5 facts about Christmas in America
Read five facts about Christmas in America and how people celebrate the holiday.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read five facts about Christmas in America and how people celebrate the holiday.
About eight-in-ten U.S. Muslims (82%) say they are either very (66%) or somewhat concerned (16%) about extremism committed in the name of Islam around the world.
Still, white evangelical Protestants and religious “nones” are somewhat less likely than members of other religious groups to support a vaccine requirement.
While most Americans disapprove of Donald Trump’s recent refugee policy, there is a sizable divide on the issue among major religious groups.
The vast majority of the nation’s federal lawmakers (91%) describe themselves as Christians, compared with 71% of U.S. adults who say the same.
Imagining the U.S. as a town of 100 people can help illuminate the nation’s religious diversity.
The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.
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.
Many married adults point to several factors as bigger keys to a successful marriage than shared religious beliefs.
A majority of U.S. adults still say religious institutions contribute either “a great deal” (19%) or “some” (38%) to solving important social problems, but the combined figure of 58% has fallen significantly in recent years.
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