China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s
Between 2010 and 2018, the share of Chinese adults who identify with Christianity remained stable at about 2%.
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Between 2010 and 2018, the share of Chinese adults who identify with Christianity remained stable at about 2%.
As a shop that studies human behavior through surveys and other social scientific techniques, we have a good line of sight into the contradictory nature of human preferences. Here’s a look at how we categorize our survey participants in ways that enhance our understanding of how people think and behave.
Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
46% of Americans report that they’ve been visited by a dead family member in a dream, while 31% report having been visited by dead relatives in some other form.
17% of U.S. adults have unfollowed, unfriended, blocked or changed their settings to see less of someone on social media because of religious content the person posted or shared.
Most Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values, according to a spring 2022 survey.
40% of U.S. adults say there’s a lot of discrimination against Jews in society, and 44% say there’s a lot of discrimination against Muslims.
A modest share of people around the world see the United States as more religious than other wealthy nations – despite considerable evidence that it is.
Catholics are one of the largest religious groups in the United States, outnumbering any single Protestant denomination.
A median of 83% across 24 nations surveyed say they feel close to other people in their country, while 66% of Americans hold this view.
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