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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

In general, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your job? (WJ_6)

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
Very satisfied	41.0% 183	44.1% 271	56.3% 319	58.1% 86	71.4% 10	48.6% 869
Somewhat satisfied	38.1% 170	39.6% 243	31.2% 177	30.4% 45	7.1% 1	35.6% 636
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.2% 50	8.0% 49	3.2% 18	7.4% 11	7.1% 1	7.2% 129
Somewhat dissatisfied	7.0% 31	6.7% 41	5.8% 33	4.1% 6	14.3% 2	6.3% 113
Very dissatisfied	2.7% 12	1.6% 10	3.5% 20	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 42
Missing	110	135	188	264	128	825
TOTAL	100.0% 446	100.0% 614	100.0% 567	100.0% 148	100.0% 14	1789

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very satisfied	52.7% 446	45.1% 424	48.7% 870
Somewhat satisfied	33.8% 286	37.1% 349	35.5% 635
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	5.3% 45	8.8% 83	7.2% 128
Somewhat dissatisfied	6.1% 52	6.5% 61	6.3% 113
Very dissatisfied	2.1% 18	2.4% 23	2.3% 41
Missing	504	319	823
TOTAL	100.0% 847	100.0% 940	1787

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Very satisfied	47.2% 60	47.9% 135	46.1% 205	51.8% 174	60.5% 92	45.5% 195	8	48.6% 861
Somewhat satisfied	32.3% 41	34.8% 98	34.4% 153	37.2% 125	26.3% 40	40.6% 174	4	35.6% 631
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	9.4% 12	6.7% 19	10.6% 47	4.5% 15	3.3% 5	6.5% 28	1	7.1% 126
Somewhat dissatisfied	7.9% 10	7.1% 20	7.4% 33	6.0% 20	7.2% 11	4.4% 19	0	6.4% 113
Very dissatisfied	3.1% 4	3.5% 10	1.6% 7	0.6% 2	2.6% 4	3.0% 13	0	2.3% 40
Missing	41	96	187	168	72	247	0	811
TOTAL	100.0% 127	100.0% 282	100.0% 445	100.0% 336	100.0% 152	100.0% 429	13	1771

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	51.1% 631	35.4% 69	49.3% 110	44.9% 31	44.4% 4	46.3% 25	48.7% 870
Somewhat satisfied	35.0% 433	41.5% 81	34.5% 77	33.3% 23	44.4% 4	31.5% 17	35.6% 635
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	7.0% 87	3.6% 7	5.8% 13	17.4% 12	11.1% 1	13.0% 7	7.1% 127
Somewhat dissatisfied	5.3% 65	12.3% 24	8.5% 19	4.3% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	6.3% 112
Very dissatisfied	1.6% 20	7.2% 14	1.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.4% 4	2.4% 42
Missing	574	83	98	40	0	28	823
TOTAL	100.0% 1236	100.0% 195	100.0% 223	100.0% 69	100.0% 9	100.0% 54	1786

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Very satisfied	34.7% 33	47.6% 229	60.8% 141	51.5% 244	42.1% 125	47.1% 98	48.7% 870
Somewhat satisfied	40.0% 38	40.3% 194	28.0% 65	34.8% 165	34.3% 102	34.1% 71	35.5% 635
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	8.4% 8	4.4% 21	7.3% 17	6.1% 29	10.1% 30	11.1% 23	7.2% 128
Somewhat dissatisfied	10.5% 10	6.0% 29	2.6% 6	5.9% 28	9.4% 28	5.3% 11	6.3% 112
Very dissatisfied	6.3% 6	1.7% 8	1.3% 3	1.7% 8	4.0% 12	2.4% 5	2.4% 42
Missing	51	212	130	220	114	96	823
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 481	100.0% 232	100.0% 474	100.0% 297	100.0% 208	1787

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very satisfied	46.2% 144	47.2% 186	50.8% 310	48.9% 230	48.7% 870
Somewhat satisfied	37.8% 118	37.1% 146	34.6% 211	34.0% 160	35.6% 635
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	8.0% 25	6.1% 24	6.4% 39	8.5% 40	7.2% 128
Somewhat dissatisfied	6.1% 19	5.8% 23	6.6% 40	6.4% 30	6.3% 112
Very dissatisfied	1.9% 6	3.8% 15	1.6% 10	2.1% 10	2.3% 41
Missing	128	227	270	198	823
TOTAL	100.0% 312	100.0% 394	100.0% 610	100.0% 470	1786

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
Very satisfied	50.3% 72	44.2% 305	51.5% 193	51.6% 165	52.4% 108	52.4% 22	4	48.7% 865
Somewhat satisfied	28.0% 40	37.8% 261	35.7% 134	35.9% 115	33.0% 68	35.7% 15	2	35.6% 633
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	11.2% 16	7.5% 52	6.4% 24	5.3% 17	7.3% 15	4.8% 2	1	7.1% 126
Somewhat dissatisfied	7.7% 11	7.2% 50	5.1% 19	5.6% 18	4.9% 10	7.1% 3	0	6.3% 111
Very dissatisfied	2.8% 4	3.2% 22	1.3% 5	1.6% 5	2.4% 5	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 41
Missing	162	366	104	100	61	29	0	822
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 690	100.0% 375	100.0% 320	100.0% 206	100.0% 42	7	1776