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Recent work includes a major portrait of Jews in America and interviews with 38,000 Muslims around the globe to provide a more complete understanding of the beliefs and political views of members of the world’s second- largest religion.
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People in sub-Saharan Africa are typically among the most likely to say that religion is very important in their lives.
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Buddhists, the religiously unaffiliated and Daoists each make up about a quarter of Taiwan’s adult population.
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Buddhists across the region also say that someone cannot be truly Buddhist if they do not respect deities or spirits.
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Among the places surveyed, people in Japan (85%) and Vietnam (84%) are most likely to say they have a family gravesite.
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Many people in the region – including the religiously unaffiliated – hold religious or spiritual beliefs and engage in traditional rituals.
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Few are religiously affiliated, but many in the region hold religious or spiritual beliefs and engage in traditional rituals.
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Voters who support Biden and Trump have starkly different opinions on many issues, and these two groups are divided internally as well.
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Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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