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reportMay 12, 2015

Chapter 4: The Shifting Religious Identity of Demographic Groups

Previous research has shown clear differences in the religious identity, beliefs and practices of people from different demographic groups. Young adults tend to be less religiously affiliated than older people. Women tend to be more religiously affiliated than men. There are far more Catholics among Latinos than among people from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. […]
reportMay 12, 2015

America’s Changing Religious Landscape

The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the share of Americans who do not identify with any organized religion is growing. These changes affect all regions in the country and many demographic groups.
reportNov 14, 2014

Chapter 3: The Differing Demographic Profiles of First-Time Married, Remarried and Divorced Adults

In this section, the adult population is divided into three groups, based on their marital status and marital history: those in their first marriage, those who are currently remarried,[13. numoffset=”13″ Remarried” includes those who are currently in a second or higher order marriage. “Divorced” includes all currently divorced adults, including those who had been in […]
reportNov 14, 2014

Chapter 1: Trends in Remarriage in the U.S.

Remarriage has been on the rise for decades. Among all adults who are presently married, about one-fourth (23%) have been married before. This marks a dramatic increase from 1960, when only 13% of married adults had previously been married, and from 1980, when 17% had been. Among those married in the past 12 months, the […]
reportNov 14, 2014

Chapter 2: The Demographics of Remarriage

Age Remarriage is on the rise for Americans ages 55 and older, even as younger generations who have taken the plunge once are becoming less likely to have remarried. What has not changed is that older adults remain more likely to have remarried than their younger counterparts. Remarriage generally becomes more common with age—not surprising, […]
reportNov 14, 2014

Four-in-Ten Couples are Saying “I Do,” Again

In 2013, 40% of new marriages in the U.S. included at least one partner who had been married before. Almost 42 million Americans have been married more than once, up from 22 million in 1980.
short readsJan 9, 2015

5 facts about Catholicism in the Philippines

Next weekend, Pope Francis will make his first visit to the home of Asia’s largest Catholic population, the Philippines. The pontiff, who also will be making a stop in Sri Lanka, is very popular in the Philippines and should expect an enthusiastic welcome during his five-day visit. The Philippines’ Catholic majority has its origins in […]
reportApr 7, 2015

2014 Party Identification Detailed Tables

All Pew Research Center surveys about U.S. politics and policy include questions about partisan affiliation. In 2014 a total of 25,010 respondents were asked the following: In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or independent? (IF INDEPENDENT, OTHER, DON’T KNOW): As of today do you lean more to the Republican Party or […]
reportMay 12, 2015

Chapter 2: Religious Switching and Intermarriage

Like the 2007 Religious Landscape Study, the new survey shows a remarkable degree of churn in the U.S. religious landscape. If Protestantism is treated as a single religious group, then fully 34% of American adults currently have a religious identity different from the one in which they were raised, which is up six percentage points […]
reportNov 13, 2014

Chapter 9: Views of Pope Francis and the Catholic Church

Latin Americans have widely embraced Pope Francis – the first head of the Catholic Church elected from the New World. More than half of respondents in each of the countries surveyed express a favorable opinion of the new pontiff, including nine-in-ten adults in his native Argentina; 67% of U.S. Hispanics also view Francis favorably. Pope […]