More Young Men Than Young Women Now Say Religion Is ‘Very Important’ to Them, Gallup Finds

Young men in the United States have become more religious than young women for the first time in 25 years, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.

A man reads scripture while viewing the casket of Reverend Billy Graham in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Feb. 28, 2018. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Young men in the United States are more religious than young women for the first time in 25 years, according to a Gallup poll released on Thursday.

The data show that 42 percent of men aged 18 to 29 say religion is “very important” in their lives. That figure stood at 28 percent just two years ago. Young women’s attachment to religion held steady at about 30 percent during the same period.