Most people raised by two religious ‘nones’ are religiously unaffiliated today | Pew Research Center

October 24, 2016

1. Links between childhood religious upbringing and current religious identity

Most people raised by two religious ‘nones’ are religiously unaffiliated today

Most people raised by two religious ‘nones’ are religiously unaffiliated today

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Most people raised by two religious ‘nones’ are religiously unaffiliated today

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1. Links between childhood religious upbringing and current religious identity
Among those raised in single religious background (especially Protestantism), those whose childhood most steeped in religion most likely to retain parents’ faith
Most people raised by two religious ‘nones’ are religiously unaffiliated today
In Catholic/Protestant pairings, Catholic mothers apparently more effective at passing on the faith
Among those raised exclusively by Protestants, eight-in-ten are Protestants today
Among those raised by one Catholic parent and one non-Catholic parent, roughly one-third identify as Catholics today