Becka A. Alper

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Becka A. Alper is a research associate at Pew Research Center. She contributes to the Center’s domestic religion polls. Before joining the Center, Alper was a postdoctoral research associate working on the Youth Activism Project at the University of Arizona. Alper received doctorate and master’s degrees in sociology from Purdue University. Alper is a contributing author of Pew Research Center reports such as “America’s Changing Religious Landscape,” “U.S. Catholics Open to Non-Traditional Families,” Choosing a New Church or House of Worship,” “Israel’s Religiously Divided Society” and “A Portrait of American Orthodox Jews.”

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Fact TankMarch 17, 2020

More than half of U.S. adults name the pope (47%) or a specific pope (7%) when asked who comes to mind when they think of Catholicism.

Fact TankJuly 23, 2019

Many Americans say that religion is very important in their lives. But how much do people in the U.S. actually know about their faith tradition – or about religions besides their own? A new report from Pew Research Center tries to answer this question by asking U.S. adults 32 fact-based questions about a variety of […]

Fact TankFebruary 22, 2019

Nearly six-in-ten Americans participate in some type of community group or organization, including 11% who say they take part in at least four such groups.

Fact TankAugust 29, 2018

Most American adults identify with a religion, describing themselves as Protestants, Catholics or Jews, to name just a few examples. But a new Pew Research Center analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious identities, producing a new and revealing classification, or typology, of religion in America that sorts U.S. adults into seven cohesive groups.

Fact TankAugust 8, 2018

Six-in-ten religious "nones" in the U.S. say the questioning of religious teachings is a very important reason for their lack of affiliation. The second-most-common reason is opposition to the positions taken by churches on social and political issues.

Fact TankMay 31, 2018

Pope Francis’ additions to the College of Cardinals since his election in 2013 have tilted the leadership structure of the Roman Catholic Church away from its historic European base and toward the “global south” – that is, developing nations mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

Fact TankMay 4, 2017

The generation gap between millennials and older adults on social and political issues exists even among evangelical Protestants.

Fact TankDecember 1, 2016

See a profile of American religious beliefs and practices if the country were made up of exactly 100 adults.

Fact TankNovember 14, 2016

Imagining the U.S. as a town of 100 people can help illuminate the nation's religious diversity.

Fact TankSeptember 30, 2016

Mormons place a very high value on good parenting and a successful marriage, and they are among the most involved in their congregations of any Christian faith.

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