{"id":290150,"date":"2026-03-05T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=290150"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T12:11:09","slug":"americans-have-become-less-likely-to-say-belief-in-god-is-needed-to-be-moral","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/americans-have-become-less-likely-to-say-belief-in-god-is-needed-to-be-moral\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans have become less likely to say belief in God is needed to be moral"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:420px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller--freeform wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"2cb365bc-efd4-4751-8ed0-8d50d8d3ccf6\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2cb365bc-efd4-4751-8ed0-8d50d8d3ccf6&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:290150,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/americans-have-become-less-likely-to-say-belief-in-god-is-needed-to-be-moral\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/americans-have-become-less-likely-to-say-belief-in-god-is-needed-to-be-moral\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:304537,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/20\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/americans_have_become_less_likely_to_say_belief_in_god_is_needed_to_be_moral-290150-1778760683.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Americans have become less likely to say belief in God is needed to be moral&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;% who say it is __ to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: Those who did not answer are not shown. 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data-prc-v-col=\"4\">39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:160px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Sep 3-15, 2019<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">63<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">36<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:160px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">May 13-June 18, 2019<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\">54<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\">44<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width:160px\" data-prc-v-col=\"0\">Dec 4-18, 2017<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"1\">66<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"2\">33<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"3\"><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\" data-prc-v-col=\"4\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td 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