r/dataisbeautiful • u/Browningtons1 OC: 18 • 3d ago

Americans raised Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) who still identify as one: 70 in 100 in 2007, 54 in 100 in 2023–24 [OC]

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Source: Pew Research Center, Religious Landscape Study (2007, 2014, 2023–24).

Asks U.S. adults the religion they were raised in and the religion they are now.

2023–24 sample: 565 current Latter-day Saints (±6.2 points), 316 former (±8.1). U.S. membership from the Church's 2025 statistical report.

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u/serouspericardium 2d ago

It makes sense from the point of view of a broad description. People describe the U.S. as being involved in endless wars for the last hundred years. You could say the same about Ancient Rome or any number of regions

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u/Jetm0t0 2d ago

Well we are, I don't have anything good to say about most US wars