7 facts about Hindus around the world
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
With Diwali celebrations underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world.
Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.
India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.
Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world – with just 10% of Chinese adults self-identifying with a religion.
Indians accept women as political leaders, but many favor traditional gender roles in family life.
Globally, Muslims live in the biggest households, followed by Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated.
Almost all New Zealanders said in a 2011-2012 survey that they would accept a neighbor of a different religion.
Muslim societies have gained a reputation in recent decades for failing to adequately educate women. But a new analysis of Pew Research Center data on educational attainment and religion suggests that economics, not religion, is the key factor limiting the education of Muslim women.
While many, especially in the U.S., may associate Islam with the Middle East or North Africa, nearly two-thirds of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region.
A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period.
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