POLL RELEASES March 29, 2001
Americans More Religious Now than Ten Years Ago, but Less So than in 1950s and 1960s Americans most religious in 1956, least religious in 1993
by George Gallup Jr.
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Index of Leading Religious Indicators (also called the Princeton Religion Research Index) remains at a relatively high level, but is far below the figures recorded in the 1950s and early 1960s.
The current Index (based on surveys conducted in 2000) matches the 1999 figure in this annual audit of the health of organized religion that has been measured for six decades. The latest figure is, however, 24 points higher than the Index's lowest level, which was recorded in 1993.
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