3. Religious Affiliation of Asian Americans Source: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Affiliation Survey, 2007 (N=~700) Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey 2000 ages 21-45 (N=460) National Study of Religion and Youth, 2003-4 (N=45)
4. Changes in Asian American Religious Affiliation (1990-2007) Sources: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Affiliation Survey, 2007 (N=~700) Pilot Asian American Political Survey 2000-01 (N=1,218) National Survey of Religious Identification 1990 (N=460)
14. Religious Diversity and Community Volunteerism Among Asian Americans* * Elaine Howard Ecklund and Jerry Park, Religious Diversity and Community Volunteerism Among Asian Americans.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 46, Number 2, June 2007, pp. 233-244 51 Total Sample 26 Buddhist 40 Hindu 45 Nonreligious 54 Catholic 65 Other Religion 69 Protestant Christian Percent participating in at least one nonreligious organization Religious Affiliation of Asian Americans
15. Political Ideology of Asian Americans by Religious Affiliation* * Pei-te Lien, “Religion and Political Adaptation among Asian Americans,” in Tony Carnes and Fenggang Yang, eds., Asian American Religions: The Making and Remaking of Borders and Boundaries, (New York: New York University Press, 2004) 10 13 4 8 14 7 7 Not Sure 4 3 8 -- 6 4 4 Very Conservative 18 15 17 14 12 24 25 Somewhat Conservative 32 35 12 17 41 24 33 Middle of the Road 28 22 50 43 21 32 27 Somewhat Liberal 8 10 8 18 6 8 4 Very Liberal All None Muslim Hindu Buddhist Catholic Protestant Christian