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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

[ASK ART_2, IF CA_1=1. ELSE SKIP TO ART_6. (FILL CONGREGATION NAME FROM CA_4)] Do you only attend worship services at your congregation, or do you sometimes attend other congregations? (ART_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	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	1.2% 5	1.7% 4	2.4% 2	1.0% 13
Don't know	1.9% 4	0.6% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.7% 9
I attend my congregation	43.2% 92	52.4% 183	52.1% 213	45.0% 109	57.6% 49	49.8% 646
I sometimes attend other congregations	54.5% 116	46.7% 163	46.2% 189	53.3% 129	38.8% 33	48.5% 630
Missing	342	398	345	170	57	1312
TOTAL	100.0% 213	100.0% 349	100.0% 409	100.0% 242	100.0% 85	1298

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.2% 9	1.0% 5	1.1% 14
Don't know	0.6% 5	1.0% 5	0.8% 10
I attend my congregation	50.7% 394	48.2% 252	49.7% 646
I sometimes attend other congregations	47.5% 369	49.9% 261	48.5% 630
Missing	575	737	1312
TOTAL	100.0% 777	100.0% 523	1300

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	1.9% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	1.3% 4	0.6% 1	1.8% 5	1	1.0% 13
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 6	0	0.8% 10
I attend my congregation	50.0% 26	38.0% 71	50.2% 151	47.1% 145	59.4% 92	53.9% 153	8	49.6% 638
I sometimes attend other congregations	48.1% 25	59.9% 112	49.2% 148	51.6% 159	40.0% 62	42.3% 120	2	48.6% 626
Missing	116	191	331	196	69	392	0	1295
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 187	100.0% 301	100.0% 308	100.0% 155	100.0% 284	11	1287

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 8	3.2% 5	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 14
Don't know	0.5% 5	0.6% 1	2.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 9
I attend my congregation	50.5% 466	41.3% 64	57.1% 68	46.6% 27	87.5% 7	38.9% 14	49.8% 646
I sometimes attend other congregations	48.0% 443	54.8% 85	39.5% 47	53.4% 31	12.5% 1	61.1% 22	48.5% 629
Missing	890	123	202	51	1	46	1313
TOTAL	100.0% 922	100.0% 155	100.0% 119	100.0% 58	100.0% 8	100.0% 36	1298

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.2% 2	0.7% 3	1.7% 4	1.1% 4	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	1.1% 14
Don't know	1.1% 1	0.2% 1	1.3% 3	1.3% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 10
I attend my congregation	42.9% 39	48.1% 207	51.5% 120	50.7% 190	42.0% 21	56.7% 68	49.7% 645
I sometimes attend other congregations	53.8% 49	50.9% 219	45.5% 106	46.9% 176	58.0% 29	42.5% 51	48.5% 630
Missing	56	264	129	319	361	183	1312
TOTAL	100.0% 91	100.0% 430	100.0% 233	100.0% 375	100.0% 50	100.0% 120	1299

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 4	0.9% 3	1.3% 6	0.4% 1	1.1% 14
Don't know	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 4	0.8% 2	0.7% 9
I attend my congregation	48.8% 126	53.2% 176	47.7% 217	50.2% 128	49.8% 647
I sometimes attend other congregations	48.4% 125	45.9% 152	50.1% 228	48.6% 124	48.4% 629
Missing	182	290	426	414	1312
TOTAL	100.0% 258	100.0% 331	100.0% 455	100.0% 255	1299

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	4.5% 4	1.0% 5	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.6% 1	2.6% 1	0	1.0% 13
Don't know	2.3% 2	0.8% 4	0.4% 1	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.7% 9
I attend my congregation	54.5% 48	52.8% 273	49.8% 126	48.1% 113	39.2% 65	55.3% 21	0	49.8% 646
I sometimes attend other congregations	38.6% 34	45.5% 235	49.4% 125	50.6% 119	60.2% 100	42.1% 16	2	48.5% 629
Missing	217	539	227	186	101	34	0	1304
TOTAL	100.0% 88	100.0% 517	100.0% 253	100.0% 235	100.0% 166	100.0% 38	2	1297