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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

It is usually a good idea for a couple to live together before marriage. (AMA_4)

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	0.2% 1	0.5% 4	1.1% 8	3.2% 13	2.1% 3	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.4% 10
Strongly disagree	18.7% 104	20.5% 153	27.6% 208	32.9% 135	45.0% 63	25.5% 663
Somewhat disagree	8.1% 45	11.8% 88	14.2% 107	15.6% 64	12.1% 17	12.3% 321
Neither agree nor disagree	27.4% 152	25.4% 190	28.8% 217	21.7% 89	17.1% 24	25.8% 672
Somewhat agree	21.3% 118	26.0% 194	17.1% 129	15.9% 65	11.4% 16	20.0% 522
Strongly agree	24.0% 133	15.4% 115	10.8% 81	10.5% 43	11.4% 16	14.9% 388
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 555	100.0% 747	100.0% 753	100.0% 410	100.0% 140	2605

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.3% 18	0.9% 11	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.3% 4	0.6% 7	0.4% 11
Strongly disagree	26.9% 363	23.9% 301	25.5% 664
Somewhat disagree	13.0% 175	11.7% 147	12.3% 322
Neither agree nor disagree	27.7% 373	23.8% 300	25.8% 673
Somewhat agree	18.1% 244	22.1% 278	20.0% 522
Strongly agree	12.8% 172	17.1% 215	14.8% 387
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1349	100.0% 1259	2608

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	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	2.5% 17	4	1.0% 25
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0	0.4% 10
Strongly disagree	18.9% 32	14.2% 54	18.4% 116	33.9% 171	49.6% 111	25.4% 172	8	25.4% 656
Somewhat disagree	6.5% 11	11.8% 45	13.6% 86	17.3% 87	10.7% 24	9.9% 67	3	12.4% 320
Neither agree nor disagree	24.9% 42	28.7% 109	27.7% 175	21.6% 109	19.6% 44	28.0% 189	5	25.8% 668
Somewhat agree	27.2% 46	28.2% 107	22.3% 141	16.5% 83	10.7% 24	17.5% 118	3	20.1% 519
Strongly agree	21.9% 37	16.1% 61	17.2% 109	9.9% 50	9.4% 21	16.1% 109	0	15.0% 387
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 169	100.0% 380	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 676	23	2585

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 17	1.8% 5	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 3	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.2% 3	0.7% 2	1.6% 5	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 11
Strongly disagree	24.9% 450	32.9% 91	23.7% 76	24.1% 26	0.0% 0	25.3% 21	25.5% 664
Somewhat disagree	12.2% 221	10.8% 30	12.8% 41	14.8% 16	11.1% 1	14.5% 12	12.3% 321
Neither agree nor disagree	26.3% 475	17.0% 47	29.9% 96	26.9% 29	22.2% 2	27.7% 23	25.8% 672
Somewhat agree	21.7% 392	18.8% 52	13.4% 43	19.4% 21	22.2% 2	12.0% 10	20.0% 520
Strongly agree	13.8% 249	18.1% 50	17.4% 56	13.9% 15	44.4% 4	16.9% 14	14.9% 388
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1807	100.0% 277	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 83	2605

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.4% 2	1.6% 11	1.4% 5	1.3% 9	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 6	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.4% 11
Strongly disagree	29.3% 43	38.9% 269	21.0% 76	22.5% 156	12.2% 50	22.7% 68	25.4% 662
Somewhat disagree	10.2% 15	13.5% 93	14.1% 51	13.1% 91	8.3% 34	12.7% 38	12.4% 322
Neither agree nor disagree	21.8% 32	18.5% 128	31.2% 113	26.8% 186	32.9% 135	26.0% 78	25.8% 672
Somewhat agree	19.7% 29	16.6% 115	20.2% 73	19.9% 138	25.1% 103	21.3% 64	20.0% 522
Strongly agree	17.0% 25	10.7% 74	12.2% 44	15.6% 108	21.0% 86	16.3% 49	14.8% 386
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 691	100.0% 362	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 300	2604

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.5% 2	1.6% 10	1.1% 10	1.1% 7	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.8% 5	0.4% 11
Strongly disagree	20.6% 91	27.9% 173	29.9% 262	20.6% 137	25.5% 663
Somewhat disagree	15.0% 66	10.6% 66	13.1% 115	11.3% 75	12.4% 322
Neither agree nor disagree	26.5% 117	25.1% 156	24.9% 218	27.2% 181	25.8% 672
Somewhat agree	21.8% 96	19.8% 123	17.9% 157	21.9% 146	20.0% 522
Strongly agree	15.0% 66	14.7% 91	13.0% 114	17.3% 115	14.8% 386
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 621	100.0% 877	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	0.5% 5	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	1.1% 29
Don't know	0.7% 2	0.5% 5	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	0.4% 10
Strongly disagree	26.2% 80	26.4% 279	24.4% 117	27.9% 117	19.2% 51	25.4% 18	2	25.5% 662
Somewhat disagree	12.1% 37	9.7% 102	12.9% 62	15.5% 65	19.2% 51	5.6% 4	0	12.4% 321
Neither agree nor disagree	20.7% 63	28.0% 295	28.1% 135	24.0% 101	21.1% 56	25.4% 18	3	25.7% 668
Somewhat agree	15.1% 46	19.1% 201	18.8% 90	23.1% 97	27.8% 74	16.9% 12	0	20.0% 520
Strongly agree	19.0% 58	15.9% 168	15.2% 73	9.3% 39	12.0% 32	23.9% 17	0	14.9% 387
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 1055	100.0% 480	100.0% 420	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	5	2597