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Apr 12, 2016 · Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices. 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 ...
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Religion in Everyday Life; 1. Highly religious people not...
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Nov 15, 2019 · A new Pew Research Center survey issued Nov. 15 gauges the influence religion has on Americans' lives and the hold Catholicism and other Christian religions has on their adherents.
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Apr 12, 2016 · Roughly two-thirds of highly religious adults (65%) say they have donated money, time or goods to help the poor in the past week, compared with 41% who are less religious. And 40% of highly religious U.S. adults describe themselves as “very happy,” compared with 29% of those who are less religious.
The United States is by far the most religious among developed countries. The nation maintains a level of tolerance for different religions, but that acceptance is sometimes masked by the so-called “culture war.”
Mar 15, 2024 · The vast majority of U.S. adults agree that religion’s influence in public life is shrinking, and most of them see this as a bad thing. Americans generally express a positive view of religion in the new survey.
- Reem Nadeem
The United States is generally regarded as a fairly religious nation. In a 2009 survey administered by the Gallup Organization to 114 nations, 65% of Americans answered yes when asked, “Is religion an important part of your daily life?” (Crabtree, 2010).
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Dec 14, 2021 · adults who say they pray on a daily basis has been trending downward, as has the share who say religion is “very important” in their lives. Currently, about three-in-ten U.S. adults (29%) are religious “nones” – people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular” when asked about their religious identity.