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short readsJul 15, 2022

Key facts about the abortion debate in America

As the nation’s post-Roe chapter begins and the legal battle shifts to the states, here are key facts about Americans’ views on abortion.
short readsJul 7, 2022

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
reportAug 30, 2023

Methodology

This report relies primarily on data from seven waves of the Chinese General Social Survey (between 2010-21) and four waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies (between 2012-18) to discuss China’s religious landscape and how it has changed in recent years. Additionally, some analysis uses the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (between 2012-14), World […]
short readsNov 29, 2022

Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020

Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.
reportDec 7, 2023

Spirituality Among Americans

Overall, 70% of U.S. adults describe themselves as spiritual in some way, including 22% who are spiritual but not religious. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults (83%) say they believe that people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body. And 81% say there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.
short readsApr 20, 2023

Many people in U.S., other advanced economies say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral

Most Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values, according to a spring 2022 survey.
reportNov 17, 2022

Appendix: Does mentioning religious leaders’ support for environmental protection influence respondents’ answers to survey questions about it?

Pew Research Center conducted an experiment to better understand how religious leaders’ messages might influence their followers’ views on the environment. Using a sample of more than 3,000 U.S. adults that was separate from the main survey, the experiment posed two questions. A third of the respondents were shown the following: As you may know, […]
reportSep 29, 2022

1. Hispanics’ views of the U.S. political parties

Hispanics generally have more positive attitudes toward the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, viewing the Democratic Party as more concerned about Hispanics and their interests. They also are more likely to say Democrats work hard to earn the votes of Hispanics than they are to say the same about Republicans. Even so, the positive […]
reportNov 17, 2022

2. Environmentalism in U.S. religious congregations

CORRECTION (May 23, 2024): A previous version of this report listed an incorrect figure for Hispanic Americans who regularly attend religious services and say they have heard at least a little about climate change in sermons. This has been updated and does not substantively affect the findings of this report. While many Americans tie their […]
reportMar 26, 2025

2. Religious switching into and out of the religiously unaffiliated group

Read about where religiously unaffiliated populations have had the largest net gains, and how those who’ve joined the “nones” identified previously.

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Key facts about the abortion debate in America

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Methodology

Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020

Spirituality Among Americans

1. Hispanics’ views of the U.S. political parties

2. Religious switching into and out of the religiously unaffiliated group

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