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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

What is the highest level of schooling you have completed, or what is the highest degree that you have earned? (Recoded for use with online analysis) (I-EDUC)

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
No high school diploma	11.8% 65	10.3% 77	9.3% 70	17.2% 70	16.3% 23	11.7% 305
GED or high school diploma	55.8% 308	36.7% 274	35.5% 267	35.9% 146	42.6% 60	40.6% 1055
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	13.0% 72	21.6% 161	23.0% 173	13.5% 55	13.5% 19	18.5% 480
Bachelor's degree	13.6% 75	19.6% 146	17.2% 129	12.8% 52	13.5% 19	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	3.6% 20	10.5% 78	12.6% 95	15.7% 64	6.4% 9	10.2% 266
Other	2.2% 12	1.3% 10	2.4% 18	4.9% 20	7.8% 11	2.7% 71
Missing	3	1	1	4	1	10
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 746	100.0% 752	100.0% 407	100.0% 141	2598

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
No high school diploma	12.6% 170	10.9% 136	11.8% 306
GED or high school diploma	40.2% 541	41.1% 515	40.6% 1056
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	18.9% 255	17.9% 224	18.4% 479
Bachelor's degree	17.8% 240	14.4% 181	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	7.5% 101	13.2% 165	10.2% 266
Other	2.9% 39	2.6% 32	2.7% 71
Missing	5	5	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1253	2599

Political ideology

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
No high school diploma	7.7% 13	4.8% 18	9.1% 57	5.8% 29	5.4% 12	24.7% 166	11	11.5% 295
GED or high school diploma	33.3% 56	34.9% 132	39.7% 249	36.1% 182	41.5% 93	50.2% 338	5	40.8% 1050
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	19.6% 33	16.4% 62	19.8% 124	22.4% 113	19.2% 43	14.9% 100	4	18.5% 475
Bachelor's degree	18.5% 31	19.6% 74	16.9% 106	24.2% 122	22.3% 50	5.3% 36	2	16.3% 419
Graduate degree	17.9% 30	22.2% 84	10.0% 63	9.9% 50	8.9% 20	2.5% 17	2	10.3% 264
Other	3.0% 5	2.1% 8	4.5% 28	1.6% 8	2.7% 6	2.4% 16	0	2.8% 71
Missing	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 627	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 673	24	2574

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
No high school diploma	8.3% 149	16.5% 46	31.6% 101	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	11.8% 306
GED or high school diploma	40.7% 733	48.0% 134	40.9% 131	19.4% 21	66.7% 6	37.8% 31	40.6% 1056
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	18.8% 339	19.0% 53	14.4% 46	17.6% 19	33.3% 3	24.4% 20	18.5% 480
Bachelor's degree	18.5% 333	9.3% 26	7.8% 25	25.0% 27	0.0% 0	12.2% 10	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	10.8% 194	4.7% 13	3.8% 12	37.0% 40	0.0% 0	8.5% 7	10.2% 266
Other	3.1% 55	2.5% 7	1.6% 5	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	2.8% 72
Missing	9	0	1	0	0	0	10
TOTAL	100.0% 1803	100.0% 279	100.0% 320	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2601

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
No high school diploma	21.2% 31	13.6% 94	4.4% 16	15.4% 107	7.6% 31	8.6% 26	11.7% 305
GED or high school diploma	44.5% 65	44.3% 305	35.7% 129	38.3% 266	46.2% 188	34.2% 103	40.6% 1056
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	19.9% 29	22.2% 153	17.7% 64	18.2% 126	16.0% 65	14.3% 43	18.5% 480
Bachelor's degree	8.2% 12	13.5% 93	24.7% 89	14.4% 100	15.0% 61	21.9% 66	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	2.7% 4	5.1% 35	13.9% 50	10.8% 75	12.3% 50	17.3% 52	10.2% 266
Other	3.4% 5	1.3% 9	3.6% 13	2.9% 20	2.9% 12	3.7% 11	2.7% 70
Missing	0	4	1	1	3	2	11
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 689	100.0% 361	100.0% 694	100.0% 407	100.0% 301	2598

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
No high school diploma	7.5% 33	11.6% 72	13.1% 114	13.1% 87	11.8% 306
GED or high school diploma	41.8% 184	45.3% 281	40.0% 349	36.3% 242	40.6% 1056
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	14.3% 63	19.7% 122	19.8% 173	18.2% 121	18.4% 479
Bachelor's degree	16.8% 74	12.6% 78	17.2% 150	17.9% 119	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	15.9% 70	7.7% 48	8.4% 73	11.3% 75	10.2% 266
Other	3.6% 16	3.1% 19	1.6% 14	3.3% 22	2.7% 71
Missing	0	1	7	2	10
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 620	100.0% 873	100.0% 666	2599

Education

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	TOTAL
No high school diploma	100.0% 306	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.8% 306
GED or high school diploma	0.0% 0	100.0% 1056	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	40.6% 1056
Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 480	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.5% 480
Bachelor's degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 421	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.2% 421
Graduate degree	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 267	0.0% 0	10.3% 267
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 71	2.7% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 267	100.0% 71	2601