Psychologist and demographer, Senior Researcher specializing in religion and migration @PewResearch, @UOPsych PhD
Washington, DC
Joined November 2012
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Happy to see this EXCELLENT paper of @MatthewBillet1 's out in the world!
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Immigrants from most regions are more likely to hold a Bachelor's degree or higher than native-born adults in the U.S. Nearly 20% of U.S. workers are immigrants, but their numbers are declining.
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ALT Stacked bar chart showing educational attainment by country or region of birth. Most regions show higher shares of people with Bachelor's degrees or more than for the U.S.-born, but 36% of all immigrants and 36% of all native-born adults age 25+ hold at least a Bachelor's degree.
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A majority of immigrants live in only a dozen metro areas
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This post immediately brought 3 things to mind:
1. The Census Bureau's mission to count everyone is what enables us to study the size and characteristics of the unauthorized immigrant population.
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The religious makeup of emigrants often differs markedly from that of people who have remained in their origin country. For example, roughly 80% of people living in India are Hindu, 15% are Muslim and only 2% are Christian. But here’s the composition of migrants from India:
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Jews are more likely than people with other religious affiliations (or no affiliation) to be living as immigrants. 20% of Jews are migrants compared with about 4% of people worldwide.
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Muslims and Jews are also disproportionately likely to be living outside of their country of birth. Hindus and the religiously unaffiliated make up lower shares of the global migrant population than they do of the general one.
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Check out our NEW report on the religious composition of migrants around the world! We found that nearly half of migrants globally are Christian – a much higher share than they make up in the overall population (30%). pewresearch.org/religion/202…
Depending on the future of religious switching, people who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” could become America’s largest (non)religious group within our lifetime.
Our NEW projections show U.S. Christians are on track to lose their majority status within a few decades if recent trends continue, driven mostly by young people leaving the faith. 🧵pewresearch.org/religion/202…
One in five U.S. adults, including a third of White evangelicals and 8% of atheists, say moms in particular should stay home with the kids. Only 1% say dads should. 3/4
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New post on views of children and family by religion and political affiliation. Overall, about a third of U.S. adults say it's better when people make marriage and childbearing a priority. Over half (56%) say one parent should stay home with the children. pewrsr.ch/3saYzDv
