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 FOR RELEASE APRIL 4, 2014 In order to have data that were comparable across many countries, the study focused on five widely recognized world religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism – that collectively account for roughly three-quarters of the world’s population The remainder of the global population was consolidated into three additional groups: the religiously unaffiliated (those who
FOR RELEASE DEC. 12, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . . The Asia-Pacific region is a good example of the way household sizes can vary within a single part of the world The most religiously varied of all the regions – in part because it is the largest, home to more than half of the world’s population – Asia-Pacific has hundreds of millions of Muslims, Hindus, “nones,” Christians and Buddhists
FOR RELEASE MAY 11, 2021 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life . . . Conservative and Reform Jews tend to be less religiously observant in traditional ways, like keeping kosher and regularly attending religious services, but many in these groups participate in Jewish cultural activities, and most are at least somewhat attached to Israel
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
BY Aleksandra Sandstrom - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life . . . 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
More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause deaths and disrupt billions of lives globally, people may turn to religious groups, family, friends, co-workers or other social networks for support A Pew Research Center survey conducted in the summer of 2020 reveals that more Americans than people in other economically developed countries say the outbreak has bolstered their religious faith and
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