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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

It's OK to have a country where the races are basically separate from one another, as long as they have equal opportunity. (AMA_5)

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	0.5% 3	0.8% 6	1.7% 13	3.4% 14	2.1% 3	1.5% 39
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.7% 5	0.7% 5	0.7% 3	0.7% 1	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	40.3% 224	43.1% 322	43.4% 326	30.1% 123	21.4% 30	39.4% 1025
Somewhat disagree	17.6% 98	15.7% 117	14.2% 107	13.0% 53	7.9% 11	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	26.4% 147	26.0% 194	21.8% 164	29.9% 122	33.6% 47	25.9% 674
Somewhat agree	8.3% 46	8.0% 60	11.0% 83	12.3% 50	15.0% 21	10.0% 260
Strongly agree	6.7% 37	5.8% 43	7.2% 54	10.5% 43	19.3% 27	7.8% 204
Missing	0	1	1	2	1	5
TOTAL	100.0% 556	100.0% 747	100.0% 752	100.0% 408	100.0% 140	2603

Gender

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	1.9% 26	1.0% 13	1.5% 39
Don't know	0.6% 8	0.6% 7	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	39.0% 525	39.7% 500	39.4% 1025
Somewhat disagree	14.0% 188	15.7% 198	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	28.8% 387	22.9% 288	25.9% 675
Somewhat agree	8.2% 110	11.9% 150	10.0% 260
Strongly agree	7.6% 102	8.1% 102	7.8% 204
Missing	5	1	6
TOTAL	100.0% 1346	100.0% 1258	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	3.7% 25	4	1.3% 34
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.5% 10	0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	51.2% 86	45.2% 171	39.2% 247	40.9% 206	40.2% 90	31.9% 215	9	39.4% 1015
Somewhat disagree	10.1% 17	21.7% 82	14.3% 90	16.1% 81	10.7% 24	13.2% 89	2	14.9% 383
Neither agree nor disagree	20.2% 34	14.8% 56	27.5% 173	28.6% 144	23.2% 52	31.1% 210	6	25.9% 669
Somewhat agree	10.1% 17	10.1% 38	10.2% 64	9.7% 49	12.9% 29	9.3% 63	0	10.1% 260
Strongly agree	7.7% 13	7.1% 27	8.4% 53	3.8% 19	12.5% 28	9.3% 63	1	7.9% 203
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 378	100.0% 630	100.0% 504	100.0% 224	100.0% 675	22	2579

Race

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	1.1% 20	2.2% 6	2.5% 8	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	1.5% 38
Don't know	0.3% 6	0.7% 2	1.6% 5	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	36.5% 660	51.1% 142	42.3% 135	43.0% 46	0.0% 0	50.0% 41	39.4% 1024
Somewhat disagree	16.4% 297	9.7% 27	11.9% 38	14.0% 15	12.5% 1	9.8% 8	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	27.5% 498	18.7% 52	27.3% 87	19.6% 21	12.5% 1	19.5% 16	25.9% 675
Somewhat agree	10.7% 193	7.2% 20	7.5% 24	6.5% 7	62.5% 5	13.4% 11	10.0% 260
Strongly agree	7.4% 134	10.4% 29	6.9% 22	14.0% 15	12.5% 1	3.7% 3	7.8% 204
Missing	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1808	100.0% 278	100.0% 319	100.0% 107	100.0% 8	100.0% 82	2602

Religion

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	2.1% 3	1.6% 11	1.7% 6	2.2% 15	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	1.5% 38
Don't know	1.4% 2	0.4% 3	0.3% 1	0.6% 4	0.7% 3	0.7% 2	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	46.6% 68	34.0% 235	38.2% 138	38.7% 268	43.8% 180	44.5% 134	39.3% 1023
Somewhat disagree	8.9% 13	15.8% 109	14.4% 52	17.1% 118	12.9% 53	13.6% 41	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	21.2% 31	28.9% 200	27.7% 100	24.1% 167	29.2% 120	18.9% 57	25.9% 675
Somewhat agree	8.9% 13	11.7% 81	9.7% 35	9.5% 66	8.3% 34	10.3% 31	10.0% 260
Strongly agree	11.0% 16	7.7% 53	8.0% 29	7.8% 54	4.9% 20	11.3% 34	7.9% 206
Missing	0	3	1	1	0	2	7
TOTAL	100.0% 146	100.0% 692	100.0% 361	100.0% 692	100.0% 411	100.0% 301	2603

Region

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.9% 4	1.6% 10	1.6% 14	1.8% 12	1.5% 40
Don't know	0.7% 3	0.5% 3	0.7% 6	0.5% 3	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	39.3% 173	38.4% 239	38.6% 339	41.1% 274	39.3% 1025
Somewhat disagree	19.8% 87	12.4% 77	13.0% 114	16.2% 108	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	23.4% 103	26.8% 167	27.2% 239	24.9% 166	25.9% 675
Somewhat agree	8.6% 38	10.8% 67	10.8% 95	9.2% 61	10.0% 261
Strongly agree	7.3% 32	9.5% 59	8.2% 72	6.3% 42	7.9% 205
Missing	0	0	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 622	100.0% 879	100.0% 666	2607

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	7.5% 23	0.8% 8	0.4% 2	0.2% 1	1.5% 4	1.4% 1	0	1.5% 39
Don't know	2.9% 9	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.4% 1	0	0.6% 15
Strongly disagree	26.7% 82	36.4% 384	41.8% 200	47.6% 200	48.7% 130	37.5% 27	2	39.3% 1023
Somewhat disagree	13.4% 41	14.1% 149	15.7% 75	13.3% 56	21.0% 56	12.5% 9	0	14.8% 386
Neither agree nor disagree	29.0% 89	28.5% 301	26.9% 129	21.4% 90	17.2% 46	23.6% 17	3	25.8% 672
Somewhat agree	8.5% 26	12.1% 128	8.1% 39	10.2% 43	8.6% 23	2.8% 2	0	10.0% 261
Strongly agree	12.1% 37	7.9% 83	7.1% 34	6.9% 29	2.6% 7	20.8% 15	0	7.9% 205
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 1056	100.0% 479	100.0% 420	100.0% 267	100.0% 72	5	2601