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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.

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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	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.9% 5	0.3% 2	0.3% 2	0.5% 2	1.4% 2	0.5% 13
Always morally wrong	37.8% 210	53.9% 404	59.3% 448	69.9% 285	72.3% 102	55.6% 1449
Usually morally wrong	18.2% 101	11.1% 83	13.5% 102	11.8% 48	6.4% 9	13.2% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	21.4% 119	19.8% 148	12.1% 91	7.1% 29	7.1% 10	15.2% 397
Never morally wrong	5.9% 33	2.7% 20	2.3% 17	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	2.9% 76
Not a moral issue	15.3% 85	10.9% 82	11.9% 90	8.3% 34	11.3% 16	11.8% 307
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	0.2% 1	1.2% 9	0.7% 5	0.7% 3	1.4% 2	0.8% 20
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 749	100.0% 755	100.0% 408	100.0% 141	2608

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
Don't know	0.5% 7	0.4% 5	0.5% 12
Always morally wrong	64.3% 868	46.0% 580	55.5% 1448
Usually morally wrong	13.0% 175	13.3% 168	13.1% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	11.3% 153	19.4% 244	15.2% 397
Never morally wrong	2.1% 28	3.9% 49	3.0% 77
Not a moral issue	8.2% 111	15.6% 196	11.8% 307
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	0.3% 4	1.3% 17	0.8% 21
Missing	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1349	100.0% 1260	2609

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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	1	0.1% 2
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	3	0.3% 9
Always morally wrong	26.0% 44	43.0% 163	47.5% 300	60.2% 304	83.6% 188	64.3% 435	15	55.5% 1434
Usually morally wrong	9.5% 16	16.1% 61	17.0% 107	15.8% 80	4.9% 11	9.9% 67	0	13.2% 342
Sometimes morally wrong	23.1% 39	20.3% 77	19.5% 123	11.7% 59	4.0% 9	13.0% 88	2	15.3% 395
Never morally wrong	6.5% 11	4.2% 16	3.0% 19	1.6% 8	0.0% 0	3.4% 23	0	3.0% 77
Not a moral issue	32.0% 54	15.0% 57	11.9% 75	9.3% 47	6.7% 15	8.4% 57	2	11.8% 305
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	3.0% 5	1.1% 4	0.6% 4	0.8% 4	0.9% 2	0.4% 3	0	0.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 631	100.0% 505	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	23	2586

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Don't know	0.4% 7	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 12
Always morally wrong	54.5% 986	58.5% 162	61.8% 199	54.1% 59	77.8% 7	42.2% 35	55.5% 1448
Usually morally wrong	13.1% 237	8.3% 23	14.3% 46	16.5% 18	11.1% 1	21.7% 18	13.1% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	16.5% 298	11.9% 33	12.7% 41	13.8% 15	0.0% 0	12.0% 10	15.2% 397
Never morally wrong	2.9% 52	1.4% 4	3.1% 10	2.8% 3	11.1% 1	8.4% 7	3.0% 77
Not a moral issue	11.8% 214	18.1% 50	6.2% 20	10.1% 11	0.0% 0	14.5% 12	11.8% 307
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	0.8% 15	0.4% 1	0.9% 3	1.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.8% 22
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1810	100.0% 277	100.0% 322	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2610

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.5% 2	0.6% 4	0.7% 3	0.3% 1	0.5% 13
Always morally wrong	64.6% 95	74.0% 513	55.2% 201	55.5% 385	26.9% 110	47.7% 144	55.5% 1448
Usually morally wrong	8.2% 12	8.8% 61	16.5% 60	17.3% 120	10.5% 43	15.6% 47	13.1% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	8.8% 13	8.9% 62	17.3% 63	13.0% 90	26.9% 110	19.5% 59	15.2% 397
Never morally wrong	0.7% 1	1.7% 12	2.5% 9	2.3% 16	6.6% 27	4.0% 12	3.0% 77
Not a moral issue	15.0% 22	5.8% 40	7.7% 28	10.1% 70	27.4% 112	11.3% 34	11.7% 306
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.3% 1	1.2% 8	0.7% 3	1.7% 5	0.8% 21
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 364	100.0% 694	100.0% 409	100.0% 302	2609

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 7	0.3% 2	0.4% 11
Always morally wrong	47.3% 208	64.6% 402	59.0% 519	47.8% 319	55.5% 1448
Usually morally wrong	15.0% 66	10.3% 64	11.4% 100	16.9% 113	13.1% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	17.7% 78	13.0% 81	14.3% 126	16.9% 113	15.3% 398
Never morally wrong	3.4% 15	2.1% 13	2.7% 24	3.7% 25	3.0% 77
Not a moral issue	15.0% 66	8.8% 55	10.9% 96	13.5% 90	11.8% 307
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	1.1% 5	0.8% 5	0.7% 6	0.7% 5	0.8% 21
Missing	0	0	1	2	3
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 880	100.0% 667	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	0.7% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	0.1% 3
Don't know	2.0% 6	0.3% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	2	0.4% 11
Always morally wrong	69.9% 214	58.1% 614	54.3% 260	50.8% 213	40.2% 107	47.9% 34	4	55.5% 1442
Usually morally wrong	5.9% 18	12.0% 127	14.0% 67	17.7% 74	17.3% 46	15.5% 11	0	13.2% 343
Sometimes morally wrong	10.5% 32	14.0% 148	16.7% 80	16.5% 69	22.6% 60	12.7% 9	0	15.3% 398
Never morally wrong	3.6% 11	2.4% 25	3.3% 16	3.3% 14	2.3% 6	5.6% 4	0	2.9% 76
Not a moral issue	6.2% 19	12.4% 131	11.1% 53	10.7% 45	16.9% 45	16.9% 12	1	11.7% 305
Decide on case-by-case basis (Vol.)	1.3% 4	0.7% 7	0.4% 2	1.0% 4	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	0.7% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 419	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	8	2597