Religion and Wellbeing in the U.S.: Update

Gallup’s January Mood of the Nation survey confirmed the finding that Americans are largely satisfied with the way things are going in their personal life, despite their remarkable lack of satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. more generally.

At the same time, as my colleague Megan Brenan pointed out in her recent analysis of the data, some Americans are more satisfied than others with their personal life. One not surprising correlate of personal satisfaction is socioeconomic status. Americans with higher incomes and higher education are more personally satisfied than others.

I’m most interested, however, in the data showing that Americans who are religious, as measured by religious service attendance, are more likely to say they are personally satisfied than those who are not religious. CONTINUED

Frank Newport, Gallup


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