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- BY Stephanie Kramer - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project
How we did this This Pew Research Center study describes the religious makeup of India’s population, how it changed between 1951 and 2011, and the main causes of the change The analysis focuses on India’s three largest religious groups – Hindus, Muslims and Christians – and also covers Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains when suitable data is available
- In America, Does More Education Equal Less Religion?
The idea that highly educated people are less religious, on average, than those with less education has been a part of the public discourse for decades, but some scholars of religion have called this notion into question 1 And a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys shows that the relationship between religion and education in the United
- BY Gregory A. Smith - Pew Research Centers Religion Public Life Project
Whereas indicators of religious identity and frequency of prayer produced by self-administered surveys (like the NPORS) can be directly compared with estimates produced by interviewer-administered surveys (like the Center’s earlier telephone surveys), self-administered surveys may produce slightly lower estimates of religion’s importance
- FOR RELEASE SEPT. 10, 2020 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . .
This report focuses on the religious lives of teens and the family dynamics of religion, including the degree to which parents and teenagers share religious identities, beliefs and practices; how often they talk about religion, pray before meals and read scripture together; the reasons teenagers participate in religious activities; and the
- U. S. Religious Landscape Survey Religious Beliefs and Practices . . .
The latest release of the Landscape Survey includes a wealth of information on the religious beliefs and practices of the American public, including the importance of religion in people’s lives, belief in God and the afterlife, attitudes toward the authority of sacred writings, frequency of worship attendance and prayer, and participation in religious activities outside of worship services
- FOR RELEASE JULY 15, 2019 - Pew Research Centers Religion Public . . .
Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion — laws, policies and actions by state officials that restrict religious beliefs and practices — increased markedly around the world And social hostilities involving religion – including violence and harassment by private individuals, organizations or groups – also have risen since 2007, the year Pew Research Center
- Religious Knowledge
Factors in Religious Knowledge What factors seem to contribute to religious knowledge? Data from the survey indicate that educational Education Linked attainment – how much schooling an individual has With Greater completed – is the single best predictor of religious Religious Knowledge knowledge
- NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD
A Note on Defining Religious Affiliation and the Study’s Terminology s referred to as “religious identity”) is based on self-reports Catholics, for instance, are defined as all respondents who say they are Catholic, regardless of
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