Why people with no religion are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population
Though the percentage of religiously “nones” in America has risen, the global share of religiously unaffiliated people is expected to fall in coming decades.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, from fewer than half (46%) among the oldest group […]
A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.
An experiment comparing responses to 27 questions fielded on both a telephone and a web survey found no significant mode differences in overall opinion about Trump or many of his signature policy positions.
A fact sheet provides an overview of the situation in the nations where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide as well as countries that allow it in certain jurisdictions.
Muslim Christian Muslim-Christian formal schooling gap Kenya 11% 59% 47pt. diff. Muslims less educated than Christians by 25-49% pts. Muslim-Christian gap <10% pt. difference Chad 50 89 40 Christians less educated than Muslims by 10-24% pts. Muslims less educated than Christians by 10-24% pts. Cameroon 24 62 38 25 61 Ghana 36 30 65 Regional […]