Surveys

In U.S., 42% Believe Creationist View of Human Origins

by Gallup, June 2014 ( read survey ) More than four in 10 Americans continue to believe that God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago, a view that has changed little over the past three decades. Half of Americans believe humans evolved, with the majority of these saying God guided the evolutionary process. However, the percentage who say God was not involved is rising. read more >

Half of American Fans See Supernatural Forces at Play in Sports

by Public Religion Research Institute, January 2014 ( read article ) Just ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl, half of sports fans see some aspect of the supernatural at play in sports, meaning they either pray to God to help their team, have thought their team was cursed at some point in time, or believe that God plays a role in determining the outcome of sporting events. read more >

“I Know What You Did Last Sunday” Finds Americans Significantly Inflate Religious Participation

by the Public Religion Research Institute, May 2014 ( read article ) A new PRRI study, “I Know What You Did Last Sunday: Measuring Social Desirability Bias in Self-Reported Religious Behavior, Belief, and Belonging,” asked random samples of Americans identical questions about religious attendance, affiliation, salience and belief in God on two surveys – one via telephone and the other online – and compared the results. The research shows that every subgroup of Americans inflates their levels of religious participation,…

Among Wealthy Nations, U.S. Stands Alone in its Embrace of Religion

Pew Research Center, (2002) ( see report ) "Religion is much more important to Americans than to people living in other wealthy nations. Six-in-ten (59%) people in the U.S. say religion plays a very important role in their lives. This is roughly twice the percentage of self-avowed religious people in Canada (30%), and an even higher proportion when compared with Japan and Western Europe. Americans’ views are closer to people in developing nations than to the publics of developed nations."…

Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality

Pew Research Center, March 2014. ( see report ) Many people around the world think it is necessary to believe in God to be a moral person, according to surveys in 40 countries by the Pew Research Center. However, this view is more common in poorer countries than in wealthier ones. In 22 of the 40 countries surveyed, clear majorities say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values... see report

For 2016 Hopefuls, Washington Experience Could Do More Harm than Good

Pew Research Center, May 2014 ( see report ) As the 2016 presidential campaign begins to take shape... While 70% of Republicans say they would be less likely to support a candidate who does not believe in God, Democrats are more ambivalent: 42% say they would be less likely to support an atheist, while 49% say it wouldn’t matter to them. see report

Irreligion in the United States

Wikipedia, 2014. (see report) “Encompassing at least agnosticism, atheism, secular humanism, and general secularism,nonreligious Americans have been counted in the tens of millions by various polls. Many Americans, especially in the American West, have historically rejected both organized religion and nonreligion, preferring what historians sometimes call ‘disorganized religion’.” see report

Demographics of Atheism

Wikipedia, 2014. (see report) “Atheists comprised an estimated 2.01%, and non-religious a further 9.66% of the world population, according to The World Factbook in 2010. In East Asia, atheists and the irreligious are the majority. Outside of East Asia and someEuropean countries atheist or non-believer percentages are typically in the single digits. “ see report

Social Progressive Index

Social Progressive Imperative, 2014. (see report) “To truly advance social progress, we must learn to measure it, comprehensively and rigorously. The Social Progress Index offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress, benchmarking success, and catalyzing greater human wellbeing. The 2014 version of the Social Progress Index has improved upon the 2013 ‘beta’ version through generous feedback from many observers.“ see report

North Dakota No. 1 in Well-Being, West Virginia Still Last

Gallup, 2014. (See report) “North Dakota residents had the highest well-being in the nation in 2013, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. South Dakota trailed its northern neighbor in second place, with its highest score in six years of measurement. Hawaii held the top spot for the previous four years, but fell slightly last year. West Virginia and Kentucky had the two lowest well-being scores, for the fifth year in a row.” See report

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