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    Religion and Living Arrangements Around the World

    Household size and composition often vary by religious affiliation, data from 130 countries and territories reveals. Muslims and Hindus have larger households than Christians and religious “nones,” influenced in part by regional norms.

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    2. Worries, priorities and potential problem-solvers

    When Americans look to the future, they see threats on multiple fronts. Majorities are at least somewhat worried about moral values, climate change, the state of our public schools and the soundness of our economic system. The public views providing quality, affordable health care to all Americans, increasing spending for education and reducing the national […]

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    18 striking findings from 2018

    Pew Research Center takes the pulse of Americans and people around the world on many issues every year. Read 18 of this year’s standout findings.

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    Where Americans Find Meaning in Life

    Family is the most common source of meaning in America, but economic, religious and political divides shape where people find meaning in other aspects of life.

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    From the Solidly Secular to Sunday Stalwarts, a look at our new religious typology

    Most American adults identify with a religion, describing themselves as Protestants, Catholics or Jews, to name just a few examples. But a new Pew Research Center analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious identities, producing a new and revealing classification, or typology, of religion in America that sorts U.S. adults into seven cohesive groups.

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    Claire Gecewicz

    Claire Gecewicz is a research associate at Pew Research Center, where she contributes to the Center’s domestic religion polls. Gecewicz holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied sociology. She is a contributing author of many Pew Research Center reports, including “America’s Changing Religious Landscape,” “Americans See Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse […]

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