while a report in 2000 based on congregation responses finds that number to be 37%.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/US_2000.asp | title= The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), Year 2000 Report |accessdate=2011-04-21}} Churches were asked for their membership numbers. ARDA estimates that most of the churches not reporting were black Protestant congregations.
while a report in 2000 based on congregation responses finds that number to be 37%.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/US_2000.asp | title= The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), Year 2000 Report |accessdate=2011-04-21}} Churches were asked for their membership numbers. ARDA estimates that most of the churches not reporting were black Protestant congregations.
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According to a study published in ''[[The American Journal of Psychiatry]]'', among depressed inpatients, "religiously unaffiliated subjects had significantly more lifetime suicide attempts and more first-degree relatives who committed [[suicide]] than subjects who endorsed a religious affiliation."<ref name=Religion>
{{Cite web | title=Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt | url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/161/12/2303 | quote=Religious affiliation is associated with less suicidal behavior in depressed inpatients. After other factors were controlled, it was found that greater moral objections to suicide and lower aggression level in religiously affiliated subjects may function as protective factors against suicide attempts. | publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|author=Michael Martin|accessdate=2011-04-21}}
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Moreover, depressed inpatients with no religious affiliation had fewer moral objections to suicide than believers.<ref name=Religion/>
==References==
==References==
Unaffiliated is a term used to refer to individuals who are not aligned with a group or ideology, especially a particular religion.[1][2] According to the Pew Research Center, this group includes atheists, agnostics, and people who describe their religion as "nothing in particular".[2] However, not all individuals who are unaffiliated are necessarily irreligious.[3] The "nothing in particular" group can be further divided into "secular unaffiliated" and "religious unaffiliated".[2]
The "Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S." study found that more than 16 percent of all Americans were unaffiliated,[4] while a report in 2000 based on congregation responses finds that number to be 37%.[5]
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unaffiliated&diff=491204656&oldid=469553162
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