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    Why the U.S. Census Does Not Ask about Religion

    The U.S. Census Bureau has not asked questions about religion since the 1950s, but the federal government did gather some information about religion for about a century before that.

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    Bloggers Ponder the Meaning of (Artificial) Life

    News that scientists had created the first-ever living cell controlled by synthetic DNA fascinated the blogosphere last week as the discussion focused on the ethics and implications of the achievement. On Twitter, a marketing campaign gone awry received the most attention. And on YouTube, a forceful political ad drew almost a million views.

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    Millennial Generation Less Religiously Active than Older Americans

    But Pew Forum Finds Young Adults To BeFairly Traditional in Some Other Ways Washington, D.C.—By some key measures, Americansages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans,according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center’s Forum onReligion & Public Life. Fully one-in-four are unaffiliated with anyparticular faith.The report is part of […]

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    A Brief History of Religion and the U.S. Census

    Note: For a more recent overview of the Census Bureau’s history of asking about religion, read this April 2023 article. The U.S. Census Bureau has not asked questions about religion since the 1950s, but the federal government did gather some information about religion for about a century before that. Starting in 1850, census takers began […]

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    Hungary Dissatisfied with Democracy, but Not Its Ideals

    With parliamentary elections approaching, Hungarians are dissatisfied with their economy and with the current state of democracy in their country. However, they still value democratic rights and institutions.

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    Global Restrictions on Religion

    Global Restrictions on Religion, a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that 64 nations – about one-third of the countries in the world – have high or very high restrictions on religion.

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    Global Restrictions on Religion

    About one-third of the countries in the world — 64 nations — have high or very high restrictions on religion.

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    Portrait of the Millennials

    At a conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Pew Research Center analysts and outside experts discussed research findings about the Millennial generation, the American teens and twenty-somethings now making the passage into adulthood. This first of three sessions provided a broad overview of the Millennial generation, examining their demographics, values, attitudes and behaviors, and discussing the results of the new study.