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Prayer
49% Americans who prayed for their health in 2007.
43% Americans who did so in 2002.
Source: Psychology of Religion and Spirituality via Washington Post
Giving
Where donors give charitable contributions, by income
Source: Congressional Budget Office
Ethics
23% Americans who say the state of moral values in the country is "excellent" or "good."
15% Americans who said this a year ago. Similarly, the percentage of Americans who said the state of moral values is "poor" dropped from 45% in 2010 to 38%.
Source: Gallup
Family
38 States (including Washington, D.C.) in which married couples make up fewer than 50 percent of all households.
6 States in which this was true in 2000.
Source: U.S. Census via New York Times
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