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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

[ASK ARQ_1 THRU ARQ_5 IF LV_1=1 OR 2] All things considered, how would you describe your marriage/relationship? Would you say it is: (ARQ_1)

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	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	1.5% 8	3.4% 10	1.4% 1	1.4% 23
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	0.5% 1	2.5% 14	1.7% 9	2.7% 8	2.8% 2	2.0% 34
Mostly unhappy	2.8% 6	4.6% 26	3.0% 16	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	3.0% 50
Somewhat unhappy	5.1% 11	2.0% 11	4.1% 22	2.7% 8	2.8% 2	3.2% 54
Neither happy nor unhappy	5.1% 11	3.8% 21	4.1% 22	4.8% 14	1.4% 1	4.1% 69
Somewhat happy	8.3% 18	9.6% 54	8.8% 47	9.2% 27	5.6% 4	9.0% 150
Mostly happy	45.2% 98	43.6% 244	47.2% 252	41.8% 122	38.0% 27	44.4% 743
Completely happy	33.2% 72	33.2% 186	29.6% 158	34.2% 100	47.9% 34	32.9% 550
Missing	338	188	220	121	70	937
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 560	100.0% 534	100.0% 292	100.0% 71	1674

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 10	1.5% 13	1.4% 23
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	2.8% 23	1.2% 10	2.0% 33
Mostly unhappy	2.7% 22	3.3% 28	3.0% 50
Somewhat unhappy	4.3% 35	2.2% 19	3.2% 54
Neither happy nor unhappy	5.4% 44	2.9% 25	4.1% 69
Somewhat happy	8.9% 73	9.1% 78	9.0% 151
Mostly happy	41.6% 341	47.1% 402	44.4% 743
Completely happy	33.0% 270	32.7% 279	32.8% 549
Missing	533	404	937
TOTAL	100.0% 819	100.0% 854	1673

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	4.3% 17	0	1.4% 24
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	2.3% 2	2.7% 7	1.0% 4	2.0% 7	2.5% 4	2.3% 9	0	2.0% 33
Mostly unhappy	4.5% 4	2.7% 7	3.4% 14	3.4% 12	3.1% 5	2.0% 8	0	3.0% 50
Somewhat unhappy	3.4% 3	3.9% 10	2.4% 10	3.7% 13	3.1% 5	3.5% 14	0	3.3% 55
Neither happy nor unhappy	1.1% 1	3.5% 9	4.1% 17	2.0% 7	0.6% 1	8.0% 32	2	4.0% 67
Somewhat happy	4.5% 4	9.0% 23	10.0% 41	9.9% 35	5.0% 8	9.5% 38	1	8.9% 149
Mostly happy	54.5% 48	49.2% 126	48.8% 201	43.9% 155	44.0% 70	35.4% 141	1	44.5% 741
Completely happy	28.4% 25	28.5% 73	30.1% 124	34.0% 120	41.5% 66	34.7% 138	3	32.8% 546
Missing	81	124	219	150	65	279	0	918
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 256	100.0% 412	100.0% 353	100.0% 159	100.0% 398	7	1666

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 16	3.2% 4	2.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 24
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	2.1% 26	2.4% 3	2.0% 4	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 34
Mostly unhappy	3.0% 37	2.4% 3	2.0% 4	2.3% 2	16.7% 1	10.5% 4	3.0% 51
Somewhat unhappy	3.0% 37	6.5% 8	3.0% 6	2.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	3.2% 54
Neither happy nor unhappy	3.1% 38	7.3% 9	7.0% 14	5.8% 5	0.0% 0	7.9% 3	4.1% 69
Somewhat happy	7.7% 94	15.3% 19	12.1% 24	10.5% 9	0.0% 0	10.5% 4	9.0% 150
Mostly happy	47.2% 577	39.5% 49	35.2% 70	31.4% 27	0.0% 0	52.6% 20	44.4% 743
Completely happy	32.4% 396	23.4% 29	36.7% 73	46.5% 40	83.3% 5	15.8% 6	32.8% 549
Missing	590	153	123	23	3	45	937
TOTAL	100.0% 1222	100.0% 124	100.0% 199	100.0% 86	100.0% 6	100.0% 38	1675

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 1	2.2% 10	1.5% 4	0.9% 4	0.9% 2	1.0% 2	1.4% 23
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	4.2% 3	1.9% 9	2.3% 6	1.6% 7	1.4% 3	3.4% 7	2.1% 35
Mostly unhappy	2.8% 2	1.5% 7	5.7% 15	2.0% 9	4.5% 10	3.4% 7	3.0% 50
Somewhat unhappy	7.0% 5	2.2% 10	3.0% 8	3.3% 15	3.6% 8	4.4% 9	3.3% 55
Neither happy nor unhappy	9.9% 7	4.5% 21	1.9% 5	3.5% 16	5.0% 11	4.4% 9	4.1% 69
Somewhat happy	8.5% 6	8.4% 39	8.0% 21	9.5% 43	10.8% 24	9.3% 19	9.1% 152
Mostly happy	36.6% 26	44.9% 209	44.1% 116	43.2% 195	50.5% 112	41.2% 84	44.3% 742
Completely happy	29.6% 21	34.2% 159	33.5% 88	35.9% 162	23.4% 52	32.8% 67	32.8% 549
Missing	78	229	100	242	188	101	938
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 465	100.0% 263	100.0% 451	100.0% 222	100.0% 204	1676

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.3% 1	2.3% 9	1.4% 8	1.2% 5	1.4% 23
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	2.0% 6	2.3% 9	1.7% 10	1.9% 8	2.0% 33
Mostly unhappy	2.4% 7	2.8% 11	2.3% 13	4.4% 18	2.9% 49
Somewhat unhappy	2.7% 8	2.1% 8	3.5% 20	4.1% 17	3.2% 53
Neither happy nor unhappy	2.7% 8	4.6% 18	4.9% 28	3.4% 14	4.1% 68
Somewhat happy	10.8% 32	6.2% 24	8.6% 49	11.2% 46	9.1% 151
Mostly happy	46.8% 139	44.6% 173	45.6% 261	41.1% 169	44.5% 742
Completely happy	32.3% 96	35.1% 136	31.8% 182	32.6% 134	32.9% 548
Missing	141	232	308	256	937
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 388	100.0% 572	100.0% 411	1668

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	7.4% 14	0.8% 5	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	2.6% 1	0	1.4% 24
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 1
Completely unhappy	2.7% 5	1.6% 10	1.6% 5	3.5% 10	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.9% 32
Mostly unhappy	1.1% 2	2.7% 17	3.8% 12	4.9% 14	2.3% 5	2.6% 1	0	3.1% 51
Somewhat unhappy	8.0% 15	2.2% 14	3.4% 11	2.1% 6	3.3% 7	0.0% 0	0	3.2% 53
Neither happy nor unhappy	10.6% 20	3.0% 19	5.3% 17	3.8% 11	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	4.2% 70
Somewhat happy	5.9% 11	11.0% 69	11.6% 37	5.6% 16	8.9% 19	0.0% 0	0	9.1% 152
Mostly happy	30.9% 58	47.2% 295	45.0% 144	47.7% 137	41.8% 89	48.7% 19	0	44.4% 742
Completely happy	33.5% 63	31.2% 195	28.8% 92	32.4% 93	40.4% 86	46.2% 18	2	32.7% 547
Missing	118	431	161	134	53	32	0	929
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 625	100.0% 320	100.0% 287	100.0% 213	100.0% 39	2	1672