Plus: U.S. Religion, Global Flourishing, Thriving in Marriage, Americans’ Economic Confidence
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 | The World's Voice in Numbers | | | April 2, 2024 | | | Welcome to Front Page, where we break down Gallup's latest insights on our constantly evolving world. Here are the five insights you shouldn't miss this week: | | | 1. Biden's Job Approval vs. Handling of Middle East | | | | The Data: U.S. President Joe Biden's 40% overall job approval rating in March subsumes some better and worse ratings on issues. Handling of the Middle East: Biden's approval rating on the Middle East situation has declined from 32% in November 2023, shortly after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war with Hamas, to 30% in February and 27% in March. The decline among U.S. adults overall is largely due to decreased credit from Democrats on this issue. New data | 2. Less Religious Devotion | | | | The Data: Thirty percent of U.S. adults attend religious services weekly or almost weekly. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (67%) are much more likely than other religious groups to attend regularly, including those who are Protestant (44%), Catholic (33%) or Jewish (22%). Longer Trend: Most U.S. religious groups have grown less likely to attend religious services over the past two decades, but Muslim and Jewish Americans have shown slight increases in attendance. The evolving landscape of religious practice reflects broader cultural shifts in the U.S. Full story | 3. Faith and Flourishing | | | | The Data: The latest analysis of 2023 data from the Global Flourishing study — a five-year research collaboration with Baylor University, Harvard University, Gallup and the Center for Open Science — finds a strong association between aspects of religion and how well people's lives are going. For example, the average flourishing score is 0.41 points higher for someone who attends religious services at least weekly than someone who never attends. What This Means: The inaugural study suggests that regularly attending religious services can affect people's wellbeing, though the degree varies significantly by country. Future administrations of the longitudinal study will enable researchers to investigate whether more frequent religious service attendance causes greater human flourishing by tracking changes in this relationship among the same individuals over time. Full story | 4. Marital Bliss | | | | The Data: In the U.S., married individuals are much more likely to be thriving in their wellbeing than adults who have never married, are in domestic partnerships or are divorced. Understanding Thriving: Gallup classifies a person as “thriving” if they rate their current life as a 7 or higher and anticipated life in five years as an 8 or higher on a scale from zero to 10. Based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale, this standard indicates a robust sense of personal wellbeing. Go deeper here | 5. The Slowing Climb of U.S. Economic Confidence | | | | The Data: While still in negative territory, the U.S. Economic Confidence Index, at -20 in March, has improved since October, albeit with slowing momentum. It edged up two points in March after rising four points in February, six in January and eight in December. Understanding the Index: The Economic Confidence Index summarizes Americans' perceptions of the economy, combining their assessment of current conditions and future expectations. The index, in theory, ranges from -100 (indicating poor confidence) to +100 (signifying high confidence). New data | | |
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