Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
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Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Most Indians support gender equality, but a new survey finds that traditional gender norms still hold sway for many people in the country.
Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.
A new Pew Research Center report takes a closer look at Jewish Americans. Here are 10 of our key findings.
Globally, Muslims live in the biggest households, followed by Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated.
We sat down with Michael Hout, a professor of sociology at New York University, to examine possible reasons.
Pew Research Center asked American Catholics for their views about family structures, religious beliefs and practices and other topics. Here are 6 facts from the new survey.
The face of Catholic America is changing. Today, immigrants make up a considerable share of Catholics, and many are Hispanic. At the same time, there has been a regional shift, from the Northeast (long home to a large percentage of the Catholic faithful) and Midwest to the Western and Southern parts of the U.S.
Two-thirds (66%) of U.S. Mormon adults are currently married, down slightly from 71% in 2007 – but still high compared with current rates among Christians overall (52%) and U.S. adults overall (48%).
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