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About one-in-ten Asian American adults (11%) say their religion is Buddhism, a slight decline from 14% in 2012. A much larger share (21%) currently say that, aside from religion, they feel close to Buddhism for reasons such as ancestry or culture. In total, one-third of Asian Americans express at least some connection to Buddhism.[8. numoffset=”8″ For more on the difference between religious identity and religious affinity<\/a>, refer to the Overview.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Asian Americans of Southeast Asian origin are the most likely to actually identify as Buddhist. This includes 37% of Vietnamese Americans and 38% of Asian Americans who were born in or trace their ethnic origin to Southeast Asian countries other than Vietnam and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among East Asian origin groups (Chinese, Japanese and Korean Americans), most respondents who have a connection to Buddhism do not<\/em> identify as Buddhist but rather say they feel \u201cclose to\u201d Buddhism aside from religion. The same is not<\/em> true among Southeast Asians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, while Vietnamese Americans and Japanese Americans are equally likely (62% each) to express some connection to Buddhism, only 19% of Japanese Americans identify as Buddhist. More Japanese Americans do not identify with any religion but say they feel close to Buddhism aside from religion (30%). Another 12% identify with a religion other than Buddhism but feel close to Buddhism aside from religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importance of religion among Buddhists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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About one-third (31%) of Asian Americans who identify their religion as Buddhism say religion is very important in their lives, while another 40% say it is somewhat important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buddhists are less likely to say they attend religious services at least monthly than to say they use an altar, shrine or religious symbol for worship in their home (17% vs. 63%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gap between attendance at religious services and praying at a home altar is even larger among Buddhists who consider religion to have a very important place in their lives. About a third (32%) of this group report that they attend religious services at least monthly, while more than eight-in-ten say they use a shrine, altar or religious symbol for worship in their home (86%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, among all <\/em>Asian Americans who say religion is very important in their lives, there is a much smaller gap between the shares who attend religious services at least monthly (65%) and those who use an altar, shrine or religious symbol for worship at home (55%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social and demographic profile of Asian American Buddhists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Asian American Buddhists are less likely than Asian Americans overall to say that all or most of their friends share their religion (21% vs. 30%). They are also the oldest of the major religious groups, with half ages 50 or older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One-fifth of Asian American Buddhists were born in the United States, slightly smaller than the share among the general Asian American population (20% vs. 32%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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