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    A look at women’s colleges in the U.S.

    The number of women’s colleges in the U.S. has declined since the mid-20th century, a result of many becoming coeducational, merging with other institutions or simply closing their doors.

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    8. How do ‘nones’ think about morality?

    When making decisions between right and wrong, most “nones” say they rely extensively on the desire to avoid hurting people, and on the use of logic and reason. Overall, 83% of “nones” say the desire to avoid harming other people is extremely or very important to them when making moral decisions, while 82% say the […]

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    Methodology

    This report is based on two different data sources: a representative survey of U.S. parents and Reddit data from the r/Parenting subreddit. The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 171 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The […]

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    4. Churches and religious organizations

    Opinions about churches and religious organizations have become somewhat more positive in recent years (59% today vs. 53% in late 2022). Religious affiliation Large majorities of Protestants and Catholics say that churches and religious organizations are having a positive effect on the country today, though White evangelical Protestants are particularly likely to say this. Eight-in-ten […]

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    3. Spiritual practices

    Asking about people’s activities, habits and rituals is one way to explore how abstract concepts such as spirituality and religion show up in everyday life. In this survey, we asked respondents to tell us whether they pursue a variety of activities – such as meditating and spending time in nature – for reasons that might […]

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    10. Prayer and other religious practices

    Fewer Americans pray daily today than in 2007. Read about how often U.S. adults participate in prayer groups, read scripture and more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.

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