Striking findings from 2024
Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings.
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Nearly half say it’s important that the president has strong religious beliefs, but few see Biden or Trump as “very religious.”
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.
While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.
Americans express more confidence in Ukrainian President Zelenskyy than in any of the other six world leaders included in a new Pew Research Center survey.
The most common kinds of government restrictions on religion in 2021 included harassment of religious groups and interference in worship.
65% of Americans say Hamas bears a lot of responsibility for the current conflict, compared with 35% who say this about the Israeli government.
The Census Bureau has collected data on Americans’ income, race, ethnicity, housing and other things, but it has never directly asked about their religion.
Large majorities of Americans say they feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe (71%) or a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being (66%) several times a year or more often. Other types of spiritual experience are less common, yet still experienced by many Americans. Almost half of U.S. adults (45%) report ever […]
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