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Faith descriptors

three out of five (58%) say they are "deeply spiritual" - including four out of five born again adults (79%) and half of non-born agains (45%) (2005) four out of ten adults say they are "evangelical Christian" - including 63% of born again adults and 20% of all others (2000) 45% say they are "born again Christians" (2005) 53% say they are "theologically conservative" (1999) 26% say they are "part of the Religious Right" (1999) 26% say they are "a charismatic or Pentecostal Christian" (2004)

General descriptors

92% say they are "self-sufficient" (2000) 58% are "skeptical" (2000) three out of ten adults (31%) are "trying to find a few good friends" (2001) 46% of people claim they are "too busy" (2001) 15% are "in serious debt" (2005) slightly over one-third of adults (36%) are "searching for meaning and purpose in life" (2001) one-third of adults (34%) say they are "stressed out" (2001) one out of ten adults (10%) say they are "dealing with an addiction" (2000) two-thirds of adults (65%) are "concerned about the future" (2001) one-third of Americans (32%) suggest that they are "personally struggling with finances" (2001) 86% are "concerned about the moral condition of the country", compared to 74% in 2001. (2006) 85% of women feel at peace compared with 82% of men. (2005) 67% of atheists and agnostics say they feel at peace compared with 98% of evangelicals and 87% of born agains. (2005)

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