Religion and Social Trends

Rape Troubles Nearly All in South Africa

Nearly all call it a major problem; more than one in four seek death penalty for offenders

October 22, 2009
A Gallup survey of South Africa reaffirms the extent to which the issue of rape plagues South Africa -- with 97% of residents saying it is a major problem in their country. Roughly 6 in 10 (61%) say offenders should be punished with a jail sentence, but more than one in four say the crime merits the death penalty.More ...

Well-Being Higher With Certain Conditions Beyond GDP

Global surveys support call for more comprehensive approach to measuring quality of life

October 1, 2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is encouraging world leaders to consider ways to assess their society’s well-being beyond their gross domestic product (GDP). Gallup’s global surveys underscore the extent to which life quality relates to a range of factors beyond classical economic measures.More ...

Religious Attendance Relates to Generosity Worldwide

Religious and the secular more charitable if they attend services

September 4, 2009
Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion. The importance of religion in one’s life has much less of an effect on charitable behavior.More ...
D.C. Home to Highest Percentage of Liberals

D.C. Home to Highest Percentage of Liberals

August 14, 2009
Gallup Polls from the first half of 2009 find the District of Columbia to be the most liberal state in the country and Alabama to be the most conservative.

Religious Identity: States Differ Widely

Catholics most prevalent in East, while other Christians are concentrated in the South

August 7, 2009
The states of the union differ remarkably in terms of their residents’ religions. Non-Catholic Christians dominate in the South, while Catholics are more prevalent in the Middle Atlantic and New England, those with no religion in the Northeast and Northwest, Jews in the Middle Atlantic, and Mormons in and around Utah.More ...

Religion, Secularism Working in Tandem in Bangladesh

Secular governance not reducing importance citizens place on religion

July 29, 2009
Despite a landslide victory by the secular Awami League in the December 2008 election, Bangladeshis remain strongly religious in their personal lives, showing a movement toward separation of religion and politics.More ...

Cell Phones Outpace Internet Access in Middle East

Home Internet access common only in oil-rich Gulf countries

July 13, 2009
Recent Gallup Polls reveal the extent to which cell phones and home Internet connections are present throughout the Middle East and North Africa. In some areas, however, these tools remain less common among rural residents.More ...

U.S., Canada Show More Interfaith Cohesion Than Europe

European Muslims embrace their nations, but the latter do not embrace them

May 7, 2009
A new report from Gallup and the Coexist Foundation reveals that residents of the U.S. and Canada are more likely than Europeans surveyed to be classified as “integrated.” It also reveals that European Muslims and the general publics have different perceptions of European Muslims’ loyalty to their nations.More ...

This Easter, Smaller Percentage of Americans Are Christian

Americans more likely now than in previous decades to say they have no religious identity

April 10, 2009
The percentage of Americans who identify with some form of a Christian religion has been dropping in recent decades, and now stands at 77%. In 1948, when Gallup began tracking religious identification, the percentage who were Christian was 91%.More ...

Church-Going Among U.S. Catholics Slides to Tie Protestants

However, long-term decline may have leveled off in past decade

April 9, 2009
Weekly church attendance among Catholics dropped from 75% to 46% between the 1950s and 1990s, but has seemed to stabilize in the past decade. Church attendance among Protestants has been fairly steady over the past six decades, averaging 42% in 1955 versus 45% in recent years.More ...
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