Religion And Non-Religious Americans

Highly religious Americans who spend more time with family are generally happier than those who are non-religious, a new Pew Study has found.
The Pew Research Center conducted a study to determine how religion affects Americans’ daily lives. Based on the data gathered, those who are highly religious tend to spend more time with their extended families and do volunteer work, and feel happier and more satisfied with their lives. By religious, the study refers to people who regularly pray and attend church services every week, World Religion News reports.
The research also shows that 47 percent of highly religious Americans attend family gatherings once or twice a month, compared with 30 percent of their non-religious counterparts. Also, 65 percent of the religious group has extended help to the poor, while only 41 percent of the non-religious group has done the same. …show more content…
In the other aspects of daily living, which include health, fitness, social and environmental awareness, and interpersonal interactions, the research did not find a big difference between the highly religious and less religious groups.
There is not much difference between highly religious Americans and the less religious. The two groups score the same in the likelihood of losing temper, overeating, exercising regularly, and recycling household waste, The Catholic Philly details.
The Pew study included 2,437 Catholics among 35,071 American