Why Do Some Americans Leave Their Religion While Others Stay?
A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may switch faiths or stay.
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1. Views of the potential for lasting peace
56% of Israelis say their people are committed to lasting peace, but fewer say this of the Palestinian people or the leaders on either side.
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4. Religious intermarriage
Most who are married say their spouse shares their religion, while 26% don’t. Read about interreligious marriages, spouses discussing religion and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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Methodology
About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates, Social Research Centre and Verian. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Here are more details about our international survey methodology and country-specific […]
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8. Jewish migrants around the world
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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6. Religion, fertility and child-rearing
Read about how adults’ average number of kids vary by religious group, and how many parents pray with their kids, opt for a religious education and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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Americans’ views of Israelis have grown increasingly negative, but views of Palestinians have held fairly steady
Americans’ views of the Israeli people and government have grown more negative across party lines and age groups, while opinions of Palestinians have held largely steady.
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Where most people trust others and where they don’t around the world
Trust tends to be higher in the high-income countries surveyed than in the middle-income ones.
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Religion weekly update, Sept. 23, 2026
Religion & Public Life A weekly digest of the Center’s latest research on religion and public life in the U.S. and around the world · Subscribe ↗ Media mentions 9 ways U.S. Mormons are changing, according to Pew data Sept. 22 – Religion News Service In the news Abortion is on the ballot again as post-Roe policies […]
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Faith on the Hill
Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.