This statistic displays the reasons to leave a religion in Italy in 2017. When respondents in Italy who were raised within a religion were asked why they left it, 72 percent of the participants stated that they had gradually drifted away from religion. No longer believing in the religion's teachings was cited by 35 percent of the respondents. In contrast, only six percent said to have left their religion to marry someone from outside their own religion.
Respondents who were raised in a religion but now identify as unaffiliated
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
* Total number of Italian respondents taking the survey. Of these participants, 15 percent said consider themselves as religiously unaffiliated. Only eight percent of the currently religiously unaffiliated participants in Italy had also been raised religiously unaffiliated. The other 92 percent is the subject of this statistic.
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Pew Research Center. (May 29, 2018). Reasons to leave a religion in Italy in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/929842/reasons-to-leave-a-religion-italy/
Pew Research Center. "Reasons to leave a religion in Italy in 2017." Chart. May 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/929842/reasons-to-leave-a-religion-italy/
Pew Research Center. (2018). Reasons to leave a religion in Italy in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/929842/reasons-to-leave-a-religion-italy/
Pew Research Center. "Reasons to Leave a Religion in Italy in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/929842/reasons-to-leave-a-religion-italy/
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