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
Study shows that the enrollment of African Americans and Hispanics in College is still behind that of white Americans
- Minority enrollments rose by 50.7% to 4.7 million between 1993 and 2003
- The number of white students increased 3.4%, to 10.5 million
- White high school graduates are more likely than black or Hispanic peers to enroll in college
- 47.3% of white high school graduates ages 18 to 24 attend college
- 41.1% of black and 35.2% of Hispanic high school graduates attend college
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Date: 10/29/2006
Pew Research shows what Latino Immigrants say about the importance of learning English
- A clear majority of Latinos (57%) believe that immigrants have to speak English to be a part of American society and a significant minority (41%) says that they do not.
- Latino immigrants are slightly more likely (57%) to say that immigrants have to learn English than native-born Latinos (52%).
- Two-thirds of Protestants (67%) and those who say they are born again take this view, compared with a little more than half (54%) of Catholics.
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Date: 10/10/2006
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