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Three-in-ten Americans say belief is the key factor in achieving eternal life; about the same proportion view actions as the primary factor (29%).

Only five members of the new Congress (about 1%) do not specify a religious affiliation.

Six-in-ten moderates supported Obama.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) favor a government guarantee of universal health insurance, even if it means raising taxes.

One-third of those who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic, which means that roughly 10% of all Americans are former Catholics.

Nearly half of all American Catholics under age 30 are Hispanic (45%).

Catholics are the largest religious community in Pennsylvania, making up 29% of the state’s adult population, followed by mainline Protestants at 25% and evangelical Protestants at 18%. White Catholics have been a pillar of Hillary Clinton’s voter coalition in her big-state victories to date.

Nearly half (48%) of Americans of the Hindu faith have a post-graduate education.

Two of every three women ages 50-64 say today’s mothers are doing a worse job as parents than mothers did 20 or 30 years ago — the highest level of criticism among any age-sex group in the US population.