Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality
In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.
At least 20 nations preceded the U.S. in granting women the right to vote, according to an analysis of measures in 198 countries and territories.
Women in 56 countries experienced social hostilities due to clothing that was deemed to violate religious or secular dress norms.
Government restrictions in 2018 were at their highest level since 2007, when Pew Research Center began tracking these trends.
Four of the 10 most populous countries will no longer be among the top 10 in 2100 – and all four will be supplanted by rapidly growing African nations.
The global Muslim population is more concentrated in Islam’s main population centers than the global Christian population is for Christianity.
The 69 immigrants and children of immigrants in the 116th Congress claim heritage in 38 countries and are overwhelmingly Democrats.
At least 65 of the current voting members of Congress are immigrants or the children of immigrants. These members represent nearly half of U.S. states.
Restrictions on religion continued to climb in 2016 around the world, the second year in a row of increases.
Read a Q&A with George Demacopolous, a professor of theology at Fordham University, to examine trends and issues in the Orthodox Christian world.
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