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    The Next America

    America is in the midst of two major changes to its population: We are becoming majority non-white at the same time a record share is going gray. Explore these shifts in our new interactive data essay.

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    Chapter 2: Religious Switching

    Two-thirds of Hispanics report that their current religion is the same as the one in which they were raised, while about a third now belong to a religion that is different from their childhood faith. Religious switching is slightly more common among U.S.-born Hispanics than among those born outside the U.S. Overall, Catholicism has had […]

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    Live blog: Generations in the Next America

    The Pew Research Center is hosting a conference to discuss how generational differences are influencing American families, society, politics and policy.

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    Is the Mormon Church expanding the role of women?

    Pew Research Center surveys show that Mormons are more supportive of traditional gender roles for women, and against allowing women to be priests, but the Church is taking some steps to expand women’s roles.

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    Hispanic Nativity Shift

    The slowdown in growth of the Hispanic foreign-born population coincides with a decline in Mexican migration to the U.S.

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    References

    Bell, Lisa, Gary Burtless, Janet Gornick, and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2007. “A Cross-National Survey of Trends in the Transition to Economic Independence,” in The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood, edited by Sheldon Danziger and Cecilia Rouse. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Card, David, and Thomas Lemieux. 2000. “Adapting to Circumstances: The Evolution […]

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