5. Religious switching into and out of Hinduism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Hinduism, or remained Hindu since childhood, in four countries.
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Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Hinduism, or remained Hindu since childhood, in four countries.
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This methodology explains how we estimated the religious composition of foreign-born populations around the world. It describes the data sources we used to measure the number of migrants from each origin country living in each destination country, as well as the data sources and methods we used to estimate the religious composition of migrants. A […]
Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.
Majorities say more women in the workforce is a good thing. Read more about religious groups’ views on gender in the labor force, and stay-at-home parents. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
About four-in-ten U.S. adults say religion is very important. Most Christians see the Bible as important to them. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Across religious groups, majorities see America’s openness to others as essential to national identity. But views on rising immigration are more mixed. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Government restrictions on religion, by region The global median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) rose from 2.8 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021, the highest it’s been since Pew Research Center created the index in 2007. Both Europe and the Americas saw increases in their regional GRI scores, though their median scores remained […]
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.
The religiously unaffiliated population is the world’s third-largest religious category and grew the second-fastest between 2010 and 2020.
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