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Article: Angus Reid Strategies: Religion on Decline in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Canada, but Strong in Middle East and United States Angus Reid Strategies World Poll Gauges the Importance of Religion to Peoples' Daily Lives in 20 Countries Attn: Assignment and Religion Editors
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
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- November 16, 2006
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Nov. 16, 2006) -
- Across the world, majority of survey respondents in Europe
(67%), the Asia Pacific region (62%), and Canada (61%) say that
religion is not important in their daily lives.
- Conversely, majority of respondents in South Africa (70%), the
Middle East (68%), Mexico (65%), and the U.S. (63%) say that religion
is important in their daily lives
- In North America, the vast difference in the importance of
religion between respondents in Canada and the U.S. is noteworthy,
with an almost equal-sized majority in each country holding opposing
views: 63% of Americans say that religion is very important compared
to 61% of Canadians who do ...