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reportMar 18, 2021

The Pandemic Stalls Growth in the Global Middle Class, Pushes Poverty Up Sharply

The global middle class consisted of 54 million fewer people in 2020 than the number projected prior to the onset of the pandemic.
short readsJul 6, 2021

Most Indians, including most Hindus, do not practice yoga

Just about a third of Indian adults (35%) say they ever practice yoga, including 22% who say they do so monthly or less.
short readsDec 17, 2021

Striking findings from 2021

As 2021 draws to a close, here are some of Pew Research Center’s most striking research findings from the past year.
reportSep 21, 2021

2. Causes of religious change

The religious composition of the global population is always in flux. For example, the share of Buddhists worldwide is shrinking because of their low average fertility rate, and Christians are declining in the U.S. and Western Europe as more people leave organized religion. Demographers attribute changes in the size of religious populations to three main […]
decodedJul 1, 2021

Q&A: How Pew Research Center surveyed nearly 30,000 people in India

To represent the views of Indians from a wide range of backgrounds, we fielded our largest-ever single-country survey outside the U.S.
reportMar 18, 2021

Methodology

The starting point for the analysis is household survey-based estimates of regional income distributions from the World Bank’s PovcalNet database. The global regions are as defined by the World Bank. In this report, “advanced economies” refers to the group of countries listed as “other high income” by the World Bank. These data were used to […]
short readsJul 20, 2021

For most of India’s Hindus, religious and national identities are closely linked

Nearly two-thirds of Hindus (64%) in India say it is very important to be Hindu to be truly Indian, our survey found.
reportJun 29, 2021

4. Attitudes about caste

The caste system has existed in some form in India for at least 3,000 years. It is a social hierarchy passed down through families, and it can dictate the professions a person can work in as well as aspects of their social lives, including whom they can marry. While the caste system originally was for […]
short readsJul 8, 2021

Eight-in-ten Indians limit meat in their diets, and four-in-ten consider themselves vegetarian

Among India’s six largest religious groups, some are much more likely than others to abstain from eating meat.
decodedNov 9, 2021

Behind Pew Research Center’s 2021 political typology

The typology study examines U.S. politics through the prism of people’s values and attitudes, not just their party labels.

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Most Indians, including most Hindus, do not practice yoga

Striking findings from 2021

2. Causes of religious change

Q&A: How Pew Research Center surveyed nearly 30,000 people in India

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For most of India’s Hindus, religious and national identities are closely linked

4. Attitudes about caste

Eight-in-ten Indians limit meat in their diets, and four-in-ten consider themselves vegetarian

Behind Pew Research Center’s 2021 political typology

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