|
43%
|
68%
|
33%
|
White evangelical Protestant Americans who say they are "very happy." |
Muslims in predominantly Islamic countries who see the American people as "violent." |
Evangelicals who say people have a moral right to end their own lives when they have an incurable disease. |
34%
|
49%
|
42%
|
Americans as a whole who say this. |
Americans who agree. |
Evangelicals who say the right exists when people are suffering great pain without hope of improvement. |
31%
|
|
|
White evangelicals who attend church monthly or less who are "very happy." |
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All statistics are from the Pew Research Center, but the happiness, perceptions of violence, and end-of-life statistics come from three different studies.
Yesterday, Christianity Todaylooked closer at the happiness study.
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