As of 2021, Generation Z was the least likely generation to believe that children should be brought up in religion so that they can learn good values in the United States, with 58 percent disagreeing with this notion. In comparison, the Silent Generation was most likely to agree that children should be brought up in religion in the United States, at 76 percent.
Share of adults who agreed or disagreed on whether children should be brought up in religion so they can learn good values in the United States in 2021, by generation
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Survey Center on American Life. (March 24, 2022). Share of adults who agreed or disagreed on whether children should be brought up in religion so they can learn good values in the United States in 2021, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364298/us-adults-believed-children-should-be-religious-by-generation/
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Survey Center on American Life. (2022). Share of adults who agreed or disagreed on whether children should be brought up in religion so they can learn good values in the United States in 2021, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364298/us-adults-believed-children-should-be-religious-by-generation/
Survey Center on American Life. "Share of Adults Who Agreed or Disagreed on Whether Children Should Be Brought up in Religion so They Can Learn Good Values in The United States in 2021, by Generation." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364298/us-adults-believed-children-should-be-religious-by-generation/
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