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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? Worked for a religious organization that is primarily involved in political issues or causes (PO_WRKRL)

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	97.7% 543	97.6% 730	94.7% 714	96.6% 397	96.5% 136	96.6% 2520
Yes	2.2% 12	2.4% 18	5.3% 40	3.4% 14	3.5% 5	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 748	100.0% 754	100.0% 411	100.0% 141	2610

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	97.0% 1311	96.1% 1209	96.6% 2520
Yes	3.0% 40	3.9% 49	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1352	100.0% 1258	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	97.6% 164	95.2% 360	96.4% 609	95.2% 480	94.2% 212	99.1% 670	25	96.6% 2495
Yes	2.4% 4	4.8% 18	3.6% 23	4.8% 24	5.8% 13	0.9% 6	0	3.4% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	26	2583

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	96.3% 1744	95.7% 266	98.1% 315	96.3% 105	100.0% 9	98.8% 81	96.6% 2520
Yes	3.6% 66	4.3% 12	1.9% 6	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1811	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2610

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	98.6% 144	96.7% 670	97.0% 351	96.1% 667	97.6% 400	94.7% 288	96.6% 2520
Yes	1.4% 2	3.3% 23	3.0% 11	3.9% 27	2.2% 9	5.3% 16	3.4% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 693	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 304	2609

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 1
No	95.9% 422	95.8% 595	96.4% 848	98.1% 655	96.6% 2520
Yes	4.1% 18	4.0% 25	3.6% 32	1.9% 13	3.4% 88
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	99.0% 303	97.3% 1027	96.9% 465	93.8% 394	94.8% 253	95.8% 68	10	96.5% 2510
Yes	1.0% 3	2.7% 29	3.1% 15	6.0% 25	5.2% 14	4.2% 3	0	3.4% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	10	2600