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short readsApr 5, 2017

Christians remain world’s largest religious group, but they are declining in Europe

Though Christians make up nearly a third of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, the number of Christians in Europe is in decline.
reportOct 24, 2017

Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left

Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration, America’s role in the world and the fundamental fairness of the U.S. economic system. The Democratic coalition is largely united in staunch opposition to President Trump. Yet, while Trump’s election has triggered a wave […]
reportApr 5, 2017

Appendix B: Methodology for this report

This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures population projections project that produced the 2015 report “The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050.” The figures described in this report, including estimated births and deaths by religion and 2015 global population sizes, have not been previously reported. This report also presents results […]
reportApr 11, 2017

2. Nearly all Muslims, Jews, Hindus live in countries where their group was harassed in 2015

In addition to looking at government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion separately, this analysis also combines the two broad types of religious restrictions when examining the harassment or intimidation of specific religious groups. Whether perpetrated by governments or social groups, specific religious groups were harassed in 169 countries in 2015, up from […]
reportJun 28, 2017

Public Supports Aim of Making It ‘Easy’ for All Citizens to Vote

As states around the country debate laws regarding access to the ballot – ranging from automatic voter registration to voter ID requirements – most Americans back making it easy for all citizens to vote. But they overwhelmingly reject the idea of requiring people to vote.
reportMay 15, 2017

What Low Response Rates Mean for Telephone Surveys

Telephone polls still provide accurate data on a wide range of social, demographic and political variables, but some weaknesses persist.
reportJul 26, 2017

1. Demographic portrait of Muslim Americans

Muslim Americans are a diverse and growing population, currently estimated at 3.45 million people of all ages, including 2.15 million adults (see below for an explanation of this estimate). The U.S. Muslim community is made up heavily of immigrants and the children of immigrants from around the world. On average, Muslim Americans are considerably younger […]
short readsApr 19, 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing shares of the world’s Christians and Muslims

By 2060, more than four-in-ten Christians and 27% of Muslims around the world will call sub-Saharan Africa home.
short readsMay 11, 2017

Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe favor strong role for Russia in geopolitics, religion

Russia is widely viewed by the region’s Orthodox Christians as an important counterweight to Western influences and as a global protector of Orthodox and ethnic Russian populations.
short readsJul 11, 2017

Q&A: How and why Pew Research Center surveyed Americans on online harassment

Read a Q&A with Maeve Duggan, Pew Research Center research associate, on our survey examining online harassment in the United States.

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Christians remain world’s largest religious group, but they are declining in Europe

Appendix B: Methodology for this report

2. Nearly all Muslims, Jews, Hindus live in countries where their group was harassed in 2015

Public Supports Aim of Making It ‘Easy’ for All Citizens to Vote

What Low Response Rates Mean for Telephone Surveys

Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to growing shares of the world’s Christians and Muslims

Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe favor strong role for Russia in geopolitics, religion