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All of this helps explain why the proportion of Nones has increased sharply—from 15% in 2007 to 30% in 2021—even though the proportion of atheists in the U.S. has held steady at 3% to 4% for more than 80 years. And there are reasons to question the assumption that even truly unaffiliated Nones aren’t religious. Our study looked closely at their actual practices and beliefs.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/religion-is-dying-dont-believe-it-nones-others-surveys-faith-institutions-atheists-agnostics-practice-minority-11659017037 ''Religion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It: Many of the ‘Nones’ aren’t secular; they belong to minority faiths. The problem is how to count them'']., Wall Street Journal, 2022</ref>}}

All of this helps explain why the proportion of Nones has increased sharply—from 15% in 2007 to 30% in 2021—even though the proportion of atheists in the U.S. has held steady at 3% to 4% for more than 80 years. And there are reasons to question the assumption that even truly unaffiliated Nones aren’t religious. Our study looked closely at their actual practices and beliefs.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/religion-is-dying-dont-believe-it-nones-others-surveys-faith-institutions-atheists-agnostics-practice-minority-11659017037 ''Religion Is Dying? Don’t Believe It: Many of the ‘Nones’ aren’t secular; they belong to minority faiths. The problem is how to count them'']., Wall Street Journal, 2022</ref>}}

For further study, please read: [https://www.baylorisr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-IJRR-Are-Religious-Nones-Really-Not-Religious.pdf Are Religious “Nones” Really Not Religious?:Revisiting Glenn, Three Decades Later] by Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H.*, Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D., Rodney Stark, Ph.D., ''Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion'', Volume 18 2022 Article 7, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

For further study, please read: [https://www.baylorisr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-IJRR-Are-Religious-Nones-Really-Not-Religious.pdf Are Religious “Nones” Really Not Religious?:Revisiting Glenn, Three Decades Later] by Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H.*, Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D., Rodney Stark, Ph.D., ''Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion'', Volume 18, 2022, Article 7, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

== Nones: Beliefs, on religious belonging and behavior ==

== Nones: Beliefs, on religious belonging and behavior ==