4. Religious intermarriage
Most who are married say their spouse shares their religion, while 26% don’t. Read about interreligious marriages, spouses discussing religion and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Most who are married say their spouse shares their religion, while 26% don’t. Read about interreligious marriages, spouses discussing religion and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Few pray daily, but many pray at least occasionally and offer respects to certain religious figures.
Identifying with a group for reasons “aside from religion” – such as ethnically, culturally, or because of family background – is somewhat rare. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Highly religious Americans are less likely than less religiously engaged adults to think the government should help people in need more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
A third of adults attend in-person services at least monthly, while 23% virtually watch that often. And 37% are members of a house of worship. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.
Read our deep-dive on religious migration trends in Europe, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, India and the United States.
Belief in unseen beings and natural spirits are widespread in the region.
Many in the region practice ancestor veneration and say it is important to follow traditional funeral practices.
The gender gap in American religion is shrinking. Historically, women have been more religious than men. But the gap is smaller than it once was.
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