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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

Here is a list of political activities. Have you done any of these in the past twelve months? Attended a political meeting or rally (PO_ATT)

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	92.1% 511	93.0% 695	88.6% 668	91.7% 378	92.9% 131	91.3% 2383
Yes	7.7% 43	7.0% 52	11.4% 86	8.3% 34	7.1% 10	8.6% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 754	100.0% 412	100.0% 141	2609

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	92.1% 1244	90.5% 1139	91.3% 2383
Yes	7.8% 106	9.5% 120	8.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1259	2610

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	0.0% 0	1	0.0% 0
No	89.9% 151	85.5% 324	89.1% 563	92.1% 464	86.7% 195	97.8% 662	25	91.3% 2359
Yes	10.1% 17	14.5% 55	10.9% 69	7.9% 40	13.3% 30	2.2% 15	0	8.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	26	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	90.2% 1633	92.4% 257	94.4% 303	97.2% 105	77.8% 7	93.9% 77	91.3% 2382
Yes	9.8% 177	7.6% 21	5.6% 18	2.8% 3	22.2% 2	6.1% 5	8.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2609

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	92.5% 135	92.1% 639	88.2% 320	92.9% 644	90.5% 371	90.1% 274	91.3% 2383
Yes	7.5% 11	7.9% 55	11.8% 43	7.1% 49	9.3% 38	9.9% 30	8.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 694	100.0% 363	100.0% 693	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2610

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	90.0% 396	89.7% 557	91.4% 804	93.7% 626	91.3% 2383
Yes	10.0% 44	10.1% 63	8.6% 76	6.3% 42	8.6% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 880	100.0% 668	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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.0% 1
No	97.7% 299	93.6% 988	90.0% 432	88.8% 373	81.2% 216	93.0% 66	8	91.3% 2374
Yes	2.3% 7	6.4% 68	10.0% 48	11.0% 46	18.8% 50	7.0% 5	2	8.6% 224
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599