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reportMar 2, 2022

3. Gender roles in the family

While most Indians say that men and women should share some family responsibilities, many still support traditional, patriarchal values. For example, a slim majority of Indians (54%) say that both the men and the women in a family should be responsible for earning money. But 43% instead take the view that men should be the […]
reportNov 29, 2022

3. Small changes in median scores for government restrictions, social hostilities involving religion in 2020

Government restrictions on religion, by region Globally, the median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) fell from 2.9 in 2019, which was a peak level for the study, to 2.8 in 2020. Regionally, the median GRI score declined slightly in the Middle East-North Africa, remained constant in the Americas, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, and […]
short readsNov 23, 2021

Republicans more likely than Democrats to believe in heaven, say only their faith leads there

A majority of Republicans along with a smaller but substantial majority of Democrats believe in heaven, hell or some other form of afterlife.
short readsMar 2, 2022

Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles

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.
reportMar 2, 2022

1. Views on women’s place in society

About a quarter of Indians (23%) say there is “a lot of discrimination” against women in their country. And 16% of Indian women reported that they personally had faced discrimination because of their gender in the 12 months before the 2019-2020 survey. In addition, three-quarters of adults see violence against women as a very big […]
reportMay 6, 2022

1. Americans’ views on whether, and in what circumstances, abortion should be legal

As the long-running debate over abortion reaches another key moment at the Supreme Court and in state legislatures across the country, a majority of U.S. adults continue to say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. About six-in-ten Americans (61%) say abortion should be legal in “all” or “most” cases, while 37% think abortion should […]
reportAug 30, 2023

3. Buddhism

Buddhism (Fojiao 佛教) is the largest officially recognized religion in China. The share of Buddhists in China ranges from 4% to 33%, depending on the measure used and whether it is based on surveys that ask about formal affiliation with Buddhism or beliefs and practices associated with Buddhism. The share of Chinese adults who formally […]
reportNov 29, 2022

1. Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions falls for third straight year in 2020

Countries with the most extensive government restrictions All 198 countries and territories in the study had at least some government restrictions on religious activity in 2020, such as policies favoring certain groups over others or bans on particular religious practices. But the severity of the restrictions and the means used to enforce them varied from […]
reportNov 23, 2021

2. Views on the afterlife

Majorities of U.S. adults say they believe in heaven, hell Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say they believe in heaven. (The survey did not immediately offer a definition of heaven, though subsequent questions explored what respondents think heaven is like.) Large majorities of all Christian subgroups say they believe in heaven, while belief is much […]
short readsDec 21, 2021

Christians, religiously unaffiliated differ on whether most things in society can be divided into good, evil

Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.

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3. Small changes in median scores for government restrictions, social hostilities involving religion in 2020

Republicans more likely than Democrats to believe in heaven, say only their faith leads there

1. Americans’ views on whether, and in what circumstances, abortion should be legal

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1. Number of countries with ‘very high’ government restrictions falls for third straight year in 2020

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Christians, religiously unaffiliated differ on whether most things in society can be divided into good, evil

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