Reading Time: < 1 minute When asked if it is sometimes necessary to give a child a good hard spanking when disciplining them, 48% of nonbelievers agreed. This is more than Jewish respondents at 38%, but nonbelievers are the 2nd lowest group. 81% of Baptists believe spanking is necessary for discipline, followed by 74% of Non-denominational Christians.
Nic Frame
"Nic Frame is a sociology Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University. Their research focuses on non-religion, social movements, identity, and politics. Currently, their dissertation explores the nuances of the religiously unaffiliated in the United States and examines how the religiously unaffiliated could bring about significant cultural or political change.
An avid Dungeons and Dragons player, Nic has not yet learned how to summon Satan through playing the game. They are non-binary using they/them pronouns. Nic lives in Indiana with their beautiful Siamese cat."
Posted inClimate Crisis
Survey: Does the government need to do more to address climate change?
Reading Time: < 1 minute 54% of nonbelievers completely agree with the idea that the government needs to do more to address climate change; 28% mostly agree. Jewish and other non-Christians all overwhelmingly agree that the government must do more. Protestants and non-Catholic Christians are the least likely to agree with this idea, but most still believe that the government […]
Posted inEducation
Chart: Educational attainment by religious affiliation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Half of all adult nonbelievers have a bachelor’s degree or more. This is second to the Jewish population, at 64%, and on par with other non-Christian religions at 49%. The religiously unaffiliated are on par with Catholics at 31%. Only 16% of Baptists have a bachelor’s degree or more, the lowest of any group.
Posted inPolitics
Should the US government enforce separation of church and state?
Reading Time: < 1 minute The overwhelming majority of Americans support the strict separation of church and state when asked. Ninety-eight percent of nonbelievers support or strongly support strict separation, the highest percentage of all religious affiliations. Baptists are the least likely to support separation at 56%. To have Baptist opinion leading the opposition to church-state separation is interestingly at […]
Posted inResearch
Approval for keeping teacher-led prayer out of public schools
Reading Time: < 1 minute When asked if they approve of the 1962 SCOTUS ruling that teachers and school officials should not lead prayers in public schools 84% of religious nonbelievers approved. This is more than any other religious affiliation but not unusual for non-Christians. Christians are far more likely to approve of teachers being allowed to lead classroom prayer. […]
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Belief in God among Americans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Americans’ belief in God has steadily decreased, hitting an all-time low of 50% in 2021. Meanwhile, the number of Non-believers has increased from 6% in 2006 to 16% in 2021.
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Belief in God among religiously unaffiliated Americans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Not all Americans who are religiously unaffiliated are nonbelievers in the existence of a god. For years, religiously unaffiliated Americans have been split into approximate thirds among nonbelievers, general belief in a higher power, and specific belief in God. However, the proportion of nonbelievers has recently risen to comprise nearly half of all religiously unaffiliated […]
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Gun ownership by religious affiliation
Reading Time: < 1 minute 25% of nonbelievers and 23% of religiously unaffiliated own a gun in 2021. This is higher than other non-Christians. Approximately 30% of non-Catholic Christians own a gun.
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Support of abortion for any reason, by religious affiliation
Reading Time: < 1 minute 80% of nonbelievers support a woman’s right to an abortion for any reason. This is significantly greater than any other religious affiliation except for Jewish, among the most secular of ethno-religious groups, with which it is virtually tied.