Religion & Social Values

The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in America.

In the United States, 48% of American adults say they are married. A higher-than-average share of adults are married in certain religious groups.

Generational differences have long been a factor in U.S. politics. These divisions are now as wide as they have been in decades, with the potential to shape politics well into the future.

Many Many Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons and members of some evangelical churches say abortion should be illegal. But among other religious groups, many support legal abortion.

Most Americans see fundamental differences between men and women in their traits and characteristics and in the pressures they face from society.

Americans are divided over whether businesses that provide wedding services should be required to cater to same-sex couples even if their owners have religious objections to homosexuality.

Most Christians in America say that whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by their sex at birth. Yet, many religious "nones" have different views.

The U.S. has more foreign students enrolled in its colleges and universities than any other country in the world. Explore data about foreign students in the U.S. higher education system.

Two-thirds of Muslims in the United States say the country needs to continue making changes to give blacks equal rights with whites.

A series of graphics explores public opinion on abortion, illustrating how opinion differs among various demographic groups, including religious, political, age and gender groups.