47% of U.S. Adults Have a Personal or Family Connection to Catholicism
Nearly half of U.S. adults are connected to Catholicism. Read about going to Mass, Communion, confession and more.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Government Restrictions on Religion Stayed at Peak Levels Globally in 2022
Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups go hand in hand.
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16. Religion and views on LGBTQ issues and abortion
Read more about how U.S. religious groups see abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as society’s acceptance of homosexuality and transgender people. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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2. Religious switching
Millions of Americans have switched religions over the course of their lives, and most say their religiousness or spirituality has generally shifted too. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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1. Religious switching into and out of Christianity
Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who’ve left Christianity now identify religiously.
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Acknowledgments
Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Primary research team Jonathan Evans, Senior ResearcherKirsten Lesage, Research AssociateManolo Corichi, Research AnalystWilliam Miner, Research AnalystAndrew Prozorovsky, Research AssistantJulia Armeli, Research AssistantAlan Cooperman, Director, Religion […]
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6. Religious switching into and out of Judaism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Judaism, or remained Jewish since childhood, in the U.S. and Israel.
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3. Religious switching into and out of Buddhism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries.
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4. Religious switching into and out of Islam
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries.
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Appendix C: Comparing the Center’s religion trends with those of other major surveys
Pew Research Center has tracked trends in American religion since 2007 via the Religious Landscape Study (RLS) and since 2020 using the annual National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS). But the RLS and NPORS are hardly the only sources of survey data on religion in the United States. Among others, the General Social Survey (GSS) […]
