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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

[Non-Asians only]
In general, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be if your daughter married someone who is Asian? (ARE_2)

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	0.6% 3	0.6% 4	1.2% 9	4.6% 18	2.1% 3	1.5% 37
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.7% 5	1.0% 4	0.7% 1	0.6% 14
Very uncomfortable	13.0% 69	9.4% 67	8.0% 58	9.5% 37	11.3% 16	9.9% 247
Somewhat uncomfortable	10.6% 56	9.0% 64	12.1% 88	13.1% 51	19.9% 28	11.5% 287
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	27.4% 145	31.0% 220	30.9% 224	26.2% 102	34.0% 48	29.6% 739
Somewhat comfortable	10.8% 57	11.3% 80	8.0% 58	11.0% 43	6.4% 9	9.9% 247
Very comfortable	20.9% 111	19.9% 141	21.2% 154	14.4% 56	11.3% 16	19.2% 478
Depends	16.8% 89	18.2% 129	17.8% 129	20.3% 79	14.2% 20	17.9% 446
Missing	25	39	30	22	0	116
TOTAL	100.0% 530	100.0% 709	100.0% 725	100.0% 390	100.0% 141	2495

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.5% 20	1.4% 17	1.5% 37
Don't know	0.9% 11	0.2% 3	0.6% 14
Very uncomfortable	8.3% 107	11.6% 140	9.9% 247
Somewhat uncomfortable	11.5% 149	11.6% 139	11.5% 288
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	28.4% 367	30.8% 371	29.6% 738
Somewhat comfortable	10.2% 132	9.6% 115	9.9% 247
Very comfortable	20.8% 268	17.4% 209	19.1% 477
Depends	18.4% 237	17.4% 209	17.9% 446
Missing	61	56	117
TOTAL	100.0% 1291	100.0% 1203	2494

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	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	2.0% 10	0.0% 0	3.0% 19	4	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.9% 2	1.6% 10	0	0.6% 14
Very uncomfortable	15.2% 24	7.7% 27	11.6% 71	9.2% 45	7.3% 16	9.6% 62	2	9.9% 245
Somewhat uncomfortable	6.3% 10	10.9% 38	12.6% 77	13.0% 64	19.1% 42	8.9% 57	0	11.7% 288
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	28.5% 45	24.4% 85	29.2% 178	32.2% 158	25.5% 56	32.9% 212	5	29.7% 734
Somewhat comfortable	5.7% 9	14.0% 49	11.0% 67	12.2% 60	3.6% 8	7.8% 50	3	9.8% 243
Very comfortable	28.5% 45	27.8% 97	16.4% 100	15.5% 76	21.4% 47	16.6% 107	5	19.1% 472
Depends	15.2% 24	14.9% 52	18.7% 114	15.7% 77	22.3% 49	19.7% 127	1	17.9% 443
Missing	9	30	22	13	4	34	0	112
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 349	100.0% 610	100.0% 491	100.0% 220	100.0% 644	20	2472

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 23	2.2% 6	1.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	1.5% 37
Don't know	0.5% 9	0.7% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 13
Very uncomfortable	9.9% 178	9.7% 27	10.6% 34	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.0% 8	9.9% 247
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.8% 231	10.8% 30	7.5% 24	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	2.5% 2	11.5% 288
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	30.4% 549	21.6% 60	31.9% 102	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.0% 28	29.6% 739
Somewhat comfortable	10.2% 185	9.0% 25	9.1% 29	0.0% 0	22.2% 2	7.5% 6	9.9% 247
Very comfortable	19.3% 348	21.9% 61	17.5% 56	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	12.5% 10	19.1% 476
Depends	15.7% 284	24.1% 67	21.3% 68	0.0% 0	55.6% 5	28.8% 23	17.9% 447
Missing	4	0	1	109	0	3	117
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 0	100.0% 9	100.0% 80	2494

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 2	1.8% 12	2.0% 7	1.5% 10	0.5% 2	2.0% 5	1.5% 38
Don't know	1.4% 2	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 13
Very uncomfortable	10.2% 15	9.6% 66	8.4% 30	10.4% 69	11.4% 45	9.0% 22	9.9% 247
Somewhat uncomfortable	11.6% 17	13.3% 91	14.3% 51	10.9% 72	5.8% 23	13.9% 34	11.6% 288
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	21.1% 31	28.2% 193	26.4% 94	31.8% 211	36.6% 145	26.1% 64	29.6% 738
Somewhat comfortable	9.5% 14	9.1% 62	13.5% 48	9.7% 64	8.8% 35	9.0% 22	9.8% 245
Very comfortable	19.7% 29	19.4% 133	17.7% 63	16.7% 111	21.2% 84	23.3% 57	19.1% 477
Depends	25.2% 37	17.7% 121	17.7% 63	18.4% 122	15.7% 62	16.7% 41	17.9% 446
Missing	0	8	7	30	14	58	117
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 685	100.0% 356	100.0% 663	100.0% 396	100.0% 245	2492

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	1.6% 10	1.9% 16	1.4% 9	1.5% 37
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.3% 2	1.1% 9	0.2% 1	0.5% 13
Very uncomfortable	7.5% 30	9.8% 60	10.5% 89	10.9% 69	9.9% 248
Somewhat uncomfortable	13.7% 55	13.4% 82	10.6% 90	9.5% 60	11.5% 287
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	27.9% 112	30.3% 185	28.5% 242	31.5% 199	29.6% 738
Somewhat comfortable	12.5% 50	9.8% 60	10.1% 86	8.1% 51	9.9% 247
Very comfortable	18.2% 73	16.4% 100	18.8% 160	22.6% 143	19.1% 476
Depends	19.5% 78	18.2% 111	18.6% 158	15.8% 100	17.9% 447
Missing	39	10	31	36	116
TOTAL	100.0% 401	100.0% 610	100.0% 850	100.0% 632	2493

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	6.2% 19	1.3% 13	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.5% 37
Don't know	1.6% 5	0.4% 4	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0	0.5% 13
Very uncomfortable	13.4% 41	10.1% 104	11.3% 52	7.6% 30	5.7% 13	8.6% 6	2	9.9% 246
Somewhat uncomfortable	10.8% 33	11.5% 119	8.3% 38	14.5% 57	9.7% 22	25.7% 18	0	11.5% 287
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	27.1% 83	30.3% 312	32.6% 150	30.5% 120	22.0% 50	32.9% 23	1	29.7% 738
Somewhat comfortable	8.5% 26	10.1% 104	9.1% 42	11.2% 44	11.9% 27	4.3% 3	0	9.9% 246
Very comfortable	15.7% 48	17.1% 176	17.4% 80	22.9% 90	32.6% 74	10.0% 7	2	19.1% 475
Depends	16.7% 51	19.3% 199	20.4% 94	12.7% 50	17.6% 40	15.7% 11	1	17.9% 445
Missing	0	24	19	27	40	1	0	111
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1031	100.0% 460	100.0% 393	100.0% 227	100.0% 70	6	2487