Switching Religions
About 44% of U.S. adults have switched religious affiliation including dropping any connection to a specific religious tradition.
Pew Research Center Staff
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Nevada the ‘Magnet’ State
Nevada is the nation's most "magnetic" state in that fully 86% of its adult residents were born in a different state.
Alaska, the Least ‘Sticky’ State
Just 28% of adults born in Alaska still live there, placing it last among the 50 states on this measure of population "stickiness."
Younger People Less Knowledgeable
On a 12-question news quiz, young adults answered fewer than half correctly on average.
Econ 101
More Americans know the unemployment rate than the level of the Dow.
Losing Journalists
The Project for Excellence in Journalism estimates that one out of every five journalists working for newspapers in 2001 no longer does so.
Less Happy Smokers
A quarter of current smokers say that they are very happy, compared with more than a third of quitters and almost four-in-ten non-smokers.
Stressed Smokers
Half of all smokers say they "frequently" experience stress, compared with 35% of former smokers and 31% of those who never smoked.
Want Tighter Financial Regulation
Six-in-ten Americans think it is a good idea for the government to regulate more strictly the way major financial companies do business.
Health Care Spending Trumps Deficit
Most Americans (59%) say they would place a higher priority on spending more money to make health care more accessible and affordable than on reducing the budget deficit.
