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    1. Muslim educational attainment

    Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, from fewer than half (46%) among the oldest group […]

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    Acknowledgments

    This report is made possible by the Pew Charitable Trusts. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at: pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/science Primary research team Cary Funk, Associate Director, Research Brian Kennedy, Research Associate Meg Hefferon, Research Assistant Lee Rainie, Director, Internet, Science, Technology Research […]

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    1. Growth in annual U.S. births since 1970 driven entirely by immigrant moms

    In 2014 more than 900,000 births in the U.S. were to foreign-born mothers. That marks a threefold increase from 1970, when 274,000 babies were born to immigrant mothers[10. numoffset=”10″ The focus throughout most of this report is on maternal characteristics, due in part to the dearth of data available regarding fertility from the father’s perspective. […]

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    Methodology

    The American Trends Panel Survey Methodology The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults living in households. Respondents who self-identify as internet users and who provided an email address participate in the panel via monthly self-administered web surveys, and those who do not […]

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    1. Trends and patterns in intermarriage

    In 1967, when miscegenation laws were overturned in the United States, 3% of all newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. Since then, intermarriage rates have steadily climbed. By 1980, the share of intermarried newlyweds had about doubled to 7%. And by 2015 the number had risen to 17%.[4. numoffset=”4″ Interracial […]

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    6. Jewish educational attainment

    With an average of 13.4 years of schooling, Jews are the most highly educated of the world’s major religious groups. Nearly all Jewish adults ages 25 and older around the world (99%) have at least some primary education, and a majority (61%) has post-secondary degrees. This high level of education has been the case for […]

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    2. Births outside of marriage on the decline for immigrant women

    Births to unmarried mothers have been more common among the U.S. born than the foreign born for at least 30 years, but the gap between these two groups has grown markedly in the past decade, from 2004 to 2014. In 1984, the first year for which data are available by mother’s nativity and marital status, […]

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    3. Educational attainment among the religiously unaffiliated

    People without a religious affiliation – including atheists, agnostics and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” – are among the most educated of the world’s major religious groups. Globally, the vast majority (92%) of unaffiliated adults ages 25 and older have at least some basic education, nearly seven-in-ten (68%) have at least […]