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Religion Among Asian Americans
Asian Americans twice as likely to feel ‘close to’ Buddhism than to identify as Buddhist
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- Religion Among Asian Americans
- Declining share of Asian Americans identify as Christian
- Most Filipino and Korean Americans are Christian; about half of Chinese Americans are religiously unaffiliated
- About 1 in 5 Asian Americans with Southeast Asian origins are Buddhist
- Japanese and Chinese Americans are least likely to consider religion very important
- Among Asian Americans, 55% of Christians and 54% of Muslims say they attend religious services at least monthly
- Most Vietnamese and Indian Americans have shrine, altar or religious symbol for worship at home
- Relatively few Asian Americans are both regular service attenders and have a shrine, altar or symbol for worship at home
- Asian Americans twice as likely to feel ‘close to’ Buddhism than to identify as Buddhist
- 4 in 10 Asian Americans say they ‘feel close’ to at least one religion that they don’t personally identify with
- 63% of religiously unaffiliated Asian Americans say they are close to at least one faith for reasons other than religion