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- And research has consistently supported the idea that perceived meaning in life is tightly linked with religion. One study from the 1970s found that nuns scored higher on such measures than lay people. More recently, a study published in 2021 found that theists report experiencing more meaning in life than atheists.
- Where Different Racial Groups Find Meaning
- Among Evangelicals, Religion Ranks as The Most Important Source of Meaning
- Married Americans More Likely to Mention Family, Religion
Regardless of their particular religious denomination, black Americans are more likely than others to mention faith and spirituality when describing (in the open-ended question) what gives them a sense of meaning.3Fully three-in-ten black Americans (30%) mention spirituality and faith, compared with 20% of whites and 15% of Hispanics. Race and ethn...
Religion is not the most commonly referenced source of meaning and fulfillment in either survey. In the open-ended question, one-in-five adults mention spirituality and religious faith when describing the things they find meaningful and fulfilling, which is on par with the share who mention friends and various activities or hobbies. And in the clos...
While family is a key source of meaning for Americans in many different demographic categories, there are some variations between subgroups. For example, women are somewhat more likely than men to say family provides a great deal of meaning in their lives. When asked in the open-ended question about what gives them a sense of meaning and satisfacti...
Apr 12, 2016 · A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly religious are more engaged with their extended families, more likely to volunteer, more involved in their communities and generally happier with the way things are going in their lives.
Sep 28, 2019 · Recently, the Pew Research Center has published a study that suggests that the relation between religiousness and positive measures of meaning in life is more mixed once non-industrialized,...
Apr 12, 2016 · Highly religious people are distinctive in their day-to-day behaviors in several key ways: They are more engaged with their families, more involved in their communities and more likely to report being happy with the way things are going in their lives.
These findings suggest that although religion may offer a coherent worldview and meaning through religious beliefs and private religious practices, this function of religion does not provide Catholics with higher levels of life satisfaction in the secularized, pluralistic context of the Netherlands.
May 1, 2004 · Religious beliefs were a vital component in constructing life meaning for the believers and belongers, yet, the specific role of those beliefs differed between the groups. Religious beliefs alone were sufficient to construct life meaning for the believers, whereas the belongers needed to supplement their beliefs with secular and social ...
