Around 4 in 10 Americans have become more spiritual over time; fewer have become more religious
Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.
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Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.
Around six-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (64%). And seven-in-ten are ages 49 or younger, compared with about half of U.S. adults overall (52%).
In the United States, 21% of adults overall say they fast for certain periods during holy times.
Half of Americans or more say they are extremely or very comfortable talking about their mental health with a close friend, an immediate family member or a mental health therapist.
46% of Americans report that they’ve been visited by a dead family member in a dream, while 31% report having been visited by dead relatives in some other form.
Whether the U.S. will continue to have a Christian majority in 2070 will depend on many factors, including religious “switching.”
Black adults in upper-income families are about twice as likely as those in lower-income families to say they are extremely or very happy.
Just about a third of Indian adults (35%) say they ever practice yoga, including 22% who say they do so monthly or less.
The vast majority of religiously unaffiliated Black Americans believe in God and about half pray regularly, although few attend services.
Based on certain traditional measures of religious observance, U.S. Jews are far less religious than U.S. Christians and Americans overall.
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