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short readsJul 1, 2024

Rituals honoring deceased ancestors vary widely in East and Southeast Asia

Among the places surveyed, people in Japan (85%) and Vietnam (84%) are most likely to say they have a family gravesite.
short readsMay 15, 2024

Support for legal abortion is widespread in many places, especially in Europe

Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
reportNov 29, 2022

How COVID-19 Restrictions Affected Religious Groups Around the World in 2020

Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.
reportNov 30, 2023

Discrimination Experiences Shape Most Asian Americans’ Lives

Most Asian adults in the U.S. have been treated as a foreigner or experienced incidents where people assume they are a “model minority.”
reportAug 23, 2022

India’s Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize

India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.
short readsDec 13, 2021

Key facts about the religiously and demographically diverse states of India

To highlight some of India’s religious, cultural and demographic differences, here are key facts about its states.
short readsSep 21, 2021

Key findings about the religious composition of India

Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
reportSep 13, 2022

Modeling the Future of Religion in America

Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” If recent trends in religious switching continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population within a few decades.
short readsSep 30, 2021

Key findings about restrictions on religion around the world in 2019

Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.
short readsMar 2, 2022

Key findings on Indian attitudes toward gender roles

Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.

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Rituals honoring deceased ancestors vary widely in East and Southeast Asia

Support for legal abortion is widespread in many places, especially in Europe

How COVID-19 Restrictions Affected Religious Groups Around the World in 2020

Discrimination Experiences Shape Most Asian Americans’ Lives

India’s Sex Ratio at Birth Begins To Normalize

Key facts about the religiously and demographically diverse states of India

Key findings about the religious composition of India

Modeling the Future of Religion in America

Key findings about restrictions on religion around the world in 2019

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