Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read our research on:
U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services Together and Enjoy Family Rituals
Teenage girls no more religious than boys, but more likely to attend religious youth group
Embed
Infographic Gallery
- U.S. Teens Take After Their Parents Religiously, Attend Services Together and Enjoy Family Rituals
- Most parents and teens share a religious identity
- Parents more likely than teens to say religion is very important in their lives
- Half of teens say they hold all the same religious beliefs as their parent …
- Four-in-ten teens say they share all the same religious beliefs as their parent – and their parent agrees
- Less-religious parents very likely to have teens who also are less religious
- About half of U.S. teens at least sometimes say grace before meals with their family
- Most teens attend religious services with at least one parent
- Teens less religious than their parents by some measures, but not worship attendance
- Parents exhibit higher levels of overall religious commitment than teens
- Teens no more likely to align with mom than dad, religiously
- One-third of teens surveyed are religious ‘nones’
- Evangelical teens stand out on religious beliefs and practices
- Most evangelical teens say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral, only one religion is true
- Religious ‘nones’ as likely as other teens to report feeling a deep sense of wonder about the universe
- Teenage girls no more religious than boys, but more likely to attend religious youth group
- Affiliated teens more likely than religious ‘nones’ to turn to family, religious leaders for moral guidance
- Evangelical parents more likely than others to say it is very important to raise their child in their religion