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short readSep 2, 2025

Stockton, Alabama, USA - April 22, 2023: Montpelier Methodist Church is pictured in Baldwin County Bicentennial Park in Stockton, Alabama. The church was built in 1895.

Religion in a country tends to decline in three transitional stages that unfold across generations, a new paper using Center data proposes.

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Microphones for a press conference outside New York City's Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in May 2024. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

short readAug 28, 2025

Texas state Sen. Pete Flores, R, looks at a proposed redistricting map on Aug. 22. The Senate went on to pass a midcycle redistricting bill early the next day. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

short readsJul 19, 2011

Want to be Fathers

Fully 87% of men ages 15-44 who have no children say they want to have children at some point.
short readsJul 19, 2011

Children Living Apart from Fathers

More than a quarter of all children in the U.S. lived apart from their fathers in 2010.
short readsJul 18, 2011

The New Landscape in Journalism

Nearly half of non-profit news sites were ideological in nature.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Threat of Secularism to Evangelical Christians

Evangelical leaders around the world view secularism as the biggest threat to evangelical Christianity.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Pakistanis Disapprove of bin Laden’s Killing

Most Pakistanis disapprove of the U.S. military operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Pakistanis See U.S. as an Enemy

By an overwhelming 69%-to-6% margin, Pakistanis see the U.S. as more of an enemy than as a partner.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Own E-Book Readers

The number of adults who own an e-book reader doubled from November 2010 to May 2011.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Use Facebook Daily

A majority of adults who use Facebook interact with the website at least daily.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Social Networking Website Users

Nearly six-in-ten online adults say they use at least one social networking website.
short readsJul 12, 2011

Unmarried Couples Living Together

Among adults ages 30 to 44, 7% lived with an opposite-sex partner as an unmarried couple in 2009.

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How religion declines around the world

Favorable views of Supreme Court remain near historic low

Many Americans who generally distrust national news organizations still express trust in certain outlets

Redistricting between censuses has been rare in the modern era

Want to be Fathers

Children Living Apart from Fathers

The New Landscape in Journalism

Threat of Secularism to Evangelical Christians

Pakistanis Disapprove of bin Laden’s Killing

Pakistanis See U.S. as an Enemy

Own E-Book Readers

Use Facebook Daily

Social Networking Website Users

Unmarried Couples Living Together

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