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This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation (grant 62287). Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion. […]
Christians are the largest religious group among migrants. Most Christian migrants live in Europe or North America.
About a quarter (23%) of Americans say the economy is in excellent or good shape, and 45% expect conditions to be worse a year from now.
Most who use astrology (or a horoscope), tarot cards or a fortune teller say they do so just for fun rather than for insights about life.
We explore how the public and experts anticipate potential positive and negative impacts of AI across key areas of life and society in the coming decades.
Key takeaways: Do Americans’ health priorities align with their actions? A new Pew Research Center survey finds big differences between how much importance Americans place on health behaviors – like sleeping enough, managing stress or eating healthy – and how well they say they are actually doing them. For majorities of U.S. adults, health care […]
Half of Latinas see progress in Hispanic women’s situation in the United States during the last decade, and a similar share expect their group’s situation will improve in the next 10 years. Yet two-thirds of Latinas say the gender wage gap is a big problem for Hispanic women today. This chapter examines Latinas’ views of […]
This section describes the methods used to estimate religious composition at the country level, regionally and globally; our procedures for measuring religious groups’ demographic characteristics and their religious “switching” rates; as well as methodological challenges that we considered in some countries. The final section lists the 201 countries and territories that make up each of […]
Religious groups faced harassment in 192 of 198 countries and territories, matching a previous high from 2022.
Jews are more likely than other major religious groups to live outside their country of birth, yet they account for just 1% of all global migrants.
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