{"id":9497,"date":"2020-09-10T09:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/10-key-findings-about-the-religious-lives-of-u-s-teens-and-their-parents\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:23","slug":"10-key-findings-about-the-religious-lives-of-u-s-teens-and-their-parents","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/09\/10\/10-key-findings-about-the-religious-lives-of-u-s-teens-and-their-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"10 key findings about the religious lives of U.S. teens and their parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Parents have a lot of influence over their teenagers \u2013 including when it comes to religion. But while teens in the United States take after their parents religiously in many ways, they stand out in some others, according to a new Pew Research Center report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report looks at U.S. teens\u2019 religious lives and the ways these reflect \u2013 or don\u2019t reflect \u2013 the religious lives of their parents. It is based on a survey of 1,811 pairs of teens ages 13 to 17 and their parents, with one teen and one parent from each household. Each person answered questions not only about their own religious affiliation, beliefs and practices, but also about the role they think<\/em> religion plays in the life of the other person taking the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 10 key findings from the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>