Members of U.S. religious faiths are more concerned about a drop in marriage rates than birth rates, a Pew Research study found.
Evangelical Protestants are the largest group to say a decline in marriage “will have a negative impact on the future of our country,” with 55% agreeing, the Pew survey revealed. Also agreeing were 42% of mainline Protestants and 37% of Catholics. Thirty-four percent of historically Black Protestants saw decline in marriage as a problem, while 20% of the religiously unaffiliated saw it as a negative.
Relatively small percentages said a drop in marriage numbers was a plus for society, with 9% overall agreeing. The religiously unaffiliated, at 13%, and historically Black Protestants, at 14%, had the highest percentage saying the drop was an advantage. Others were in the single digits: Evangelicals at 4%, Catholics at 6% and mainline Protestants at 7%.
Higher percentages of those surveyed said a drop in births would yield a “positive impact” on the nation’s future. Of all U.S. adults surveyed, 25% said it was positive, roughly the same numbers as mainline Protestants and Catholics at 23% each, and historically Black Protestants at 26%. Among the unaffiliated, 35% said the drop was positive, while just 15% of evangelicals agreed.
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