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Dec 17, 2008

No Evidence Bad Times Are Boosting Church Attendance

Despite some news reports to the contrary, Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows no evidence that church attendance in America has been increasing as a result of bad economic times; the 42% of Americans who report having attended church regularly ...
Jul 27, 2015

Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans

Roughly eight in 10 upper-income Americans and U.S. college graduates say they drink alcohol, compared with only about half of lower-income Americans and those with a high school diploma or less.

Leading With Strengths: Andre Perry

Learn how this senior fellow at Brookings Metro crafts meaningful research and policy frameworks while building high-performing teams.
Dec 5, 2012

Religion Big Factor for Americans Against Same-Sex Marriage

Americans who oppose same-sex marriage are most likely to cite religion or the Bible as the reason. Overall, 53% of Americans say same-sex marriage should be legal, tying the record high, while 46% say it should not.
Mar 22, 2012

Louisiana Republicans Skew Religious and Catholic

Next up for Mitt Romney and the other GOP presidential contenders is Louisiana, which holds its primary this Saturday, March 24. After that comes a brief break in the action and then a set of three primaries on April 3 in the District of ...
Jan 3, 2012

Protestant, Catholic GOP Vote Similar to National Average

Republican Mormons overwhelmingly supported Mitt Romney for the party's presidential nomination in December, while highly religious Protestants' support for Romney was lower than average. Protestant and Catholic Republicans' preferences are ...
Oct 9, 2018

Confidence in Higher Education Down Since 2015

Americans' confidence in higher education has fallen below the majority level since 2015, from 57% to 48%.
Aug 17, 2017

Parental Fear About School Safety Back to Pre-Newtown Level

The percentage of U.S. parents who fear for their children's safety at school has dropped to 24%, a level not seen since before the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
Jul 7, 2017

U.S. Divorce Rate Dips, but Moral Acceptability Hits New High

Although the U.S. divorce rate is falling, more Americans (73%) find divorce "morally acceptable" than before.
Mar 30, 2009

Catholics Similar to Mainstream on Abortion, Stem Cells

American Catholics are no less likely than non-Catholics to find abortion and embryonic stem-cell research morally acceptable. While regular churchgoing Catholics are more conservative than other Catholics on these issues, they are no more ...