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Results & Summaries

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-Hispanics only]
In general, how comfortable or uncomfortable would you be if your daughter married someone who is Hispanic or Latino? (ARE_3)

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	0.7% 3	0.5% 3	0.9% 6	4.8% 18	2.3% 3	1.4% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.6% 4	0.8% 3	0.8% 1	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	14.3% 65	12.7% 80	8.8% 60	11.6% 44	9.8% 13	11.5% 262
Somewhat uncomfortable	12.3% 56	12.8% 81	16.0% 109	14.8% 56	17.3% 23	14.3% 325
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	24.7% 112	26.6% 168	26.1% 178	28.0% 106	34.6% 46	26.8% 610
Somewhat comfortable	9.9% 45	10.0% 63	8.6% 59	9.5% 36	8.3% 11	9.4% 214
Very comfortable	20.5% 93	18.2% 115	22.8% 156	14.0% 53	9.0% 12	18.8% 429
Depends	17.6% 80	18.8% 119	16.3% 111	16.4% 62	18.0% 24	17.4% 396
Missing	101	116	71	32	8	328
TOTAL	100.0% 454	100.0% 632	100.0% 683	100.0% 378	100.0% 133	2280

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 19	1.4% 15	1.5% 34
Don't know	0.8% 9	0.2% 2	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	9.8% 117	13.3% 145	11.5% 262
Somewhat uncomfortable	14.2% 169	14.4% 157	14.3% 326
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	24.2% 288	29.6% 323	26.8% 611
Somewhat comfortable	10.2% 121	8.5% 93	9.4% 214
Very comfortable	21.6% 257	15.7% 172	18.8% 429
Depends	17.6% 210	17.0% 186	17.3% 396
Missing	162	166	328
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 1093	2283

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.7% 1	0.6% 2	0.3% 2	2.0% 9	0.0% 0	2.9% 16	4	1.3% 30
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	1.5% 8	0	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	12.0% 18	7.9% 26	12.2% 70	8.6% 39	10.0% 21	15.8% 87	1	11.5% 261
Somewhat uncomfortable	11.3% 17	14.5% 48	15.7% 90	16.0% 72	16.3% 34	11.6% 64	1	14.4% 325
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	28.0% 42	24.2% 80	27.4% 157	30.6% 138	28.2% 59	24.0% 132	3	26.9% 608
Somewhat comfortable	10.7% 16	12.1% 40	10.1% 58	9.8% 44	5.7% 12	7.3% 40	4	9.3% 210
Very comfortable	25.3% 38	24.8% 82	14.3% 82	18.6% 84	18.7% 39	18.3% 101	2	18.8% 426
Depends	11.3% 17	15.8% 52	19.8% 113	14.4% 65	20.1% 42	18.7% 103	4	17.3% 392
Missing	20	49	59	52	16	125	0	321
TOTAL	100.0% 150	100.0% 330	100.0% 572	100.0% 451	100.0% 209	100.0% 551	19	2263

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 24	2.2% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 3	1.4% 33
Don't know	0.5% 9	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	11.8% 214	10.1% 28	0.0% 0	10.2% 11	0.0% 0	11.4% 9	11.5% 262
Somewhat uncomfortable	15.8% 285	9.0% 25	0.0% 0	10.2% 11	11.1% 1	6.3% 5	14.3% 327
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	27.4% 496	22.0% 61	0.0% 0	24.1% 26	0.0% 0	32.9% 26	26.7% 609
Somewhat comfortable	9.3% 168	10.5% 29	0.0% 0	8.3% 9	22.2% 2	7.6% 6	9.4% 214
Very comfortable	19.0% 344	21.3% 59	0.0% 0	14.8% 16	11.1% 1	11.4% 9	18.8% 429
Depends	14.8% 267	24.5% 68	0.0% 0	31.5% 34	55.6% 5	26.6% 21	17.3% 395
Missing	4	0	321	0	0	3	328
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 0	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 79	2280

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 2	2.0% 13	2.0% 7	1.3% 6	0.5% 2	1.7% 5	1.5% 35
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	13.0% 19	14.5% 95	9.5% 34	8.7% 40	12.5% 47	9.3% 27	11.5% 262
Somewhat uncomfortable	8.9% 13	17.8% 117	15.6% 56	10.9% 50	11.4% 43	16.6% 48	14.3% 327
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	20.5% 30	24.0% 158	23.7% 85	30.1% 138	31.9% 120	27.3% 79	26.7% 610
Somewhat comfortable	12.3% 18	6.5% 43	12.8% 46	11.6% 53	9.0% 34	6.9% 20	9.4% 214
Very comfortable	19.9% 29	17.7% 116	19.0% 68	18.1% 83	20.5% 77	19.7% 57	18.8% 430
Depends	23.3% 34	16.6% 109	17.3% 62	18.8% 86	14.1% 53	17.6% 51	17.3% 395
Missing	0	37	5	236	34	16	328
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 657	100.0% 358	100.0% 458	100.0% 376	100.0% 289	2284

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	1.9% 11	2.1% 16	1.1% 6	1.5% 35
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.9% 7	0.2% 1	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	9.4% 39	15.0% 85	11.6% 89	9.0% 48	11.4% 261
Somewhat uncomfortable	14.7% 61	15.3% 87	15.3% 117	11.4% 61	14.3% 326
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	27.1% 112	27.2% 154	26.4% 202	26.5% 142	26.7% 610
Somewhat comfortable	9.9% 41	10.1% 57	9.2% 70	8.4% 45	9.3% 213
Very comfortable	20.5% 85	13.2% 75	17.4% 133	25.4% 136	18.8% 429
Depends	17.4% 72	17.1% 97	17.0% 130	18.1% 97	17.4% 396
Missing	26	54	116	133	329
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 567	100.0% 764	100.0% 536	2281

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	8.3% 17	1.2% 11	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	1.5% 1	0	1.5% 33
Don't know	2.0% 4	0.4% 4	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 11
Very uncomfortable	15.6% 32	13.8% 127	13.4% 58	7.3% 29	4.3% 11	4.5% 3	2	11.4% 260
Somewhat uncomfortable	17.1% 35	13.4% 123	13.4% 58	17.4% 69	11.8% 30	16.7% 11	0	14.3% 326
Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable	18.5% 38	27.6% 254	26.8% 116	30.2% 120	24.0% 61	30.3% 20	1	26.8% 609
Somewhat comfortable	6.8% 14	7.8% 72	9.9% 43	12.3% 49	13.4% 34	4.5% 3	0	9.5% 215
Very comfortable	14.6% 30	17.2% 158	16.4% 71	21.7% 86	27.2% 69	18.2% 12	2	18.7% 426
Depends	17.1% 35	18.6% 171	18.9% 82	10.8% 43	18.9% 48	24.2% 16	1	17.4% 395
Missing	101	134	46	25	12	5	0	323
TOTAL	100.0% 205	100.0% 920	100.0% 433	100.0% 397	100.0% 254	100.0% 66	6	2275