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Stephanie Kramer

Senior Researcher

Expertise:Religion and Public Life

Stephanie Kramer is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center specializing in religion. She is an expert in global religious demography and the psychology of religion. Kramer is an author of Pew Research Center reports such as The Changing Global Religious Landscape, Religion and Living Arrangements Around the World, Europe’s Growing Muslim Population, and The Age Gap in Religion Around the World, as well as scholarly articles. She earned doctoral and master’s degrees in social and personality psychology from the University of Oregon.

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short readsDec 13, 2021

Key facts about the religiously and demographically diverse states of India

To highlight some of India’s religious, cultural and demographic differences, here are key facts about its states.
short readsOct 15, 2021

In historically Black Protestant churches, regular attenders more likely to have received COVID-19 shot

82% of members of the historically Black Protestant tradition who attend church regularly have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
short readsSep 21, 2021

Key findings about the religious composition of India

Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
reportSep 21, 2021

Religious Composition of India

All major religious groups in India have shown sharp declines in their fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition since 1951. Meanwhile, fertility differences between India’s religious groups are generally much smaller than they used to be.
short readsJun 16, 2021

Americans lost more years of life to COVID-19 in 2020 than to all accidents combined in a typical year

In 2020 alone, the coronavirus was responsible for about 380,000 deaths and roughly 5.5 million years of lost life in the United States.
short readsJun 15, 2021

Unlike other U.S. religious groups, most atheists and agnostics oppose the death penalty

Roughly two-thirds of atheists (65%) and six-in-ten agnostics (57%) either “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the death penalty.
short readsMay 26, 2021

Religious Americans are less likely to endorse legal marijuana for recreational use

U.S. adults who are affiliated with a religion are less likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to support broadly legal marijuana.
short readsDec 7, 2020

Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions

In some countries – particularly in a segment of West and Central Africa – polygamy is frequently legal and widespread.
short readsSep 14, 2020

14% of U.S. adults say they have tested positive for COVID-19 or are ‘pretty sure’ they have had it

The share of Americans who say they know someone else who has been hospitalized or died due to COVID-19 has increased sharply since spring.
short readsAug 27, 2020

More Americans say they are regularly wearing masks in stores and other businesses

As the pandemic continues, a growing share of Americans say they are regularly wearing a face covering in stores and other businesses.