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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

Sexual intercourse before marriage is wrong. (AMA_3)

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	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	1.1% 8	3.2% 13	2.1% 3	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.2% 6
Strongly disagree	38.2% 212	31.1% 232	25.4% 191	15.8% 65	14.3% 20	27.6% 720
Somewhat disagree	17.5% 97	15.8% 118	16.2% 122	11.9% 49	20.7% 29	15.9% 415
Neither agree nor disagree	24.0% 133	26.4% 197	22.3% 168	31.4% 129	23.6% 33	25.3% 660
Somewhat agree	6.8% 38	10.6% 79	13.7% 103	13.4% 55	10.0% 14	11.1% 289
Strongly agree	12.8% 71	15.4% 115	20.9% 157	24.1% 99	28.6% 40	18.5% 482
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 411	100.0% 140	2605

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.6% 21	0.9% 11	1.2% 32
Don't know	0.3% 4	0.2% 2	0.2% 6
Strongly disagree	24.1% 325	31.3% 394	27.6% 719
Somewhat disagree	16.0% 216	15.8% 198	15.9% 414
Neither agree nor disagree	26.6% 358	24.2% 304	25.4% 662
Somewhat agree	10.2% 138	12.0% 151	11.1% 289
Strongly agree	21.2% 285	15.7% 197	18.5% 482
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 1257	2604

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	0.3% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0	0.2% 6
Strongly disagree	55.0% 93	39.7% 150	29.1% 184	18.5% 93	12.8% 29	24.7% 167	4	27.7% 716
Somewhat disagree	11.8% 20	20.1% 76	16.5% 104	18.8% 95	10.2% 23	14.1% 95	2	16.0% 413
Neither agree nor disagree	16.6% 28	21.4% 81	27.8% 176	22.0% 111	19.5% 44	32.0% 216	5	25.4% 656
Somewhat agree	10.7% 18	9.0% 34	11.9% 75	16.9% 85	6.2% 14	9.0% 61	4	11.1% 287
Strongly agree	5.3% 9	9.3% 35	14.1% 89	22.8% 115	51.3% 116	17.0% 115	5	18.5% 479
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 378	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 226	100.0% 676	24	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 17	2.2% 6	1.9% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	1.2% 32
Don't know	0.2% 4	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 7
Strongly disagree	28.4% 513	22.3% 62	25.6% 82	31.5% 34	0.0% 0	32.9% 27	27.6% 718
Somewhat disagree	16.7% 302	15.8% 44	13.8% 44	13.9% 15	0.0% 0	11.0% 9	15.9% 414
Neither agree nor disagree	23.8% 430	23.4% 65	34.1% 109	33.3% 36	22.2% 2	24.4% 20	25.4% 662
Somewhat agree	12.0% 217	9.4% 26	7.5% 24	5.6% 6	33.3% 3	15.9% 13	11.1% 289
Strongly agree	17.9% 324	26.6% 74	16.6% 53	15.7% 17	44.4% 4	12.2% 10	18.5% 482
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 278	100.0% 320	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2604

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.0% 3	1.6% 11	1.4% 5	1.6% 11	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	1.2% 32
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 8
Strongly disagree	17.7% 26	18.5% 128	22.8% 82	25.2% 175	51.0% 209	32.8% 99	27.6% 719
Somewhat disagree	14.3% 21	10.4% 72	21.7% 78	20.3% 141	15.6% 64	12.6% 38	15.9% 414
Neither agree nor disagree	27.9% 41	22.2% 154	25.8% 93	29.7% 206	22.0% 90	25.5% 77	25.4% 661
Somewhat agree	8.8% 13	12.8% 89	13.9% 50	11.5% 80	4.6% 19	12.9% 39	11.1% 290
Strongly agree	28.6% 42	34.1% 236	14.4% 52	11.2% 78	6.3% 26	15.9% 48	18.5% 482
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 360	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	2606

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	1.8% 11	1.3% 11	1.4% 9	1.3% 33
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 3	0.3% 2	0.2% 6
Strongly disagree	31.9% 140	24.0% 149	23.5% 206	33.6% 224	27.6% 719
Somewhat disagree	17.5% 77	16.1% 100	14.9% 131	15.9% 106	15.9% 414
Neither agree nor disagree	25.5% 112	24.0% 149	28.6% 251	22.5% 150	25.4% 662
Somewhat agree	12.8% 56	12.2% 76	9.6% 84	11.0% 73	11.1% 289
Strongly agree	11.8% 52	21.9% 136	21.9% 192	15.3% 102	18.5% 482
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 622	100.0% 878	100.0% 666	2605

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	6.2% 19	0.8% 8	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.2% 32
Don't know	1.3% 4	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 6
Strongly disagree	21.2% 65	25.0% 264	26.9% 129	34.0% 143	34.6% 92	35.6% 26	0	27.6% 719
Somewhat disagree	11.1% 34	16.6% 175	15.4% 74	20.2% 85	12.8% 34	17.8% 13	0	16.0% 415
Neither agree nor disagree	34.3% 105	26.0% 275	26.0% 125	16.0% 67	24.8% 66	26.0% 19	5	25.3% 657
Somewhat agree	6.5% 20	12.0% 127	13.5% 65	10.7% 45	10.9% 29	6.8% 5	0	11.2% 291
Strongly agree	19.3% 59	19.4% 205	17.7% 85	18.8% 79	16.5% 44	12.3% 9	0	18.5% 481
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 73	5	2601