	12.3% 134	9.9% 225
A few times a week	16.8% 200	18.2% 199	17.5% 399
Every day	18.1% 215	21.0% 229	19.5% 444
Missing	160	166	326
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 1091	2282

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	0.2% 1	0	0.0% 1
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.7% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	1	0.5% 12
Never	12.9% 19	10.0% 33	20.4% 117	12.4% 56	16.7% 35	30.5% 168	8	18.9% 428
Once or twice a year	8.2% 12	10.9% 36	13.2% 76	12.6% 57	10.5% 22	10.0% 55	2	11.4% 258
About once a month	5.4% 8	13.1% 43	11.3% 65	10.8% 49	12.4% 26	6.4% 35	0	10.0% 226
A few times a month	11.6% 17	11.6% 38	12.7% 73	15.9% 72	14.3% 30	8.9% 49	0	12.3% 279
Once a week	10.2% 15	11.9% 39	8.9% 51	13.1% 59	9.0% 19	7.3% 40	1	9.9% 223
A few times a week	26.5% 39	19.5% 64	16.2% 93	18.6% 84	20.5% 43	12.9% 71	5	17.4% 394
Every day	25.2% 37	22.8% 75	16.6% 95	16.4% 74	16.7% 35	22.9% 126	3	19.5% 442
Missing	20	49	58	52	16	125	0	320
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 329	100.0% 574	100.0% 452	100.0% 210	100.0% 551	20	2263

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	0.6% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 12
Never	18.5% 334	26.3% 73	0.0% 0	13.9% 15	12.5% 1	15.2% 12	19.1% 435
Once or twice a year	13.3% 240	5.4% 15	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	11.4% 260
About once a month	10.8% 196	7.2% 20	0.0% 0	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	7.6% 6	10.0% 227
A few times a month	12.7% 230	9.4% 26	0.0% 0	10.2% 11	0.0% 0	15.2% 12	12.2% 279
Once a week	10.3% 187	7.9% 22	0.0% 0	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	7.6% 6	9.9% 225
A few times a week	17.7% 320	16.2% 45	0.0% 0	19.4% 21	12.5% 1	15.2% 12	17.5% 399
Every day	16.0% 290	27.7% 77	0.0% 0	37.0% 40	75.0% 6	38.0% 30	19.4% 443
Missing	2	0	321	0	0	3	326
TOTAL	100.0% 1808	100.0% 278	100.0% 0	100.0% 108	100.0% 8	100.0% 79	2281

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	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	1.1% 4	0.7% 3	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 14
Never	30.6% 45	21.9% 144	18.9% 67	17.6% 81	15.7% 59	13.5% 39	19.0% 435
Once or twice a year	6.8% 10	14.7% 97	15.2% 54	9.6% 44	8.2% 31	8.7% 25	11.4% 261
About once a month	6.1% 9	9.4% 62	13.0% 46	11.3% 52	8.8% 33	8.7% 25	9.9% 227
A few times a month	11.6% 17	13.7% 90	10.1% 36	12.8% 59	12.2% 46	10.4% 30	12.2% 278
Once a week	8.8% 13	7.6% 50	11.3% 40	9.8% 45	12.8% 48	10.0% 29	9.8% 225
A few times a week	14.3% 21	15.8% 104	14.9% 53	16.7% 77	22.9% 86	20.4% 59	17.5% 400
Every day	21.8% 32	16.4% 108	15.5% 55	21.5% 99	18.6% 70	28.0% 81	19.5% 445
Missing	0	35	5	236	34	16	326
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 659	100.0% 355	100.0% 460	100.0% 376	100.0% 289	2286

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	1.0% 4	0.9% 5	0.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 13
Never	22.2% 92	25.0% 142	19.9% 153	9.1% 49	19.1% 436
Once or twice a year	14.0% 58	17.3% 98	9.0% 69	6.7% 36	11.4% 261
About once a month	6.0% 25	13.2% 75	9.8% 75	9.9% 53	10.0% 228
A few times a month	11.1% 46	11.8% 67	12.3% 94	13.2% 71	12.2% 278
Once a week	8.2% 34	6.7% 38	11.1% 85	12.7% 68	9.8% 225
A few times a week	15.9% 66	13.9% 79	18.3% 140	21.5% 115	17.5% 400
Every day	21.7% 90	11.3% 64	19.0% 146	26.9% 144	19.4% 444
Missing	26	54	113	133	326
TOTAL	100.0% 415	100.0% 568	100.0% 767	100.0% 536	2286

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	1.5% 3	0.7% 6	0.2% 1	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 13
Never	42.4% 87	21.3% 196	17.3% 75	11.8% 47	5.9% 15	17.9% 12	3	19.0% 432
Once or twice a year	5.4% 11	12.7% 117	13.2% 57	10.1% 40	10.2% 26	16.4% 11	0	11.5% 262
About once a month	9.8% 20	9.7% 89	9.5% 41	11.3% 45	9.0% 23	11.9% 8	0	9.9% 226
A few times a month	10.2% 21	11.3% 104	13.4% 58	13.6% 54	12.2% 31	14.9% 10	1	12.2% 278
Once a week	5.4% 11	8.6% 79	7.2% 31	11.8% 47	18.0% 46	14.9% 10	1	9.8% 224
A few times a week	6.8% 14	15.6% 144	21.5% 93	22.2% 88	20.4% 52	13.4% 9	0	17.6% 400
Every day	18.5% 38	20.2% 186	17.8% 77	18.4% 73	23.9% 61	10.4% 7	3	19.4% 442
Missing	101	134	46	25	12	5	0	323
TOTAL	100.0% 205	100.0% 921	100.0% 433	100.0% 397	100.0% 255	100.0% 67	8	2278