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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

These next several questions are about your political views and activities. When it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as: (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-POLITICS)

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 liberal	10.2% 56	5.9% 44	4.9% 37	5.3% 21	7.2% 10	6.5% 168
Somewhat liberal	15.1% 83	13.4% 100	17.7% 133	12.8% 51	8.7% 12	14.7% 379
Middle of the road	21.6% 119	24.2% 180	24.9% 187	26.3% 105	29.0% 40	24.4% 631
Somewhat conservative	16.5% 91	20.4% 152	18.6% 140	24.0% 96	18.8% 26	19.5% 505
Very conservative	5.1% 28	6.4% 48	11.2% 84	10.8% 43	15.9% 22	8.7% 225
Haven't thought much about it	31.5% 173	29.7% 221	22.7% 171	21.0% 84	20.3% 28	26.2% 677
Missing	8	3	2	12	2	27
TOTAL	100.0% 550	100.0% 745	100.0% 752	100.0% 400	100.0% 138	2585

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Very liberal	6.2% 82	6.8% 86	6.5% 168
Somewhat liberal	14.6% 194	14.7% 185	14.7% 379
Middle of the road	23.0% 306	26.0% 326	24.5% 632
Somewhat conservative	17.0% 226	22.1% 278	19.5% 504
Very conservative	8.1% 107	9.4% 118	8.7% 225
Haven't thought much about it	31.1% 413	20.9% 263	26.2% 676
Missing	23	3	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1328	100.0% 1256	2584

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	TOTAL
Very liberal	100.0% 168	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 168
Somewhat liberal	0.0% 0	100.0% 379	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.7% 379
Middle of the road	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 632	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	24.5% 632
Somewhat conservative	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 504	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	19.5% 504
Very conservative	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 225	0.0% 0	8.7% 225
Haven't thought much about it	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 676	26.2% 676
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 676	2584

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Very liberal	6.0% 108	8.4% 23	6.3% 20	8.5% 9	0.0% 0	11.5% 9	6.5% 169
Somewhat liberal	13.9% 251	14.9% 41	14.9% 47	25.5% 27	22.2% 2	11.5% 9	14.6% 377
Middle of the road	27.7% 499	14.9% 41	17.7% 56	17.9% 19	11.1% 1	20.5% 16	24.5% 632
Somewhat conservative	21.8% 393	11.3% 31	16.5% 52	12.3% 13	11.1% 1	17.9% 14	19.5% 504
Very conservative	9.9% 178	6.9% 19	5.1% 16	3.8% 4	44.4% 4	6.4% 5	8.7% 226
Haven't thought much about it	20.6% 371	43.6% 120	39.6% 125	32.1% 34	11.1% 1	32.1% 25	26.2% 676
Missing	11	4	5	2	0	4	26
TOTAL	100.0% 1800	100.0% 275	100.0% 316	100.0% 106	100.0% 9	100.0% 78	2584

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Very liberal	8.3% 12	2.5% 17	3.0% 11	5.6% 38	13.9% 57	10.8% 32	6.5% 167
Somewhat liberal	15.3% 22	8.2% 56	15.7% 57	16.4% 112	17.4% 71	19.9% 59	14.6% 377
Middle of the road	16.7% 24	21.7% 149	31.8% 115	24.9% 170	27.1% 111	21.2% 63	24.5% 632
Somewhat conservative	10.4% 15	26.2% 180	27.9% 101	18.9% 129	9.0% 37	14.1% 42	19.5% 504
Very conservative	5.6% 8	15.0% 103	7.2% 26	7.9% 54	4.2% 17	5.7% 17	8.7% 225
Haven't thought much about it	43.8% 63	26.4% 181	14.4% 52	26.5% 181	28.4% 116	28.3% 84	26.2% 677
Missing	3	6	0	9	1	6	25
TOTAL	100.0% 144	100.0% 686	100.0% 362	100.0% 684	100.0% 409	100.0% 297	2582

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Very liberal	6.6% 29	4.1% 25	6.8% 59	8.6% 57	6.6% 170
Somewhat liberal	18.1% 79	12.4% 76	13.7% 120	15.6% 103	14.6% 378
Middle of the road	22.9% 100	29.1% 179	20.6% 180	26.3% 173	24.4% 632
Somewhat conservative	15.8% 69	18.7% 115	21.5% 188	20.0% 132	19.5% 504
Very conservative	7.6% 33	9.4% 58	9.2% 80	8.2% 54	8.7% 225
Haven't thought much about it	29.1% 127	26.3% 162	28.3% 247	21.2% 140	26.2% 676
Missing	3	6	8	9	26
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 615	100.0% 874	100.0% 659	2585

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 liberal	4.4% 13	5.3% 56	6.9% 33	7.4% 31	11.4% 30	7.0% 5	0	6.5% 168
Somewhat liberal	6.1% 18	12.6% 132	13.1% 62	17.7% 74	31.8% 84	11.3% 8	1	14.7% 378
Middle of the road	19.3% 57	23.7% 249	26.1% 124	25.3% 106	23.9% 63	39.4% 28	3	24.4% 627
Somewhat conservative	9.8% 29	17.3% 182	23.8% 113	29.1% 122	18.9% 50	11.3% 8	0	19.6% 504
Very conservative	4.1% 12	8.9% 93	9.1% 43	11.9% 50	7.6% 20	8.5% 6	0	8.7% 224
Haven't thought much about it	56.3% 166	32.2% 338	21.1% 100	8.6% 36	6.4% 17	22.5% 16	3	26.1% 673
Missing	11	5	4	2	2	0	0	24
TOTAL	100.0% 295	100.0% 1050	100.0% 475	100.0% 419	100.0% 264	100.0% 71	7	2574