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short readsNov 27, 2023

How people around the world view same-sex marriage

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.
reportJan 3, 2023

Faith on the Hill

While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.
reportApr 13, 2023

Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith

Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, even as their share among Latino adults has steadily declined over the past decade. The share of Latinos who are religiously unaffiliated is now on par with U.S. adults overall.
reportSep 26, 2024

Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

Views vary on other ideas, such as recognizing same-sex marriages. Most see Pope Francis as a change in the church’s direction, and he’s broadly popular.
short readsJul 31, 2023

The U.S. is not widely seen as highly religious

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.
reportMar 5, 2024

Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

In 2021, government restrictions on religion – laws, policies and actions by state officials that limit religious beliefs and practices – reached a new peak globally. Harassment of religious groups and interference in worship were two of the most common forms of government restrictions worldwide that year.
reportFeb 8, 2024

6. Age and generations

A person’s age is one of the most valuable and informative demographic characteristics available to those who study public opinion. Age is many things at once: It places a person in the biological arc from birth to death; it roughly corresponds with where they are in the life cycle of social roles and responsibilities; and […]
reportDec 7, 2023

Spirituality Among Americans

Overall, 70% of U.S. adults describe themselves as spiritual in some way, including 22% who are spiritual but not religious. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults (83%) say they believe that people have a soul or spirit in addition to their physical body. And 81% say there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.
reportFeb 26, 2025

22. Religion’s role in public life

Read more about Americans’ views about religious organizations and their effects on society, as well as the separation of church and state. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
short readsJun 21, 2023

One-in-six Americans have taken steps to see less of someone on social media due to religious content

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.

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How people around the world view same-sex marriage

Faith on the Hill

Among U.S. Latinos, Catholicism Continues to Decline but Is Still the Largest Faith

Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

The U.S. is not widely seen as highly religious

Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

6. Age and generations

Spirituality Among Americans

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