Event Transcript: Asian Americans
In a conference call with journalists, the Pew Forum’s staff discussed the findings of “Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths,” the second report based on a comprehensive, nationwide survey of Asian Americans.
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Chapter 6: Social and Political Attitudes
Asian Americans, as a whole, are more politically liberal than the general public and tilt more toward the Democratic Party than toward the Republican Party. But Asians who are evangelical Protestants tend to favor the GOP, and they are more likely than other Asian-American religious groups overall to say they are politically conservative. Asian Americans’ […]
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Section 2: Demographics and American Values
Even as party divisions over values have expanded over the last quarter century, gaps between other groups have remained relatively unchanged. Across the 48 values items tracked regularly since 1987, average gender, age, race, education, income and religiosity differences have remained remarkably stable. Several of these demographic characteristics are associated with significant differences in values, […]
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Section 1: Understanding the Partisan Divide Over American Values
Much has changed over the past 25 years – internationally, domestically and technologically. But through this period, the public’s core values have remained relatively stable. The way that the public thinks about poverty, opportunity, business, unions, religion, civic duty, foreign affairs and many other subjects is, to a large extent, the same today as in […]
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Chapter 3: Importance of Religion
Compared with the general public, fewer Asian Americans say religion is very important in their lives, while more say religion is either not too important or not at all important to them. There are, however, big differences among Asian-American religious groups on this measure. When it comes to views on the importance of religion, one […]
