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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

Immigrants coming into the U.S. are taking too many jobs away from other American citizens. (AMA_2)

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	0.4% 2	0.5% 4	1.5% 11	3.2% 13	2.2% 3	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.3% 2	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	1.4% 2	0.5% 12
Strongly disagree	26.6% 148	21.0% 157	18.7% 141	12.7% 52	11.5% 16	19.7% 514
Somewhat disagree	16.7% 93	13.5% 101	17.1% 129	12.9% 53	14.4% 20	15.2% 396
Neither agree nor disagree	21.9% 122	20.2% 151	18.9% 142	25.1% 103	23.0% 32	21.1% 550
Somewhat agree	18.3% 102	21.3% 159	23.6% 178	19.5% 80	19.4% 27	21.0% 546
Strongly agree	15.6% 87	23.1% 172	19.5% 147	26.3% 108	28.1% 39	21.2% 553
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 746	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 139	2604

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 22	0.9% 11	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.7% 10	0.2% 3	0.5% 13
Strongly disagree	17.5% 236	22.1% 278	19.7% 514
Somewhat disagree	13.5% 182	16.9% 213	15.2% 395
Neither agree nor disagree	23.5% 317	18.6% 234	21.2% 551
Somewhat agree	22.9% 308	18.9% 238	21.0% 546
Strongly agree	20.2% 272	22.3% 281	21.2% 553
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 1258	2605

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.6% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.8% 19	4	1.1% 28
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.0% 7	0	0.5% 13
Strongly disagree	34.5% 58	24.9% 94	15.4% 97	18.0% 91	17.9% 40	18.6% 126	8	19.6% 506
Somewhat disagree	17.9% 30	22.5% 85	17.8% 112	16.4% 83	12.9% 29	8.0% 54	3	15.2% 393
Neither agree nor disagree	17.3% 29	18.8% 71	21.4% 135	25.1% 127	19.6% 44	20.7% 140	5	21.2% 546
Somewhat agree	11.3% 19	19.9% 75	22.2% 140	25.0% 126	22.3% 50	19.7% 133	3	21.0% 543
Strongly agree	18.5% 31	13.5% 51	22.2% 140	14.3% 72	26.8% 60	29.1% 197	1	21.4% 551
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 377	100.0% 630	100.0% 505	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	24	2580

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 19	2.2% 6	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.4% 7	1.1% 3	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 13
Strongly disagree	14.4% 260	19.8% 55	41.1% 131	39.4% 43	12.5% 1	30.5% 25	19.8% 515
Somewhat disagree	16.0% 289	13.7% 38	14.1% 45	11.9% 13	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	15.2% 395
Neither agree nor disagree	20.4% 369	18.7% 52	22.9% 73	33.0% 36	0.0% 0	25.6% 21	21.2% 551
Somewhat agree	23.8% 431	19.8% 55	9.4% 30	11.9% 13	62.5% 5	13.4% 11	20.9% 545
Strongly agree	23.9% 433	24.8% 69	10.3% 33	3.7% 4	25.0% 2	13.4% 11	21.2% 552
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1808	100.0% 278	100.0% 319	100.0% 109	100.0% 8	100.0% 82	2604

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 2	1.7% 12	1.4% 5	1.6% 11	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	1.3% 33
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.6% 2	0.7% 5	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 14
Strongly disagree	13.7% 20	15.6% 108	16.9% 61	23.4% 162	21.2% 87	24.8% 75	19.7% 513
Somewhat disagree	15.8% 23	12.4% 86	19.1% 69	15.0% 104	17.5% 72	13.9% 42	15.2% 396
Neither agree nor disagree	14.4% 21	16.4% 113	18.8% 68	24.1% 167	23.6% 97	28.1% 85	21.2% 551
Somewhat agree	22.6% 33	27.2% 188	22.7% 82	17.6% 122	18.2% 75	14.9% 45	20.9% 545
Strongly agree	30.8% 45	26.2% 181	20.5% 74	17.5% 121	19.0% 78	17.5% 53	21.2% 552
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 691	100.0% 361	100.0% 692	100.0% 411	100.0% 303	2604

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 4	1.6% 10	1.3% 11	1.4% 9	1.3% 34
Don't know	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	0.6% 5	0.5% 3	0.5% 12
Strongly disagree	20.9% 92	13.7% 85	19.1% 168	25.5% 170	19.8% 515
Somewhat disagree	16.4% 72	12.5% 78	15.7% 138	16.2% 108	15.2% 396
Neither agree nor disagree	17.0% 75	21.9% 136	21.2% 186	23.1% 154	21.1% 551
Somewhat agree	22.3% 98	23.0% 143	20.7% 182	18.3% 122	20.9% 545
Strongly agree	21.8% 96	27.2% 169	21.4% 188	15.0% 100	21.2% 553
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 878	100.0% 666	2606

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	6.5% 20	0.8% 8	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.3% 33
Don't know	1.6% 5	0.6% 6	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 13
Strongly disagree	26.1% 80	16.9% 178	12.9% 62	25.7% 108	27.1% 72	18.1% 13	2	19.7% 513
Somewhat disagree	8.1% 25	11.3% 119	15.4% 74	23.3% 98	24.4% 65	18.1% 13	2	15.1% 394
Neither agree nor disagree	15.6% 48	22.6% 239	21.0% 101	21.4% 90	21.8% 58	18.1% 13	1	21.1% 549
Somewhat agree	14.0% 43	23.2% 245	23.5% 113	19.0% 80	19.2% 51	19.4% 14	0	21.0% 546
Strongly agree	28.0% 86	24.7% 261	26.4% 127	10.2% 43	7.1% 19	25.0% 18	0	21.3% 554
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 1056	100.0% 481	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 72	5	2602