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Religion Holds Steady in America
Young men and young women are generally less religious than young adults were in 2014 and 2007
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- Religion Holds Steady in America
- Since 2020, little change in the religious composition of the U.S. public
- In the U.S., young adults are less religious than older adults
- U.S. religiousness has been fairly stable since 2020
- No birth cohort has become more or less religious in recent years
- Comparing the youngest adults with slightly older adults
- Between 2007 and 2014, religious attendance fell more among youngest adults than among slightly older adults
- Young adults today are less religious than young adults were in 2014 and 2007
- Young men and young women are generally less religious than young adults were in 2014 and 2007
- Entering and leaving Orthodox Christianity in the U.S.
- Entering and leaving Catholicism in the U.S.
- Entering and leaving Christianity in the U.S.
- Entering and leaving the religious ‘nones’ in the U.S.
- 2022 and 2024 GSS waves produce mostly similar estimates of U.S. religiousness
- In GSS, young adults are far less religious than older people
- American Time Use Survey: Trends in religious attendance among young adults born 1995-2003