U.S. has changed in key ways in the past decade, from tech use to demographics
Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.
Nearly eight-in-ten black Americans identify as Christian, compared with 70% of whites, 77% of Latinos and just 34% of Asian Americans.
The generation gap between millennials and older adults on social and political issues exists even among evangelical Protestants.
The share of Americans who do not identify with a religious group is surely growing, but there are differing ideas about the factors driving this trend.
About half of U.S. adults tell us they seldom (33%) or never (16%) talk about religion with people outside their family.
Millennials are less religious than older Americans and less likely to identify with a religious group, and those traits are reflected in the way they celebrate Christmas.
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Only about half of Millennials say they believe in God with absolute certainty, and four-in-ten say religion is very important in their lives.
Our new report finds that whether U.S. adults are becoming more or less religious depends, in part, on how religious observance is measured.
The 35% of Millennials who do not identify with a religion is double the share of unaffiliated Baby Boomers (17%) and more than three times the share of members of the Silent generation (11%).
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