Pew Forum Report on "the Millennials"
Religion Among the Millennials Fully one-in-four members of the Millennial generation - so called because they were born after 1980 and began to come of age around the year 2000 - are unaffiliated with any particular faith. NYTimes Op Ed: Spirit Quest
This is not surprising seeing that for many of them their parents and grandparents were Baby Boomers whose generation(s) emphasized anti-establishmentarianism, hence this is the consequential amplification. Secondly and rather consistent with this age group of 20-somethings and early 30’s is that they are at the point where self-identification is not expected to be complete, thus they are less inclined to do so.
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