Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling. But all religious groups are making gains, particularly among women.
Americans generally express more positive feelings toward various religious groups today than they did just a few years ago.
This report is based on results from two surveys – a national telephone survey of more than 35,000 adults that was the centerpiece of the Pew Research Center’s 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study, and a 2015 “recontact” survey in which 5,000 Landscape Study respondents were recontacted and asked additional questions. Full methodological details about the […]
Public trust in information from medical scientists about the health effects of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is more positive than negative. And more Americans trust information about this topic from medical scientists than from pharmaceutical industry leaders, people from holistic or alternative health groups, the news media or elected officials. Most Americans see […]