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Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.?

35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that's about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.

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Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.?

35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that's about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.

35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities. Pew Research Center’s Alan Cooperman, director of religion research, explains the trends. Learn more about the study at pewresearch.org/rls.

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