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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

Respondent's race (RACE_ALL)

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
Caucasian	61.6% 342	65.0% 487	74.2% 559	79.3% 325	87.9% 124	70.4% 1837
African-American	13.3% 74	11.9% 89	12.0% 90	6.6% 27	6.4% 9	11.1% 289
Hispanic	19.6% 109	16.3% 122	9.3% 70	7.6% 31	5.7% 8	13.0% 340
Asian	4.7% 26	5.9% 44	4.1% 31	5.1% 21	0.0% 0	4.7% 122
Native American	0.7% 4	0.9% 7	0.4% 3	1.5% 6	0.0% 0	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 749	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 141	2608

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Caucasian	70.6% 954	70.3% 884	70.4% 1838
African-American	11.8% 160	10.3% 129	11.1% 289
Hispanic	12.1% 163	14.0% 176	13.0% 339
Asian	4.7% 64	4.7% 59	4.7% 123
Native American	0.7% 10	0.8% 10	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 1351	100.0% 1258	2609

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Caucasian	65.1% 110	67.3% 255	79.9% 505	79.5% 400	79.1% 178	56.0% 379	11	70.7% 1827
African-American	16.0% 27	11.3% 43	6.8% 43	6.2% 31	8.4% 19	18.3% 124	4	11.1% 287
Hispanic	12.4% 21	13.2% 50	9.2% 58	10.9% 55	7.6% 17	19.6% 133	5	12.9% 334
Asian	5.9% 10	8.2% 31	3.3% 21	3.2% 16	3.1% 7	5.3% 36	2	4.7% 121
Native American	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.2% 1	1.8% 4	0.7% 5	3	0.6% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 503	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	25	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Caucasian	100.0% 1811	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	32.9% 27	70.4% 1838
African-American	0.0% 0	100.0% 278	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.6% 12	11.1% 290
Hispanic	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 321	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	22.0% 18	13.0% 339
Asian	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 109	100.0% 9	7.3% 6	4.8% 124
Native American	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	23.2% 19	0.7% 19
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
Caucasian	4.8% 7	86.6% 601	92.0% 333	57.5% 399	73.5% 302	64.5% 196	70.4% 1838
African-American	95.2% 140	6.2% 43	2.8% 10	2.3% 16	12.7% 52	9.5% 29	11.1% 290
Hispanic	0.0% 0	5.5% 38	1.7% 6	34.9% 242	8.8% 36	5.6% 17	13.0% 339
Asian	0.0% 0	1.4% 10	2.5% 9	4.6% 32	3.2% 13	19.7% 60	4.7% 124
Native American	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	1.1% 4	0.7% 5	1.9% 8	0.7% 2	0.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 694	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 411	100.0% 304	2612

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Caucasian	68.4% 301	80.8% 502	66.2% 584	67.5% 451	70.4% 1838
African-American	15.9% 70	8.4% 52	16.1% 142	3.9% 26	11.1% 290
Hispanic	6.4% 28	8.7% 54	13.4% 118	21.0% 140	13.0% 340
Asian	9.3% 41	1.6% 10	3.6% 32	6.1% 41	4.7% 124
Native American	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.7% 6	1.5% 10	0.7% 19
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 621	100.0% 882	100.0% 668	2611

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
Caucasian	48.9% 149	70.5% 745	71.9% 345	80.0% 337	73.3% 195	80.3% 57	9	70.3% 1828
African-American	15.1% 46	13.4% 141	11.5% 55	6.4% 27	5.3% 14	9.9% 7	0	11.2% 290
Hispanic	33.4% 102	13.1% 138	10.8% 52	6.4% 27	5.3% 14	7.0% 5	1	13.0% 338
Asian	0.3% 1	2.6% 27	5.0% 24	7.1% 30	15.0% 40	1.4% 1	0	4.7% 123
Native American	2.3% 7	0.5% 5	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 3	1.4% 1	0	0.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	10	2599