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Demographics

The shares of young adults living with parents vary widely across the U.S.

By Filings on Mon, 04/21/25
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“In 2023, the two U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest shares of 25- to 34-year-olds living in a parent’s home were Vallejo, California, and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California, each with 33%…. only about 3% of young adults lived in a parent’s home in Odessa, Texas; Lincoln, Nebraska; Ithaca, New York; and Bloomington, Indiana.” - Pew

How Is God Working in the New Generation?

By Filings on Mon, 01/13/25
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“Welcome to the world, Generation Beta! They’ve only been around for a few days, and we already have some intel coming in about this new generation. Apparently, Gen Beta doesn’t sleep through the night.” - Lifeway

Pew Research: Striking findings from 2024

By Filings on Mon, 12/09/24
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“Here’s a look back at 2024 through 14 of our most striking research findings. These are just a small slice of the Center’s many research publications from this year.” - Pew

The rise of singleness and how organized religion is being impacted, big time

By Filings on Tue, 10/17/23
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“In 2008, among men, about 20% have never been married. For 40-year-old men in 2022, 37% had never been married. That’s insane to consider — a 40-year-old man is nearly twice as likely to never be married in 2022 compared to 2008.” - GetReligion

Americans' Preference for Larger Families Highest Since 1971

By Filings on Tue, 09/26/23
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“Today, 45% of Americans see three or more children as ideal, a steep increase from 38% in 2013, and an even wider gap from 33% in 2003.” - Gallup

Related: Some analysis and perspective at IFS

Post-Pandemic, the Rise in Intact Families Continues

By Filings on Thu, 01/19/23
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“the share of kids living with their parents has actually risen by about 1.5 percentage points…. nothing to sneeze at, especially given what seemed to be an inexorable decline between 1960 and the early 2010s.” - IFS

Christianity growing around the world, analysis shows

By Filings on Mon, 02/07/22
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“Not only is religion growing overall, but Christian specifically is growing. With a 1.17 percent growth rate, almost 2.56 billion people will identify as a Christian by the middle of 2022. By 2050, that number will top 3.33 billion.” - C.Index

The Demographic Future of Humanity: Economic Challenges

By Filings on Wed, 01/05/22
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“…it is highly probable that, between 2050 and 2060 our species will reach a population peak close to 9.5 billion, which will then begin to fall… . It is worth spending some time thinking about the consequences of this population change.” - Public Discourse

75 Percent of Millennials Say They Lack Purpose in Life, Survey Finds

By Filings on Fri, 11/12/21
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“Dr. George Barna, who authored the survey, noted that many millennials have failed to find purpose in life because they hold self-centered worldviews. ‘Millennials have largely bought into worldviews that teach “life is about me” ’” - C.Headlines

Pew research: “Christians — as well as Jews and people of no faith — live in the smallest households.”

By Filings on Fri, 12/13/19
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“And, again, researchers found that Christians — as well as Jews and people of no faith — live in the smallest households.

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