FOR RELEASE JAN. 31, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . Religiously unaffiliated 3 4 No significant difference 27 26 Inactive unaffiliated combined 11 12 No significant difference 19 18 Note: In none of the 30 datasets are the other groups significantly more likely than the actively religious to report top health Controls for demographic differences are marital status, age, education, income and
BY Gregory A. Smith - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 6 percentage points higher than it was five years ago and 10 points higher than a decade ago Christians continue to make up a majority of the U S populace, but their share of the adult
FOR RELEASE SEPT. 10, 2020 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . But Pew Research Center’s survey of U S teens finds that, religiously, those who are even younger – ages 13 to 17 – resemble their parents in some ways, particularly when it comes to rates of attendance at religious services In addition, most U S teens are affiliated with a religion, and many engage in other family religious practices
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD less religiously observant than people who identify with a religion But not all religious “nones” are nonbelievers In fact, many people who are unaffiliated with a religion believe in God, pr y at least occasionally and think of themselves as spiritual people Forthcoming reports will describe the Religious Landscape Study’s findings about
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world It does not take policy positions The Center conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research It studies U S politics and policy; journalism and media
FOR RELEASE OCT. 17, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their
FOR RELEASE JULY 23, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . Jews, atheists, agnostics and evangelical Protestants, as well as highly educated people and those who have religiously diverse social networks, show higher levels of religious knowledge, while young adults and racial and ethnic minorities tend to know somewhat less about religion than the average respondent does
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD share of religiously affiliated adults who say they pray regularly And while there has been a bit of fluctuation in self-reported rates of attendance at religious services among some religious groups (e g , among members of the historically black Protestant tradition), the overall picture here also is one of continuity rather than change
FOR RELEASE APRIL 25, 2018 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . Seven-in-ten religiously unaffiliated adults believe in a higher power of some kind, including 17% who say they believe in God as described in the Bible and 53% who believe in some other form of higher power or spiritual force in the universe Roughly one-quarter of religious “nones” (27%) say they do not believe in a higher power of any kind
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD religiously affiliated adults married to a spouse of the same faith Indeed, more than three-quarters of religiously affiliated people who are married to spouses of the same religion (77%) are highly religious, according to an index incorporating four common measures of religious observance (frequency of worship attendance, frequency of prayer