Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center. She contributes to the Center’s domestic religion polls. Sciupac holds a master’s degree in international relations and conflict resolution from The George Washington University. She is a contributing author of many Pew Research Center reports, including “America’s Changing Religious Landscape,” “Religion in Everyday Life,” […]
Islam is the most common state religion, but many governments give privileges to Christianity.
Overall, U.S. adults with college degrees are less religious than others on some measures. However, Christians with higher levels of education appear to be just as religious as those with less schooling.
More babies were born to Christian mothers than to members of any other religion in recent years. Less than 20 years from now, however, the number of babies born to Muslims is expected to modestly exceed births to Christians.
With an average of 13.4 years of schooling, Jews are the most highly educated of the world’s major religious groups. Nearly all Jewish adults ages 25 and older around the world (99%) have at least some primary education, and a majority (61%) has post-secondary degrees. This high level of education has been the case for […]
