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across countries may reflect differences in the way people in different countries view the role of religion in their private and public lives. European countries experienced . rapid secularization starting in the 19th century, and today, comparatively few people in Italy (25%), the Netherlands (17%) or Sweden (9%) say that religion is
in countries with high or very high restrictions or hostilities in 2014, down slightly from 77% in 2013. The modest declines in countries with high restrictions or hostilities took place despite a marked increase in the number of countries that experienced religion-related terrorist activities, including acts carried out by such groups as Boko
had “high” or “very high” levels of social hostilities. That is down from 53 countries (27%) in 2018, and from a peak of 65 countries (33%) in 2012. These figures have fluctuated since the study began in 2007, but the number of countries with at least “high” levels of social hostilities related to religion is now the lowest since 2009.
THE WORLD’S MUSLIMS: RELIGION, POLITICS AND SOCIETY . www.pewforum.org . PREFACE . This report examines the social and political views of Muslims around the world. It is based on public opinion surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center between 2008 and 2012 in a total of 39 countries and territories on three continents: Africa, Asia a nd ...
A median is the middle number in a list of figures sorted in ascending or descending order. In a region with 45 countries, the median result is the 23rd on a list of country-level figures ranked in order. A mean is the average score, calculated by adding all the scores together and dividing by the number of countries.
The total number of countries with “high” or “very high” levels of government restrictions has been mounting as well. Most recently, that number climbed from 52 countries (26% of the 198 countries and territories included in the study) in 2017 to 56 countries (28%) in 2018. The latest figures are close to the 2012 peak in
NUMBER OF COUNTRIES % OF COUNTRIES NUMBER OF COUNTRIES % OF COUNTRIES NUMBER OF COUNTRIES % OF COUNTRIES No 42 21% 24 12% 27 14% Yes, there is a qualification 38 19 45 23 42 21 Yes, there is a substantial contradic-tion and only some religious practices are protected 110 56 123 62 123 62 Religious freedom is not provided in the first place 7 4 ...
number of Americans raised in interfaith homes appears to be growing. Fully one-quarter of young adults in the Millennia. generation (27%) say they were raised in a religiously mixed family.Fewer Generation Xers (20%), Baby Boomers (19%) and adults from the Silent an.
effects of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. The number of countries with high or very high levels of social hostilities declined in 2013 and has remained at about the same level since, but it is higher than it was during the baseline year of this study (2007). In total in 2016, 83 countries (42%) had high or very high levels of overall ...
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD FOR RELEASE APRIL 4, 2014. NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD. FOR RELEASE APRIL 4, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS REPORT: Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research. Conrad Hackett, Demographer. Katherine Ritchey, Communications Manager, Religion & Public Life Project. 202.419.4562.