Baylor Research: three-fourths of Americans pray at least once a week
- About 45 percent of respondents say a table grace on certain occasions; 19 percent do so at all meals.
- About 53 percent of respondents pray about world affairs.
- About 28 percent pray for financial security.
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Date: 11/19/2006
Research Reveals how Most European Nations feel about Religion
- Since 1992 the importance of religion to Canadians declined from 61% to 39%, in U.S dropped from 83% to 63%, Muslims have by far highest belief
- 48 percent of global respondents said religion was very important to them
- 52 percent said it was not.
- France had the lowest percentage of respondents indicating religion was important to them, at only 17 percent.
- The Muslim nations of Saudi Arabia and Egypt scored highest of all 20 nations surveyed, with 96 percent of Saudi Arabia’s population stating that the official religion of Islam was very important in their lives. 89 percent of Egyptians agreed.
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Date: 11/14/2006
Statistics show that Generation Y is Redefining Faith
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Less religious youth are concentrated among those who simply have no denominational preference (66 percent compared to 27 percent overall) and Jews (40 percent compared to 27 percent overall)
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Demographically, God-less youth are not that distinct from the rest of their peers.
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They are more male (33 percent compared to 27 percent overall), especially college educated men (39 percent compared to 27 percent overall)
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They are particularly likely to be found in the Northeast (41 percent compared to 27 percent overall).
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A disproportionate number of Asian Americans (38 percent compared to 27 percent overall) are also God-less.
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Between 1972 and 2000, the percentage of young Americans identifying themselves as white steadily decreased from 88 percent to 65 percent.
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Date: 11/6/2006
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