pew religious landscape survey (2)

(I'm reading through the Pew Religious Landscape Survey. You can read my other posts on it as well.)

Some data on religious traditions that are passed on well (or not so well).

The religious traditions most heavily comprised of people who have switched affiliation include the unaffiliated [they're incorporating this as a category], Buddhists, Jehovah Witnesses, members of "other faiths" category (e.g. Unitarians, members of New Age groups and members of Native American religions) and members of the "other Christian" tradition (including metaphysical Christians). (p27)
This definitely seems to reflect that American propensity to seek something out very different as a self-defining element to replace the original religious category. It obviously also speaks to something about how religious traditions as passed down in families. Like, why do kids with parents who are Jehovah's Witness rarely follow them?

Percentage of People Changing Affiliation Within Major Religious Groups

	Switched Affiliation	Raised as Member
Current eligion…	%	%
Hindu	10	90
Catholic	11	89
Jewish	15	85
Orthodox	23	77
Mormon	26	74
Muslim	40	60
Jehovah’s Witness	67	33
Buddhist	73	27
Other Christian	90	10
Other Faiths	91	9
Unaffiliated	79	21