According to the Pew review,” this” spiritual switching” has resulted in a decline in the proportion of Singaporeans who identify as Buddhists or adherents of Chinese traditional religions and an increase in that number of Christians or atheists.
Only 26 % of respondents currently identify as Buddhist, despite the fact that 32 % said they were raised as such. And while 15 % of respondents claimed to have grown up adhering to Chinese traditional religions, only 6 % do so today.
In contrast, while 11 % of those who are currently practicing are raised as Christians, 17 % are not. 13 percent of those who were raised without religion, but 22 % of the respondents do not currently practice any religion.
Federal Identification Signs
Pew also examined how federal pertaining intersected with religion and various markers of identity.
In Singapore, respondents were questioned about the significance of different identification markers for being a part of the country.
These included having been born in Singapore, belonging to the majority ethnic group( Chinese ), and practicing the predominant religion( Buddhism ).
According to the study, Singaporeans are much less likely than other people in the area to emphasize these nationalist aspects of national belonging.