There are very few places across the globe where the parents do not have to drag their young adult children to the place of worship. The scenario is similar in Ghana and in Chad but the religious dominance in the two countries is different. In the African nations, the young adults identify with their faith then that of their elders.

According to the study revealed by the Pew Research Center, it has been revealed that the younger people over the world are less religious than the elders. After surveying 106 nations it is clear that the young adults are shifting from the faith commitments of the elders. In the economically developed countries the gap appears to be the widest. The average gap is quite small but in many countries, there exists a huge gap.

Canada is leading the charts with a 28% difference between younger and older people on the grounds whether they affiliate with a particular religion. Denmark, South Korea, Australia and Norway are the close flowers on the list. In the United States, The younger adults in the age group 18-39 are 17 percent less likely to claim their affiliation to a religion than the adults who are aged above 40.

The study also had examined the importance of religion in the lives of people, weekly worship attendance and daily prayer and the results were surprising. In Africa, Middle East, Latin America and South Asia, the gap between the young and the old are quite narrow. In Lebanon, a 20 percent point difference was observed in the opinion of the young and the old when they were asked whether religion was very important in their lives.

A large number of interesting theories came up after the survey. It was observed that educational opportunities led to lower religious adherence.