A new estimate of the U.S. Muslim population
Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015. This means that Muslims made up about 1% of the total U.S. population.
Most self-identified Christians in the U.S. say believing in God and praying regularly are “essential” to what being Christian means to them. Similarly, majorities of U.S. Christians say honesty, forgiveness and gratitude are vital parts of their Christian identity. About half of Christians say working to help the needy and committing to spend time with […]
Israeli Jews across the religious spectrum strongly support the idea of Israel as a Jewish state and a homeland for Jewish people around the world. Overall, majorities of Jews say Israel was given to the Jewish people by God and that a Jewish state is necessary for the long-term survival of the Jewish people. Nearly […]
This report is based on results from two surveys – a national telephone survey of more than 35,000 adults that was the centerpiece of the Pew Research Center’s 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, and a supplemental survey conducted at roughly the same time (summer 2014) among participants in Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP). […]
Candidate traits: assets and liabilities The survey asked about a series of hypothetical traits of presidential candidates and whether each would make one more or less likely to support a candidate. The most positive trait among those asked about was having served in the military: Half of Americans say they would be more likely to […]
A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly religious are more engaged with their extended families, more likely to volunteer, more involved in their communities and generally happier with the way things are going in their lives.
Women’s generally greater level of religiosity has been observed by scholars for decades; it has shown up in surveys going back as far as the 1930s.[34. numoffset=”34″ Gallup Jr., George H. Dec. 17, 2002. “Why Are Women More Religious?” Gallup. ] But not until the 1980s did academics begin a concerted effort to find an explanation […]