The survey represents some of the lowest ratings Americans have given to religious influence in the U.S. in 40 years.
Seventy-seven percent of Americans believe that religion’s influence in the nation is waning, yet also think society would be better off if more Americans were religious, according to a new survey.
138 million people want to live in the U.S.
Gallup released new data on migration this week. Around 630 million people – 13% of the world’s adults – say they would like to move to another country permanently. An estimated 138 million people would like to relocate to the United States. The second-most popular destination was the United Kingdom with 42 million potential migrants. The U.S. and U.K. were followed by Canada, France and Saudi Arabia.
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Do entrepreneurs lead healthier lives than office workers?
Physicians and business owners are among the people most likely to exercise, according to the most recent Gallup Well-Being Index. Here are five other interesting facts about entrepreneurs from the Gallup Index.
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If you live in Hawaii, Colorado, or Minnesota then chances are you are happier than those that live in Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia. That’s according to the 2012 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The report that comes out every year surveys 1,000 people each day for 350 days out of the year, asking them questions about work environment, physical health, emotional health, lifestyle behaviors like exercise and smoking, access to things like health care and food, and overall life satisfaction.
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Happiest people live in Latin American countries.
Qatar is the richest county in the world but the world’s happiest people don’t live there. They don’t live in Japan either, the country with the highest life expectancy. With a chart-topping percentage of college graduates in Canada, they didn’t make the top 10 of the happiest people in the world either.
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The number of Americans who lack access to basic necessities like food and health care is now higher than it was at the peak of the Great Recession, a survey released Thursday found. And in a finding that could worsen fears of U.S. decline, the share of Americans struggling to put food on the table is now three times as large as the share of the Chinese population in the same position.
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Nineteen percent believe smoking should be illegal.
Most people in the U.S. want smoking banned in all public places, but only 19 percent believe that cigarette smoking should be illegal in the United States, according to a new Gallop poll.
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